Interior Design
Sweeten Your Space With Pastels
Embrace candy colours with pastel shades in the home, without making your space far too sugary
You may have noticed pastels popping up everywhere in the world of home decor. While refreshing, these hues can come off a little too saccharine if not used correctly. Follow these tips for incorporating them in a sophisticated way.
2. Put in pairs
Making a statement with multiples is an easy way to play with pastels. Find a tone that suits your style and bring it into your dining room. Select two or more of the same chair to complete the look.
Making a statement with multiples is an easy way to play with pastels. Find a tone that suits your style and bring it into your dining room. Select two or more of the same chair to complete the look.
3. Pretty in pink
This bedroom is fresh and feminine without being cloying. Choose modern pastel florals and soft solid textiles for the ultimate mix.
This bedroom is fresh and feminine without being cloying. Choose modern pastel florals and soft solid textiles for the ultimate mix.
4. Cover your cabinets
Give your kitchen cabinets a fresh coat of pastel blue. This colour is perfect for the place where you prepare your cup of morning coffee.
Cupboards painted in ‘Windy Hill’: Dulux
Give your kitchen cabinets a fresh coat of pastel blue. This colour is perfect for the place where you prepare your cup of morning coffee.
Cupboards painted in ‘Windy Hill’: Dulux
5. Make a big statement
A monochromatic colour scheme shows you mean business. Obsessing over this grey-green shade? Make an impact by incorporating it in every piece you pick.
4 ways to go big and bold with colour
A monochromatic colour scheme shows you mean business. Obsessing over this grey-green shade? Make an impact by incorporating it in every piece you pick.
4 ways to go big and bold with colour
6. Mix it in
If you’re confident about your love of pastels, add them in like it’s no big deal. Mix this fresh palette into your home just as you would any other colours. There are no hard and fast rules when you fall in love.
If you’re confident about your love of pastels, add them in like it’s no big deal. Mix this fresh palette into your home just as you would any other colours. There are no hard and fast rules when you fall in love.
7. Stick with similar shades
Elaborate on shades of the same colour throughout your living room. Pick up these berry tones in all your soft textiles – curtains, rug, upholstery and more.
Elaborate on shades of the same colour throughout your living room. Pick up these berry tones in all your soft textiles – curtains, rug, upholstery and more.
8. Make it pop
A bright pastel will stand out against crisp whites and warm woods. Experiment with a striking turquoise in your kitchen. Add multiple island bench stools for a fresh look.
Stools: Tolix
A bright pastel will stand out against crisp whites and warm woods. Experiment with a striking turquoise in your kitchen. Add multiple island bench stools for a fresh look.
Stools: Tolix
9. Hint of colour
Add in just one special piece in your hallway. Wanting a new ceiling light? Simply spray-paint your existing fixture in a fresh pastel yellow. This bright and cheery colour is perfect in tighter spaces.
Take your hallway from drab to fab
Add in just one special piece in your hallway. Wanting a new ceiling light? Simply spray-paint your existing fixture in a fresh pastel yellow. This bright and cheery colour is perfect in tighter spaces.
Take your hallway from drab to fab
10. Colour-block
Having a tough time choosing between two of your favourite sorbet hues? Bring both in together. Colour-blocking is the key to pulling off a double dose of pastel. Paint your kitchen walls a warm creamy gold and your island a fresh leaf green.
Having a tough time choosing between two of your favourite sorbet hues? Bring both in together. Colour-blocking is the key to pulling off a double dose of pastel. Paint your kitchen walls a warm creamy gold and your island a fresh leaf green.
11. Play with accessories
They’re a low-cost investment in colour. Bring this brilliant blue into your kitchen in the form of small appliances, dish towels and cake stands.
Mixer in ‘Pistachio‘: KitchenAid
They’re a low-cost investment in colour. Bring this brilliant blue into your kitchen in the form of small appliances, dish towels and cake stands.
Mixer in ‘Pistachio‘: KitchenAid
12. Sneak it in
If you’re not quite ready to go big, try lightly sprinkling some pastels in your home. A set of stairs is a sneaky spot to try out a quick update.
TELL US
Are you on board with the pastel trend? Show us your favourite pale-coloured pieces by uploading your photos in the Comments below.
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If you’re not quite ready to go big, try lightly sprinkling some pastels in your home. A set of stairs is a sneaky spot to try out a quick update.
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Are you on board with the pastel trend? Show us your favourite pale-coloured pieces by uploading your photos in the Comments below.
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For a simple update, pick one piece in your home that needs a refresh and make it of the pastel variety. If you’re in the market for a new sofa, try a serene blue tone. It’s neutral enough that it doesn’t feel overly trendy and will last you through the years.
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