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The Ultimate Guide to Interior Design
Colour schemes: a demonstration
with RITA KONIG — Internationally renowned interior designer. AD100, House & Garden Top 100, Elle Decor A-List.
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Discover how to put a colour scheme together in this demonstration, with Rita designing a room in real-time.
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Colour Schemes: A Demonstration
I always advise thinking about the furniture, layout and use of a room before worrying too much about the colours.
When you are choosing the colours for a house, be aware of how they follow on from one another. This is particularly important downstairs, where the rooms tend to lead into each other: when you are sitting in them, the views from one room to the next should be pleasing and restful to the eye rather than jarring. Upstairs, make sure landings and passages are decorated in something that is harmonious with the rooms that lead off them.
I am working with a range of materials from Tissus d'Helene, Rose Uniacke, Raoul Textiles and Little Greene.
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Rita Konig
Internationally renowned interior designer. AD100, House & Garden Top 100, Elle Decor A-List.
Rita’s effortless style has made her one of today’s most sought after interior designers, with her writing and work a staple of Vogue, The New York Times, House & Garden and The Wall Street Journal. She is an expert at bringing refined, relaxed comfort to a home, and is passionate about sharing her expertise and empowering people to decorate and design their homes themselves.
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