Hot chocolate tones look effortlessly cool against dark backdrops – let these rooms inspire you …
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Interior designers are busy swapping paredback greys, blacks and neutrals for richer, warmer dark and milk chocolate colours, from pinkish hot cocoa to soft truffe brown, all the way to 70 per cent dark. The fastest way to winter-ise your interior: unfurl a soft rug underfoot or smarten up a sofa with new wool or velvet upholstery. All tones of chocolate look sensational with pink, with the gleam of a steel, bronze or brass light fitting, a hint of rattan or highly polished wood.
Tip: Colour-drenching – painting walls, woodwork, ceiling and even radiators the same shade – will give a moody, opulent feel to a room. Brass Arrow pendant lights, Apparatus Studio, from a selection, at Porter & Jones Home, 39 Fitzwilliam Street Upper, Dublin 2. By appointment.
Brown fluted pedestal, €149, at H&M Home, 7 Opera Lane, Cork.
Tip: Brown upholstery is a great alternative to creams or taupes: richer and more durable for kids and pets.
Chocolate Atlanta velvet and oak loveseat, €2,900; www.sohohome.com.
The Ritual of Mehr scented candle, €27.90, at Rituals, Dundrum Town Centre, Dublin 16.
London Brown natural plantbased emulsion paint, €50 a litre; www.edwardbulmerpaint.co.uk.
Brown Dives Soft leather sofa, Antonio Citterio X Maxalto, €15,716, at Minima, One Ballsbridge, New Pembroke Street North, Dublin 4.
Chocolate Emma velvet cushion, Christina Lundsteen, €141, at Nordic Elements, 38 Main Street, Blackrock, Co Dublin.
Chocolate Colour Absolute Matt emulsion paint, Little Greene, €57 a litre, at Stillorgan Decor, Stillorgan, Co Dublin.
Tip: Try mixing and matching light and dark shades of brown to add inviting depth to a room. Image; @laurahodgesstudio
Sable mohair wool rug, The Rug Company, €2,617; www.maoliosa.com.
Chocolate suede crossbody bag, €129; www.arket.com.
Indiscret walnut veneered desk/dressing table, Constance Frapolli, €2,660, at Ligne Roset, Maple Avenue, Dublin 18.
Radical Rose extrait de parfum, Matiere Premiere, €350 for 100ml, at Parfumarija, 25 Westbury Mall, Dublin.
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