Your natural Habitat
TO CELEBRATE its sixth decade, Habitat has trawled its archives to reveal how British interior design fashions have changed since Jasper Conran introduced us to a more European style. In 1964 it was all blond-wood furniture, simple shapes and bright colours such as gold, orange and yellow.
The 1970s brought geometric and floral designs while in the 1980s we were loving primary colours, which could be why minimalism took off in the 1990s.
But since the 2000s the eclectic look has been in vogue, borrowing from those earlier decades as well as period pieces. Remember all those chandeliers?
So what do the 2020s promise? Functional furniture with inbuilt storage is key, often modular to break up open-plan rooms and create smaller spaces.
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Jewel-like hues are still in vogue but while the 2010s was all about mismatched colours, now we’ll be selecting two or three accent colours to bring together an interior, with neutral walls.
Kate Butler, Habitat’s head of product design, advises doing whatever makes you happy: “It could be something as simple as decluttering your space, adding a splash of colour with a decorative rug, investing in a new statement sofa or incorporating natural elements into your home.”
While John Lewis home design stylistWil Law adds: “To create cohesion in a space that has contrasting colours, try to include one piece that contains the combinations of these colours.
“Artwork is a good medium for this, or often one patterned cushion is enough.”