AP LIFESTYLES: As home decor looks to warmth and comfort, brown makes a stylish return.
New York-based designer Glenn Gissler painted this New York loft in Benjamin Moore's deep, rich Van Buren Brown, with columns and ceilings in crisp Decorator's White. A long tuxedo-style sofa in milk chocolate-y velvet anchors the space along with tonal modern art. The result is a chic, contemporary yet cozy and eminently livable space.
It’s just one of the trends in decor this season, when the pandemic has made home an even more essential space for living, working, studying and more. Also on the watch list: flexible rooms, indoor and out.Hamilton says today’s brown palette is being used in new ways, as a neutral in all kinds of materials, and as an accent color.
Eilyn Jimenez of Sire Design in Miami is adding a mocha brown vanity to the guest bathroom of a “minimalist, French chateau-style” home she’s designing. “It adds a layer of depth with a vintage feel,” she says. Melissa Morgan of M Interiors in San Antonio, Texas, thinks brown’s rebirth is “a reaction to years of very light, tonal interiors. Clients are looking for warmth and sanctuary in their homes more than ever.”“In upholstery, we consider saddle leather to be a form of brown that’s like a trusty pair of blue jeans -- it goes with everything,” says Chicago designer Brynn Olson.
The ideal room now, he says, converts easily from family room to office, studio, guest room or self-quarantine space.“Can we design outdoor spaces that still have privacy, which become oases to enjoy fresh air and sunlight without being in public?” says Dungan.
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