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Bold interior design and style ideas

Victoria Robinson product manager Author Victoria RobinsonProduct ManagerWritten 15/01/2020Updated 01/05/2026
Faso fiesta floor length eyelet curtains paired with white shutters in modern living room

Leap into bold colour with these tips and tricks  

If you’re crazy for colour and partial to pattern, you’ll love the bold prints and vibrant hues throughout our collections. If you want to make braver design choices, but don’t know where to start, we’re here to help you get it right. Let's dive into some creative ways to bring bold looks to your living spaces. 

pink floral roman blind and curtain in kitchen/living area with floral patterned walls and furnishings

Pattern mixing made‑easy

When it comes to pattern, start small with accessories like patterned cushions, throws, or artwork to introduce pops of personality. Then ramp things up with a patterned wallpaper or rug. 

Pair Roman blinds and curtains in the same fabric with bold patterned wallpaper for contrast, while helping to create a cohesive look throughout the room. As with any pattern mixing, the key to success is balance. 

Mix and match different patterns but make sure they share a common colour palette or theme. Whether you prefer geometric, floral, or abstract, let your creativity flourish and create a space that truly reflects your style. 

Diffuse Raven Enlight blinds in a Garden Room with Harkness Gasoline, Cadillac Noir and Tranquility Fern Green curtains

Bold architectural blinds

If your home has bold architectural features, then your window dressings should ideally reflect the look and feel of the space. 

This smart side extension has an industrial aesthetic, with exposed steel and polished concrete. 

Our innovative Day and Night blinds mirror these strong architectural features, while smart home integration ensures your window dressings echo the modernity of the space. 

A modern kitchen features a white island with wooden stools, topped with a tray of kitchenware, situated under a pendant light. Potted plants and colorful accents brighten the space.

Go colour crazy

Colour not only influences your mood and mindset, it helps add personality and character to a space too. 

When choosing the colour palette for this bright kitchen space, interior stylist Gemma Gear went for shades of lime green and orange for a bold statement with a naturally refreshing feel. 

The bold colours contrast wonderfully with the white Wooden blind, for a finishing look that's cheerful and happy but also fresh, crisp and clean. For a similar effect at home, introduce bold shades through walls, cabinets and accessories, then anchor the space with neutral window dressings to keep the room feeling light. 

Mint green and white Transition Pleated blinds dressed on the window in dining room with white bistro table and chairs.

Feature wall flair

A feature wall is a great way to add depth and personality to a room, whether you choose exposed brick, bold paint or a statement wallpaper.  

The key is choosing one wall to lead the scheme and balancing it with softer tones, natural materials or unique blinds to tie the look together, just as the green and white transition blind and houseplants do perfectly in this dining room. 

  • "For me, maximalism feels like home. It’s a great way for me to show off my personality and add some life and vibrancy to a small space to give it a fresh new look."

    GEMMA GEAR, INTERIOR STYLIST

A vivid child's playroom fitted with bright green shutters

Statement making shutters

Our custom colour shutters are a brilliant way to jump on the bold interior trend. 

Our service lets you choose shutters in almost any colour you can think of from hot pink to sunshine yellow. It's ideal for matching shutters to the paint colour of your walls, your furniture or even just your favourite shade. 

Stylist and brand consultant Erica Davies matched the wooden shutters in her family's playroom to the exact shade of her green stair carpet, creating an inspirational room packed with personality while still feeling connected to the rest of the house. 

Nora putty floor length eyelet curtains in cosy pink themed living room

Bold geometric shapes

For a really bold look, clashing colour and pattern is essential. In this wonderful living room, the geometric curtains help anchor the scheme, tying together the base palette of pink, gold and white. 

Strong geometric shapes and patterns feature strongly throughout, but the magic ingredient in great maximalist styling is to create visual contrast. 

For example, counter the edgy look of the curtains with soft furnishings, and second, pair a modernist boxy sofa with a curvaceous gold table. 

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