This joyful interior trend is a celebration of colour in its purest form. Think wall-to-wall or wall-to-ceiling colour, layers of colour matching, coordinated furniture and soft furnishings, and dramatic colour drenching techniques with matte finishes.
Choose any colour – whether dark or light, classic or on-trend – to tell your story and consider all aspects of the space. This includes those forgotten-about features that usually get ignored, like skirting boards, door trims, woodwork, and even your radiators.
Colour drenching interiors is about saturating everything in the same colour for seamless beauty and impact. Want to know how to pull off this trend like a pro? Read on for our ultimate cheat sheet.
Cheat code 1 – Add more space with light colours
Choose light to mid shades to create the illusion of space and make a small room appear larger. Drenching your home in a single light colour can make it feel bright, airy and beautifully sun-lit during the daytime.
Invest in good lighting options, such as LED ceiling spotlights, to maintain the same look and ambience at night. This can work well in terms of light distribution and adapt well to all ceiling heights.
If your windows are towards one end of the room, or you have an awkward-shaped space, remember to consider ways to light up those dark corners and recesses. In the same way you’re drenching the room in colour, you’ll want to drench it in lots of light too.
Cheat code 2 – Create drama with darker hues
Fancy stepping over to the dark side? Darker hues like navy are a match made in heaven for colour drenching interiors. Plus, if you’ve never dipped your toe into dark home design, this is the perfect time to try. This highly saturated trend makes it super easy to curate dark colours, such as forest green, navy, or charcoal grey.
Matte finishes are great if you want to soften the look too. This can make moodier hues feel less imposing, creating a more ”cocooned” and cosy effect where the colour envelopes you as soon as you walk in.
Just be sure to consider lighting carefully. Some great tips for ensuring your space still gets the right amount of light include:
- Adding lots of mirrors to bounce light around the room
- Illuminating low ceilings with effective lighting options
- Keeping window areas clear to invite maximum sunlight during the day
- Opting for lighter-coloured flooring
- Combining gloss and matte finishes for depth and dimension
Cheat code 3 – Celebrate the colour of the season
There’s no better way to embrace colour trends than by drenching your space in one colour. Drenching is a confident, self-assured interior design narrative that goes full pelt with zero inhibitions. In order to really pull this one off, the designer has to do it with poise and conviction. In other words – don’t second guess yourself.
If this is the colour you love, go right ahead and paint everything. Your walls, ceilings, skirting boards, woodwork, furniture, and more. Whatever you can get your paintbrush on!
Some of the hottest colours in 2024 include deep maroon and cherry, fun retro blues, golden honey and rich yellow, as well as warm, earthy tones like terracotta and caramel. And let’s not forget the WGSN and Coloro Colour of the Year – ”Future Dusk”, which sits somewhere between dark blue and purple.
