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Jacqueline Fisken from

Ampersand Interiors loves
being bold

FROM a personal point of view I am throughout the room. For example,
delighted to see the return of more burnt orange curtains are a fabulous
colourful, maximalist interiors. The grey feature, but also ensure this colour
trend of recent years can certainly be appears throughout the scheme in
elegant but my heart has always been cushions and accessories. This is what
with colour, texture and design – it creates that sense of belonging; that
is simply more interesting. Embraced the interior may be ornate but it is
with gusto, you can create a home that considered rather than random. Likewise,
is full of personality and individuality. if you are showcasing a stunning piece
So keep these simple tips in mind: of furniture (or those beautiful burnt
orange curtains) at one end of the room
1. Wallpaper allows you to create a canvas avoid a lop-sided impression by having
– a base upon which to build up your something equally interesting opposite.
layers of interest – and it is also one of the
most effective ways to inject colour and 3. Decide on the star of the show.
pattern into your room. With the amazing Whether it is the drama of a bold, pictorial
range of wallcoverings wallpaper, the jewel-
currently available, like colours of a curtain
the boldness of colour “Be imaginative in fabric, a show-stopping
and scale of design piece of furniture, or
you choose really is combining different luxuriously patterned
down to you. Heavily designs and textures rug, once you have catching cushions, will equally hang
patterned and richly but select a single your key piece it can together if they have a common thread
coloured traditional be the foundation through their texture or pattern.
designs from William common colour to from which your choice
Morris and House … make them work of colours or pattern 5. Finally, go with what you love. If you
of Hackney are very can spring. If you opt are true to yourself it is far more likely that
much on trend at together” for a bold, bespoke the end result will work and reflect your
the moment; verdant statement wallpaper personality as opposed to feeling like an
foliage and sweeping then echoing the elaborately staged confection. If you lean
flora feature in the collections from colours in the gorgeous curtains gives towards a core colour palette or design as
our new favourite Mind the Gap; while cohesion to the scheme without one most people do, use that as your starting
Timorous Beasties and Susi Bellamy are single element overwhelming the rest. point and run with it. If you love that gilt
unmatched in their visual impact. Move palm tree lamp, place it centre-stage and
on from feature walls; it is the immersive, 4. Group colours and themes. partner it with a wonderful palm tree or
wrap-around effect of the pattern, Be imaginative in combining different tropical wallpaper – it will be amazing!
colour or both that is your aim. If you’re designs and textures but select a single The key is to embrace the joy and
cautious, start in a small area such as a common colour to create the ballast exuberance of colour and pattern
vestibule or loo, or use a heavily patterned that makes them work together rather but to do so with a plan in mind.
paper but in a lighter colour palette or than fight. A random assortment of even
a simple design in a bolder colour. beautiful bits and bobs still looks arbitrary, p Jacqueline Fisken
but a collection of green curios, or of is Design Director of
2. The balance of a room is crucial as black and white prints and drawings, Ampersand Interiors at 73
to whether a maximalist interior works. looks considered without appearing overly Dublin Street, Edinburgh.
Contact: 0131 557 6634 and
Once you have decided on your palette, curated. Alternatively, a kaleidoscope of ampersandinteriors.co.uk
select an accent colour to then pop up colours, perhaps in a throng of eye-

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