Moodboard: Small rose by Wiebren

It is a moody Monday today, so time for a new moodboard! Today we will show you how you can combine our blue-green vase with a raw but colourful (vintage) interior. We also give some tips on colour, texture and material combinations.

This vase is carved by hand, with an intricate pattern. It is nice to combine the vase with other patterned materials, for instance with carved wood (1) or wood with the bark still on it. The combination with plants with a particular pattern is also great! (2). A rough wall in subtle, powder colours (5) also make a strong combination. 

To make a contrast with the carved pattern you can combine this vase with smooth polished metals like brass, aluminium or copper. It looks great when these metals are frosted (3). 

The blue-green of the vase is an intense hue, which goes well with a lot of colours. Here we show you how lovely it is in combination with powder pink (4), emerald green, wood brown and a dash of golden yellow. 

With this moodboard we will show you how our vase combines great with a vintage inspired colourful interior. Think pink! For instance in the entrance hall (1) pink is a great colour to use, it will make you smile every time you enter your home! In combination with white walls, some yellow, orange & copper accents and some light grey it give a very fresh feel to your room. You can also choose for a more powdery pink hue (3) which gives a more classical feeling. This is also great with grey and white and gets stronger if you combine different pink hues with each other (ton-sur-ton)

You can also choose to combine the pink with grey-blue and old leather or wood. This combination of dark materials & light colours is very strong! (2). If you love wood, you can use it on your walls as well, layered in a pattern it looks so awesome! (5). Use plants to liven up your interior, big ones with distinctive leaves make a great eye catcher (4) in your interior. Combined with wood, blues & white it makes a fresh interior.

Hope we gave you loads of inspiration. You can find more information about our vase here. We made some moodboards before; for our large stripes by Douwe vase & for our small triangles vase  For our lamp 'large wicked light by esmé' you can also find a moodboard here. If you want more inspiration pictures of our products, check out our pinterest bord.

Credits for the photo's used

Collage 1: Top f.l.t.r.: photography by Sarah Hogan, found on soocurious.com, row 2; photo by bossart on Flickr, found on vsco, photo by tina negus on Flickr, row 3; Natural Elements by Rogerselle, foundon busybeingfabulous.com, found on chantellegrady.com, bottom; from Rebecca Atwood, found on elingreen.com, found on beth-nicholas.com 

Collage 2: Top f.l.t.r. found on pinterest, found on For Interieur, found on Frenchy Fancy, row 2; found on plastolux.com, found on katvonindie.tumblr.com, found on cushandnooks.blogspot.com.au, row 3: found on saintofsass.tumblr.com, Photo by Craig Jewell Photography on Flickr, found on pinterest, bottom; found on insideout.com.au, styling by Heather Nette King, Wood Chevron Designs - Apartment Therapy

No more boring walls!

Another blogpost on colour... you might think we have a thing for it ;) I guess that is just the truth! And we try to get you along ;) We have been inspired by all these great pictures we see of coloured walls, so here is an overview for you with loads of inspiration to make sure your walls will never be boring anymore!
 
Start small
Start with one strip of colour if you are not too confident. Or use it as an accent in a room. You can also use wallpaper in one strip, you can even let it hang lose, so your walls will not be damaged. (another pro is that you can vary very easily if you do not glue the wallpaper to the wall)

pink stripes to accentuate a wall / found on lekkerfriss.blogspot.com

one spot of pink on your wall / found on vintagerevivals

hang a roll of wallpaper without gluing it / found at domino mag

Two - toned

You call it a trend I guess, two toned walls. Or the revival of the wainscotting ;) It is all about painting half a wall in colour. This gives a great boost of colour to your interior, without making a room looking dark for instance when you use an intense colour. If you add an extra line in an accent colour it pops even more. Painting cupboards, shelves and paintings in the same way, gives it an extra fun factor.

