Colour: 10 Bright Ways to Make a Rainbow in Your Home
Celebrate colour with these simple ideas for summery style
It may be chic to decorate in swathes of grey and icy white, but warm colours can be irresistible, and what better way to add a riot of bold shades than with a rainbow? Mimic the sky’s shimmering, hazy arcs and incorporate rainbow patterns into your decorating with these 10 inspiring ideas. Whether you’re looking for low-level tweaks or more permanent fixtures, there’s something here for everyone, from the colour shy to the rainbow enthusiast!
Beautify a blind
Kids’ bedrooms are the ideal place to experiment with rainbow patterns. This fabulous slatted shutter adds jolly colour to a white scheme. Don’t feel you have to choose traditional rainbow shades – colours from one side of the spectrum, such as a range of blues and greens, can look just as striking.
Kids’ bedrooms are the ideal place to experiment with rainbow patterns. This fabulous slatted shutter adds jolly colour to a white scheme. Don’t feel you have to choose traditional rainbow shades – colours from one side of the spectrum, such as a range of blues and greens, can look just as striking.
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Make the most of any colourful possessions you have. Books are a winner when it comes to creating colour-coordinated visual displays, but this would also work with glassware or ceramics grouped into similar shades.
Make the most of any colourful possessions you have. Books are a winner when it comes to creating colour-coordinated visual displays, but this would also work with glassware or ceramics grouped into similar shades.
Be shortsighted
If you’re a cautious decorator, look for temporary updates that can easily be taken down. This sets you free to be more adventurous – you might even find your bold choice becomes a permanent addition to the house. These squares of paper make a tumbling rainbow that energises this home office. Paint your own for custom colour, or cheat with Post-it notes.
If you’re a cautious decorator, look for temporary updates that can easily be taken down. This sets you free to be more adventurous – you might even find your bold choice becomes a permanent addition to the house. These squares of paper make a tumbling rainbow that energises this home office. Paint your own for custom colour, or cheat with Post-it notes.
Use the light
Think carefully about where you add your colour. Rainbow-patterned curtains like these are great for giving a room a colourful glow. Make sure you choose a thin material so plenty of light can pass through. If you can’t find a rainbow design, try hanging panels of different-coloured sheers for a similar effect.
Think carefully about where you add your colour. Rainbow-patterned curtains like these are great for giving a room a colourful glow. Make sure you choose a thin material so plenty of light can pass through. If you can’t find a rainbow design, try hanging panels of different-coloured sheers for a similar effect.
Curate your collection
Arranging books by colour keeps your shelves smart while making interesting little colour palettes. Be sure to put your brightest reads at the top and relegate dusty beige ones to the less prominent bottom shelves.
Discover more ways to display books
Arranging books by colour keeps your shelves smart while making interesting little colour palettes. Be sure to put your brightest reads at the top and relegate dusty beige ones to the less prominent bottom shelves.
Discover more ways to display books
Count to three
Choosing a trio of colourful pendant lights is a great way to inject some colour into your kitchen or dining room. Go for zesty hues like these for a bright, summery look. The effect is continued in the colourful mugs and appliances.
Choosing a trio of colourful pendant lights is a great way to inject some colour into your kitchen or dining room. Go for zesty hues like these for a bright, summery look. The effect is continued in the colourful mugs and appliances.
Step up
Staircases are an oft-untapped resource, perfect for bright colours but rarely used to their full potential. These risers have been painted in a palette of pretty pastels – striking yet easy on the eye.
Painted or carpeted stairs – which works best?
Staircases are an oft-untapped resource, perfect for bright colours but rarely used to their full potential. These risers have been painted in a palette of pretty pastels – striking yet easy on the eye.
Painted or carpeted stairs – which works best?
Splash around in the garden
Take the rainbow effect outdoors, too. This geometric, colourful paving is great as a whimsical path up to the door. If this is too bright for your tastes, you could get a more low-key effect with chalky paint on regular paving stones.
Take the rainbow effect outdoors, too. This geometric, colourful paving is great as a whimsical path up to the door. If this is too bright for your tastes, you could get a more low-key effect with chalky paint on regular paving stones.
Raise your glasses
Coloured glassware is a quick, cheap and easy way to inject some colour into your home. Arrange yours in front of a window – as in this kitchen – to create a glowing, uplifting display.
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Coloured glassware is a quick, cheap and easy way to inject some colour into your home. Arrange yours in front of a window – as in this kitchen – to create a glowing, uplifting display.
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The most ordinary objects can become a design statement. Have you ever thought of hanging an umbrella from the wall, as in this home? Don’t shy away from wacky choices if you feel they look right – the effect here is warm and welcoming.