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4 Nature-Inspired Decorating Updates Every Home Needs
Invite nature indoors and create an interior that's full of life and depth
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Do you long to embrace nature inside your home and create a happy, healthy environment? Bringing the outdoors in can really transform how a home looks and feels, and is a great way to keep your interior feeling seasonal. Whether it’s displaying small souvenirs from outside, such as wild flowers, stones or shells, or blending vibrant shades inspired by our planet, there are a multitude of simple ways to create the natural home that you and your family deserve.
Colour, especially, frequently works its way into a nature lover’s home – from mossy greens and earthy browns to strong flower and leaf shades, you’ll be surprised how many of these colours will already be in your own home if you stop and look around.
Here to provide a closer connection are the colour experts at Farrow & Ball who have teamed up with the Natural History Museum to create a new paint collection celebrating the colours of nature, to help you bring your home to life.
Colour, especially, frequently works its way into a nature lover’s home – from mossy greens and earthy browns to strong flower and leaf shades, you’ll be surprised how many of these colours will already be in your own home if you stop and look around.
Here to provide a closer connection are the colour experts at Farrow & Ball who have teamed up with the Natural History Museum to create a new paint collection celebrating the colours of nature, to help you bring your home to life.
1. Be Inspired by Nature’s Colours
When we think of nature, it’s often the sea blues and greens that come to mind, but there are so many more colours to explore. Farrow & Ball’s latest collaboration with the Natural History Museum sees 16 new paint shades, all inspired by entries in the historical book Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours, first published in 1814.
This totally unique book was an official classification of colour in nature at a time when there were no photos to use, making this paint collaboration pretty special, too. “These aren’t merely colours inspired by nature, these are the colours of nature, carefully observed, captured, and recreated with the utmost care,” says Charlotte Cosby, head of creative at Farrow & Ball.
When we think of nature, it’s often the sea blues and greens that come to mind, but there are so many more colours to explore. Farrow & Ball’s latest collaboration with the Natural History Museum sees 16 new paint shades, all inspired by entries in the historical book Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours, first published in 1814.
This totally unique book was an official classification of colour in nature at a time when there were no photos to use, making this paint collaboration pretty special, too. “These aren’t merely colours inspired by nature, these are the colours of nature, carefully observed, captured, and recreated with the utmost care,” says Charlotte Cosby, head of creative at Farrow & Ball.
So, what can you expect to see in this new collection? “We chose colours that felt most relevant to modern homes and the needs of the people who live in them,” says Charlotte. “Included are a mixture of bright jewel tones, with rich, dark, enveloping shades and enduringly popular neutrals to ensure a cohesive scheme. Each one has its own complementary neutral or accent colour, and can also be combined with our core palette.”
“Crimson Red walls, for example, feel soft and inviting combined with a Skimmed Milk White trim,” Charlotte continues, “but swapping the white for a dark tone, like Scotch Blue, creates an overall effect that’s rich, romantic and glamorous. Duck Green walls and Deep Reddish Brown woodwork create a refined and more traditional feel when placed together, while Duck Green trim against a backdrop of Dutch Orange (reminiscent of sunny marigolds) creates a wholly unexpected and utterly striking effect.”
“Crimson Red walls, for example, feel soft and inviting combined with a Skimmed Milk White trim,” Charlotte continues, “but swapping the white for a dark tone, like Scotch Blue, creates an overall effect that’s rich, romantic and glamorous. Duck Green walls and Deep Reddish Brown woodwork create a refined and more traditional feel when placed together, while Duck Green trim against a backdrop of Dutch Orange (reminiscent of sunny marigolds) creates a wholly unexpected and utterly striking effect.”
2. Bring in the Plants
Alongside natural paint colours, introduce houseplants and breathe some life into your home. Not only are they aesthetically appealing, but plants also come with a list of health benefits. Pick the right plant and you can reduce carbon dioxide levels, increase humidity, reduce airborne dust levels and provide a wide range of mental and physical health benefits.
Sansevieria (or Mother-in-Law’s Tongue), for example, is one of the most recommended plants for improving air quality and releases oxygen at night – pop one in your bedroom for a good night’s sleep. Then there’s the spider plant that’s good at battling toxins in the air, and is also one of the few plants that isn’t toxic to animals.
Bonus tip: Plants can help steer your colour choice and encourage you to bring the dazzling variety of the natural world into your home. For example, Farrow & Ball’s new Sap Green is the colour of woody nightshade leaves, while Deep Reddish Brown is the colour of dried panicgrass leaves.
Alongside natural paint colours, introduce houseplants and breathe some life into your home. Not only are they aesthetically appealing, but plants also come with a list of health benefits. Pick the right plant and you can reduce carbon dioxide levels, increase humidity, reduce airborne dust levels and provide a wide range of mental and physical health benefits.