 

painting the cupboard & painting as well /picture from domaine

paint the ceiling, wall and floor in one colour / found on desiretoinspire.com

pink on the top part of the wall / found on pinterest

ochre & yellow, great with vintage & plants / found on entermyattic.blogspot.com

continue the floor on the wall! / found on obus.com.au

two bright colours make the bathroom a happy place / found on sfgirlbybay

a classy yet modern two-toned wall / vt wonen

pastelpower! / found on idcongres-be

unfinished look of a two-toned wall / found on simonaelle.com

classy! and lovely with this ceiling / found on sunnygirlsf

warm colours with warm textiles / picture by vt wonen

two colours make a separation without walls / found on the fifth watches

Look up!

Painting your ceiling makes a room very special (do it when your rooms are quite high, otherwise it makes the room feel really small) You can combine the colours with those on the wall, or just paint only your ceiling. A wow effect is almost guaranteed! You can choose to paint part of the wall in the same colour, be creative.

an emerald ceiling, very classy with the wooden floor / found on designlovefest

the colour of the ceiling continues on the wall / picture from farrow and ball

a green ceiling in a boho room, lovely! / found on mandi gubler

colour the ceiling, wall & doors! / found on chloé douglas

a red ceiling (makes the walls look pink) / found on apartment therapy

a grey ceiling continuing on the wall / found on decoidees.be

different shades of green / found on katyelliott.com

pink on the ceiling! / found on apartment therapy

Murals

Is a two-tone wall too boring for you? Then make a mural in the modern way. You can choose for instance from geometric patterns, dots, the 'unfinished painting' look or florals. Use one colour or combine a few... whatever you want :) A nice accent is painting something around a door frame, that makes it more special and a focus point in your interior.

 

ain't no mountain high enough / found on sogirlyblog.com

a floral door frame, very nice / picture by cath kidston home

an unfinished pink wall / found on boligliv.dk

watercolour wall / found on brit.co

geometrical wall with matching chairs / happy.mundane.com

another way to leave a wall unfinished / found on brit.co

graphic landscape / found on houzz.com

dots on the wall & floor / found on improvised life.com

coral mural / found on erictrine.com

original mural continuing on the floor / found on ssdb

graphic mountains / Haymes Color Forecast 2015

graphic in blue hues / from murals wallpaper

Accents with colour

Of course you can use colour to makes accents in your interior. Be playful and creative! Here are some examples how you can make a room special with just a few strokes of colour. Use it to accentuate certain elements in your room, like a doorway or your fireplace.

two yellow lines make a room more special / found on frenchbysedign.blogspot.com

a coloured accent next to the door / found on pinterest

a yellow accent, very playful / found on apartment therapy 

painting a colour block behind your shelf / found on designglovefest

accentuate the fireplace / found on yatzer

accentuate a doorway / vogue australia

colour on & around the fireplace / styling Cleo Scheulderman photo Jeroen van der Spek

why not accentuate more?! / via 2modern

Panels

If you want to change your colour often, or want to move it around your home you can make coloured panels. You can even paint them on both sides, or use different materials to play with texture in your interior at the same time. If you make panels out of fabric, this will also improve the acoustics in your room. You can also use a semi transparent material, this gives an extra dimension when the light shines on it. And you can use them to separate parts of your room, without blocking the view.

coloured panels with a painted wall / found on zilverblauw pinterest

coloured separation panel / found on ffffound.com

a transparent colour accent / found on beautifuldecay.com

Happy walls

Add some confetti or fringes to make a happy wall.... it is such a wall that makes you smile every time you pass it! A good way to start you day or make you instantly happy when you get back from work.

  

a paper fringes wall, gives such a happy vibe / found on ohjoy.com

copper foil confetti / found on ohhhmhhh.de

Hopefully we gave you enough inspiration to create your own great wall. If you need more inspiration, you can always follow our pinterest board on walls. Do you need some more colour tips? You can check our post on pastel colours or our post on intense, dark colours (written in Dutch) We did a post on spicing up your walls before, so for more ideas check this post.