Dulux Forecasts 2024's Trending Wall Colors and More
Can’t decide what colour to paint your walls? Be inspired by the three stunning palettes in the Dulux Colour Forecast 2024.
READ ARTICLEIf an interior that exudes elegance is your goal, you’ll find our Light Meets Dark theme hard to resist. This carefully curated look uses crisp white walls and reflective surfaces as a backdrop to showcase striking features, such as intricately veined marble, richly grained timber, stunning light fixtures, and bold furniture shapes.
The focus is on quality and timelessness, with beautiful detailing at every turn, be it sculptural kitchen tap or a wall of exquisite mosaic tiles that elevates a hardworking room like a laundry. Meanwhile, comfort is assured with plump, upholstered seating and tactile silk rugs that foster a sense of togetherness and relaxation.
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Use the power of contrast to add drama to your façade by combining deep, earthy tones of chocolate and charcoal with taupe and pale grey across your rendered surfaces, and rich timber roof and window detailing. For added luxury, tile your front pier in serene cream or greige.
Set a luxurious foundation in your main living spaces with chevron or herringbone timber flooring or high-gloss, marble-look floor tiles. Introduce softness with plush silk rugs or textural cut-and-loop pile styles in a solid or stippled colour. For bedrooms and cosy spaces, consider fine loop pile carpets in a gentle neutral like soft grey or greige.
Lighting plays an art-role with this look. Seek out sculptural, modern styles in glass and aged brass, finely woven black pendants that create intriguing interplays of shadow and light, decorative wall sconces, and shapely hanging lights that instantly capture the eye.
Evoke a natural feel in your kitchen with two-tone timber and white joinery, combining flat-face panelling with sections of v-groove panelling for a touch of texture, creamy stone benchtops, and a window splashback overlooking the garden.
Or make a statement with a bolder palette of basalt grey joinery, thick marble-effect benchtops, and marble mosaic tiles on your splashbacks.
Complete the look with an oversized sculptural timber pendant over your kitchen island, and soft, padded bar stools in a look-at-me hue like navy or black.
Make your bathrooms havens of relaxation with layers of elegant marble- or limestone-effect tiles running from floor to ceiling. You might, for example, combine basketweave marble mosaics on the walls and in the shower area, with simple square or rectangular tiles in a harmonising finish across the floors.
Inject a crisp, modern edge with under-mounted basins, gunmetal or brushed nickel tapware and joinery handles, and clean-lined wall sconces in black or white.
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Centre your styling around comfort and luxury, with simple, elegant sofas and seating, topped with scatter cushions in chenille, velvet, silk and faux fur. Add softness with lavish rugs, arched mirrors, an oval dining table, a round coffee table in striking black or grey marble, and a curved bench at the foot of the bed.
Ensure every room has a captivating focal point, be it an intricately tiled wall, an eye-catching work of art, a shapely light fitting, or a gorgeous, velvet-covered bedhead.
Use the walls (and even your ceiling) to bring depth and cosiness, with tongue and groove panelling, or textural, woven wallpapers.
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Can’t decide what colour to paint your walls? Be inspired by the three stunning palettes in the Dulux Colour Forecast 2024.
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