Trends autumn winter 2011/12

If one likes to believe the forecasters in the Interior Design industry than the upcoming autumn winter trend 2011/12 in interior design looks quite bright. Anything goes from white to bright colours and grey, molecular structures and crochet for wallpapers and fabrics as well as plumage, shaggy furs, and sequins. If you like it colourful you might be tempted to mix them all and just give the whole jumble mumble a tone down with one of the sleek and no frills furniture and accessories in the latest 1970’s retro style.

One who always executes the bold colour and pattern mix to perfection is Trisha Guild from Designers Guild. For years she has been exasperating us with her bold colour and pattern mixes which look just so fabulous and daring but work perfectly in the modern interior.

1950’s prints in wallpaper and fabric along with striking digital prints make a brave statement in any fashionable home.Wallpaper has been having a comeback for the past few years with bold patterns and colour on statement walls. We now see an increase in using wallpaper for the whole room, here patterns are smaller and colours are less bright and bold to not overpower the scheme.

GP&J Baker has launched a collection of wallpapers which are very easy on the eye but still create a charming ambience and in the right setting look absolutely fabulous. I would always suggest using wallpaper on all four walls (or however many there are) in a room which is used less frequently.

If you have a very small lounge and you decide to paper all walls in the latest colours of orange, pink and green in perhaps a very bold Designers Guild wallpaper, you will get very tired of it after a couple of weeks. In general the advise is to use bold wallpaper on statement walls and smaller patterns with less colour variations on more than one wall. Bold wallpaper patterns or colours on more than one wall are really only suitable for rooms which are only used occasionally like formal dining rooms, drawings rooms (if one has another lounge).

The trend for the quirky individual interior is certainly on the forefront. With people moving less and property development at a near standstill, unaffordable mortgages and the urge to move up the property ladder less important trend is to create a personal interior rather than a show home type home which is designed to create a property good for a quick sell.

For that reason more interesting textures and materials are being used like cork flooring having a great comeback, shabby chic stripped old battered furniture which have a more personal look and quirky individual but perfectly designed furniture in a 70’ies retro style.

A good way of implementing new trends is with accessories; these do not cost the earth and can be quickly replaced with a new favourite item.

As we all know some trends are very short lived, others take a few years to fully develop and remain for a longer period. Short lived trends are best used sparingly as focal points, rather than trying to revamp the whole house to ensure that one is en-vogue.

If you like to have a fashionably styled home that can stand it’s ground and lives up to your own personality, I am sure I can help to achieve this.