When you think pastels you might get flashbacks to the 80’s, peach kitchens, mint bathrooms and lavender walls! Pastels are starting to pop up again in décor trends, but its a new take on pastels which makes it a trend worth trying!
A move towards mixing pastels with modern, streamlined furniture is a great way to use modern pastels in the home and creates a simple palette. A new take on pastels is calling for soft, muted pastel tones and moving away from the bright pastels of the past. Modern pastel tones paired with simple furniture can create a calming, soothing room without making the room too feminine. A great colour pairing for pastels is grey tones. The grey cuts through the sweetness of the pastels to create contrast. An even easier colour combination is to introduce pastels into a white room. A minimal, modern, white room can look great with just a hint of modern pastel tones to brighten it up. Think cushion, a chair, a print or a rug. These are easy and affordable ways to update your home with pastels. Mixing pastels with the other trends of the moment can also look great. Metallic and modern pastels are a perfect way to update a room, for example a pastel pink cushion on a bed would pair perfectly with a rose gold bedside lamp. Another great mix of trends is adding pastels to a natural palette, pastels and natural wood is a great combination. The most surprising way to use pastels that really looks great is to pair it with black, a black and white room with hints of pastel mint or pink looks great! Pastels in an industrial or rustic space can soften the room easily. A great way to add pastels without changing too much of a room is by choosing pastel accessories, like appliances, bowls, plates, stools, even light fittings. All these accessories can be easily changed up when you want to try something different. Don’t think of pastels as too feminine or sweet for your home, there are so many ways to use modern pastels around the house!
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