Decoration & Inspiration: Features - Dining Room

Inject vibrant colour into your home

There are a variety of ways to make this trend work for you, whether you want to embrace it wholeheartedly with neon carpets or would prefer to accessorise with a few carefully chosen items we have the best ideas for you.

Funky flooring
A new carpet is an affordable way to refresh a room and dramatically brighten up a space for as little as a few hundred pounds. By simply using one block of bold colour in your bedroom, living room or child’s bedroom, you can achieve a unique interior style without breaking the bank.

www.funonthefloor.com has noted a significant increase in the number of enquiries for vibrant carpets. Bold acid colours such as yellow, fuchsia, coral, emerald and cobalt blue have been at the top of people’s lists.

‘We tend to think of carpet as being a neutral base to a room, but this season we are seeing such fantastic, vivid colours coming through that carpet is becoming the hero of our living spaces,’ says David Cormack, spokesperson for Fun on the Floor.

Colour blind
Inject colour into your room with a vibrant window dressing. Apollo’s electric blue, citrus green, orange, bright pink and purple made-to-measure aluminium venetian blinds are perfect for this look. Designed to co-ordinate with the hottest colour trends in home interiors, the blinds will perfectly complement other room accessories and accent colours available on the high street.

'Home owners are getting braver with their home interiors and investing in colour. Research indicates that during a recession people look for ways to brighten up their surroundings to counter the doom and gloom – brights are the perfect way to do this.' Helen Kilvington, Apollo