A Happy Home

Today I had a relaxing day at home so I made some new pictures. Summer is getting closer and it makes me so happy, everything & everyone looks better when the sun is shining! Last year I joined the "Dare with Colour" contest by Little Greene and I was the lucky winner of a voucher that I used for some beautiful Little Greene paint. One of the colours that I chose was Cupboard Green. With this colour I made a big triangle on the wall behind our dining table. The origami lamp we bought at Habitat in Antwerp last month, it fits perfectly in our living room I think!

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Pictures by Marij Hessel

Little Greene: Dare With Colour!

A while ago I received an invitation from Little Greene to visit their stand at the Woonbeurs, get to know more about this brand and pick out four samples from the new colour collection called "Highlights". 

"These beautiful ‘new’ colour combinations were created using natural earth pigments and often contained black, given a muted quality that is generally associated with what we believe to be ‘true’ historical paint shades, even though this soft quality was frequently the result of aging on the painted surface rather than the authentic, intended hue."

With "Dare with Colour", Little Greene challenged a couple of bloggers to give their own interpretation of their new collection. I picked out the colours Marigold, Green Verditer, Shallows & Sage Green and decided to combine three of them together in a graphic pattern on the wall. These three colours are not the most obvious combination but I think they work very well together! If you would use these colours separately, they would show a completely different look.

This challenge fitted me perfectly because I love to use colour in my home, especially as highlights! If you want to see or read more about the Highlights collection and Little Greene, click here!

Pictures by Marij Hessel