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Decorex Durban: a kaleidoscope of colour

In the ever-crowded world of design trends, true originality is rare. But Durban design...

Spaces Issue 7, 2012
Price R14.95
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    Inspire
    A Room For Every Colour
    Warm shades cosy up a large, open-plan house A Gauteng home is infused with bold colours, striking paint techniques and touches of wit and whimsy, just for fun.
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    The 5th Wall
    Global interior trends are finally looking up. Up to the ceiling, that is. Its time to exploit the high-flying feature wall just over your head.
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    Where the Artist Lives
    Mick Jagger saw a red door and wanted to paint it black says the Rolling Stones track. The opposite could be said for Johannesburg antique dealer and artist Donald Price and his wife Jill.
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    Simple is beautiful
    Interior specialist Dawid Augustyn transforms a teenagers room with little more than the strategic use of grey and brights.
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    Majeka Tricks
    Because interior design is so far from factory work, its hard to imagine using an industrial environment to inspire a swanky boutique hotel.
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    Hallway to Heaven
    Carola Simmonds entrance hall was a hodgepodge of half-done repairs when she dispatched an SOS entry to our first Win a Makeover for your Space competition.
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    Blue and light
    Two award-winning photographers in one family guarantees great holiday snaps. But it doesnt always mean youll have a home worth capturing on film.
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    VERY JUBILEE
    Who says a place of business cant be a place of play? It can. See how designer Tracy Lee Lynch and stylist Julie Kenney use the brilliance of paint to animate an otherwise grey, urban space.
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    A colour holiday
    An all-beige holiday home can be almost as dull as a day at the office. But after winning the Durban leg of our Win a Makeover for your Space competition, this family got to turn their Aloestone Lodge into the destination it deserves to be.
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    Light house
    Sleek and subtle grey is all very elegant. But, when your beautiful old Parkview home is full of windows and skylights that pull in the light, what you really need is some yellow to reflect it and glow.
    Colour
    Creams
    Cream is a soft, soothing colour, often used to create a calm, neutral environment.
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    Greens
    Green has a strong affinity with nature, evoking a sense of empathy with those around us and with the natural world.
    Colour
    Oranges
    A joyous colour, orange brings emotional release and is known to alleviate feelings of self-pity and low self-esteem.
    Colour
    Pinks
    Pink is emotionally soothing and calming, a colour that evokes a feeling of gentle warmth and nurturing.
    Colour
    Purples
    Purple has a powerful effect on the psyche and colour therapists turn to this royal hue to help patients combat anxiety.
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    Reds
    A powerful energiser and stimulant, red is an uplifting, highly emotive colour.
    Colour
    Yellows
    Yellow is a truly uplifting colour, associated with the expression of thoughts and stimulation of the intellect.
    Colour
    Blues
    Blue is a cool, calming colour that inspires mental control, clarity and creativity.
    Colour
    Colour forecast 2012
    When you express yourself with colour, the possibilities are endless. Plascons Palette of 2012 is inspired by the different ways that we bring colour into our lives, and different influences that we draw on to do so.
    Projects
    How to: Brighten up a baby's room
    Plascons Vibrant Possibilities palette, brightly coloured cardboard and pretty ribbons create a happy feature wall in a baby girls room.
    Projects
    How to: Liven up a living room
    A grey and uninviting sitting room is transformed into a warm, playful space using bold fuchsia shades.
    Projects
    How to: Recycle an old ladder
    A rickety ladder is given a new coat of paint and put to work as a vertical garden.
    Projects
    How to: Perk up a playroom
    Sunny yellow stripes bring a fun element to a playroom wall while a new coat of paint breathes fresh life into an old toy.
    Projects
    How to: Make magic with a mural
    A woodland scene in sludgy pastels transforms a little boys bedroom into a fantasy forest.
    Projects
    How to: Green a living room
    An accent wall in earthy, calming green compliments rustic wood and natural linen, and highlights the contrasting textures in an organic room.
    Projects
    How to: Re-ignite a kitchen
    A feature wall in energising red brings some rouge to a minimalist kitchen, and helps to define the dining area of this open-plan space, too.
    Projects
    How to: Transform a baby boy's room
    Hem in your little one with this easy battlements paint technique.
    Projects
    How to: Personalise a baby girl's space
    Transform a nursery with pretty murals and personalised letters.
    Projects
    How to: Make Faberge a feature
    Echoing the bejewelled eggs made by the House of Faberg in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this feature wall of Baroque flourishes celebrates opulence and femininity.

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