DECORATING Global print
Give your space an edgy, cosmopolitan vibe with funky African motifs, hot Latino patterns and sensual oriental designs
Take inspiration from around the world as Mexican extravagance, African warmth and geisha glamour combine to create a cultural melting pot
Create a scheme fit for a chief with feathered fabrics, naturally textured walls and earth-coloured flooring.
Walls Covered in Hobie Z430/03 cotton-mix in Natural, £110 per m, Zinc Textiles. Furniture Shadowy chair, £1,475, Tord Boontje for Moroso. Normandie table, £4,380, Paolo Moschino for Nicholas Haslam. Floor Casa Terre tiles, £35.87 per sq m, Mandarin Stone. Details Cushion made in Mud Print linen in Gold, £110 per m, Kit Kemp for Christopher Farr Cloth. Curtain made in Tissu Voile Plume Rive PRN28571330 polyester and feathers in Gauche Naturel, £94.65 per m, Casadeco. Jean Michel Basquiat’s Nightmare print, £200, Nelly Duff. Picture frame, £22, The Conran Shop. Cassoway skeleton, £2,995, Andrew Martin.
Go wild in the country with tribal- and animal-inspired textiles. Ground the décor with rich organic hues before layering up the look with complementary fabrics in the same embracing palette.
Picture: Wall Covered in Hobie cotton-mix, as before. Memo rug, used as a wall hanging, £575, Linie Designs at Heal’s.
Furniture Wing chairs, £1,045 each, Werner Aisslinger for Lema UK. Bamileki stool, £395, Andrew Martin. Floor Casa Terre tiles, as before. details Cushions upholstered in, left, Kanoko ZATM322438 linen-mix; and, right, Kanoko ZATM322435 linen-mix, both £75 per m, Zoffany; trimmed with Genoveva P029-02 polyester-mix, £48 per m, Ulf Moritz at Sahco. The Lion of Zanzibar (Green Half Mask) print, £595, Nelly Duff. Picture frame, as before. Chiefton head adornment, on stand, £950, Tribal Gathering. swatches: from bottom left, hemp rope; F0912/01 viscose-mix; Hobie cotton-mix; Keystone M455/06 linen; and Kanoko ZATM322438 and ZATM322435 linen-mixes.
Get in touch with your inner geisha with soft, harmonious shades. Up the glamour factor by dressing the walls in swathes of silk – pops of fuchsia in the soft furnishings will add to the pampering effect…
main picture: Walls curtain made in Palmetto 131651 silk in Dusk, £46 per m, Harlequin. Papered in, above picture rail, Watered Silk wallpaper in Salmon, £65 per roll, Cole & Son. Furniture Prado day bed, £5,101, Christian Werner for Ligne Roset at Harrods. JH7 Palette table, £1,095, Jaime Hayon for &Tradition at Monologue. Floor Vinyl flooring in Pebble, £28 per sq m, The Colour Flooring Company. Details Bolsters made in Pillement 1649-05 viscose-mix in Canard, £214 per m, Tassinari & Chatel at Lelièvre. 18th-century Chinese wallpaper canvas, £185, Surface View. inset picture: Walls Papered in Panoramique Paysage wall panel, £208.20, Casadeco; and Watered Silk wallpaper, as before. Furniture Ester chair, for details, see opposite. Floor As before. Details Akari UF3-Q floor lamp, £799, Isamu Noguchi for Vitra at Heal’s. Shoji screen, £140 per sq m, Highbury Design. swatches: from top, Pillement 1649-05 viscosemix; Singapur Rosa wallpaper, £99.80 per roll, Gastón y Daniela at Abbott & Boyd; Monastery Garden silk; and Watered Silk wallpaper.
Make like Frida Kahlo and mix brash colours with eye-catching shapes for an indulgent, celebratory mood. Channel the carnival spirit against a backdrop of vibrant blue and graphic tiles.
picture: Wall Painted in Ultra Blue matt emulsion, £49 for 2.5l, Little Greene. Window curtain made in Nymphea Memphis 37290297 cotton/linen-mix, £105.40 per m, Casamance. Furniture Sumatra bed, for details, see opposite. Blade bench, £1,795, The Conran Shop. Floor Tulia tiles, £99 per sq m, Neisha Crosland for Fired Earth. details Peruvian bedding set, for details, see opposite. Bedspread made in Fombelle MLF2284-02 cotton-mix, £95 per m, Lorca at Osborne & Little; fringed with Gumdrop Pompom rayon-mix in Fruit Punch, £168 per m, Samuel & Sons. Panel made in Papagayo wallpaper, £120 per linear m, Pierre Frey. Faux cacti, from £55 each, Abigail Ahern. swatches: from bottom left, Papagayo wallpaper; Porthmeor Beach silk/linen-mix, £110 per m, Liberty Art Fabrics at Liberty; Tulia tile; Cocota 7760/06 viscose-mix in Peony, £85 per m, Romo; Nymphea Memphis cotton/linen-mix; and Gumdrop Pompom rayon-mix.
Bring the steamy, Central American jungle into a luxe bathroom setting with an exotic, panoramic mural. Team with a red-hot tub – its high-gloss lacquer finish makes a stunning statement.
WALLS Papered in Incroyables et Merveilleuses Bagatelle wallpaper, £497 per roll, Christian Lacroix Maison for Designers Guild; and painted in Ultra Blue matt emulsion, as before. Furniture Accademia bath, £6,588; and Skidoo freestanding mixer tap, £2,765.40, Teuco at West One Bathrooms. Floor Tulia tiles, as before. Details Peruvian bath mat, £19.50, M&S. Tin mirror, £150, Milagros. Basket, £40, Wanderlust Wares. Faux cacti, as before.