Sansevieria (or Mother-in-Law’s Tongue), for example, is one of the most recommended plants for improving air quality and releases oxygen at night – pop one in your bedroom for a good night’s sleep. Then there’s the spider plant that’s good at battling toxins in the air, and is also one of the few plants that isn’t toxic to animals.
Bonus tip: Plants can help steer your colour choice and encourage you to bring the dazzling variety of the natural world into your home. For example, Farrow & Ball’s new Sap Green is the colour of woody nightshade leaves, while Deep Reddish Brown is the colour of dried panicgrass leaves.
3. Opt for Natural Materials
From wood and rattan furniture to soft silks and cosy wool upholstery, these natural tactile textures can have a big effect on our feelings of wellbeing and happiness, and when teamed with a soothing earthy palette of organic-inspired colours, the combination is blissful.
“As the world becomes more digitalised, people are feeling that they’ve lost their connection with nature and are looking for ways to restore that relationship,” says Charlotte. “Our new palette helps people to surround themselves with the true colours of nature, such as Orange-Coloured White, which is drawn from French porcelain clay mineral, or Snow White, which is based on the colour of Carrara marble.”
Bonus tip: Go one step further and decorate with nature’s findings – forage in the woods, the park and in your garden! Whether it’s small sprigs or tiny bud vases, pine cones in the autumn or blossom in the summer, adding touches of nature will help your home feel alive and add a seasonal touch, too.
From wood and rattan furniture to soft silks and cosy wool upholstery, these natural tactile textures can have a big effect on our feelings of wellbeing and happiness, and when teamed with a soothing earthy palette of organic-inspired colours, the combination is blissful.
“As the world becomes more digitalised, people are feeling that they’ve lost their connection with nature and are looking for ways to restore that relationship,” says Charlotte. “Our new palette helps people to surround themselves with the true colours of nature, such as Orange-Coloured White, which is drawn from French porcelain clay mineral, or Snow White, which is based on the colour of Carrara marble.”
Bonus tip: Go one step further and decorate with nature’s findings – forage in the woods, the park and in your garden! Whether it’s small sprigs or tiny bud vases, pine cones in the autumn or blossom in the summer, adding touches of nature will help your home feel alive and add a seasonal touch, too.
4. Go Green
Never has there been such an emphasis on helping to save our planet and it’s an ethos we can all live by when it comes to our home. When you’re buying household items, opt for those with recyclable packaging and try to limit the amount of plastic you use.
The same goes for cleaning products – choose natural brands without harsh chemicals that damage our environment. Then there’s the decorating tools – opt for eco-friendly, water-based paints with low levels of VOCs, which means no nasty fumes and it’s easy and safe to clean up your tools afterwards.
Bonus tip: Do your bit for the environment by choosing paint in metal tins, as they are infinitely recyclable.
Never has there been such an emphasis on helping to save our planet and it’s an ethos we can all live by when it comes to our home. When you’re buying household items, opt for those with recyclable packaging and try to limit the amount of plastic you use.
The same goes for cleaning products – choose natural brands without harsh chemicals that damage our environment. Then there’s the decorating tools – opt for eco-friendly, water-based paints with low levels of VOCs, which means no nasty fumes and it’s easy and safe to clean up your tools afterwards.
Bonus tip: Do your bit for the environment by choosing paint in metal tins, as they are infinitely recyclable.
… And Finally, Don’t Forget to Get Outdoors!
If there’s a puddle or a muddy bank, the kids are sure to step in it and leave a trail of dirty footprints as they go – and don’t talk to us about sticky fingers and scrapes on walls from toys! With that in mind, it’s important to have a paint that’s robust and durable.
In busy family households, choose durable, long-lasting and stain-resistant paint that can be washed and wiped down in an instant so life can carry on as usual.
“Our Modern range is brilliant for humid spaces like kitchens and bathrooms, but also great for high-traffic hallways and active boot rooms,” says Charlotte. “Anything that means less work for you is definitely a family favourite.”
If there’s a puddle or a muddy bank, the kids are sure to step in it and leave a trail of dirty footprints as they go – and don’t talk to us about sticky fingers and scrapes on walls from toys! With that in mind, it’s important to have a paint that’s robust and durable.
In busy family households, choose durable, long-lasting and stain-resistant paint that can be washed and wiped down in an instant so life can carry on as usual.
“Our Modern range is brilliant for humid spaces like kitchens and bathrooms, but also great for high-traffic hallways and active boot rooms,” says Charlotte. “Anything that means less work for you is definitely a family favourite.”
More: For more information about Farrow & Ball and to discover the new collection in collaboration with the Natural History Museum, click here.
Tell us: How have you brought nature into your home? Share with your fellow Houzzers in the Comments section below.
Tell us: How have you brought nature into your home? Share with your fellow Houzzers in the Comments section below.
- This story was written by the Houzz Sponsored Content team.
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Love these new colours from Farrow & Ball; rich, feelgood shades inspired by nature
Is it true that paint tins are recyclable?
Particularly like Red lake colour in image 4. Bold choice!