One of many issues I’ve beloved most all through my twenty-year profession on interiors magazines is getting an opportunity to see the subsequent season’s collections earlier than they drop, and recognizing developments are going to fly. I popped alongside to the preview of John Lewis’s new Autumn Winter 2024 assortment final week, and what was I most excited by? A color development that I can seen having an enormous affect on the perfect sofas – and one I am unable to wait to see making waves in properties up and down the nation.
Our love of the velvet inexperienced couch has been a permanent fixed over the previous few seasons, however I spy a brand new color challenger stepping as much as take over the cost. Say whats up to caramel, the shade that I believe we’ll be seeing in every single place this autumn (and past), and that is poised to be the most recent couch color development.
‘Caramel is a wealthy and cosy color from nature that brings each consolation and luxurious. It really works splendidly in a contemporary scheme throughout velvets and marble, providing heat to a extra minimal aesthetic,’ says Melanie Archer, Color Skilled and Designer at John Lewis. ‘Caramel and auburn shades might be a contender for the grounding greens we have now seen dominate the previous few seasons.’
I have been lapping up the wealthy, earthy shades which were sweeping by way of interiors – a lot so, that I lately painted my downstairs bathroom an opulent terracotta – and caramel sits comfortably on this palette. In actual fact, wanting round my house now, I have already got a couple of caramel accents which have crept into my adorning scheme lately, together with a few caramel cushions on the bench seating in my kitchen.
Once I cease to consider it, the color has been on my design radar since Little Greene launched their Candy Treats assortment final autumn – a set of heat neutrals, impressed by tones of honey, caramel and chocolate.
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And why is caramel good for sofas? As an announcement impartial it will get brownie factors for versatility, which is what you are on the lookout for when selecting an funding piece like a settee that you simply wish to final past a flash-in-the-pan micro-trend. Mustard sofas have additionally loved a second this 12 months, however let’s face it – in actuality, yellow is more durable to stay with (and a much bigger dedication) than this wealthy shade, with its impartial brown base combined with a look-at-me trace of orange.
Caramel pairs effectively with a spectrum of accent colors from purple (the sudden purple concept is not going anyplace) to calmer pale shades of blue or inexperienced.
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This couch color additionally works brilliantly in several materials. In a linen it is has a extra relaxed, boho really feel, or in velvet (as I noticed at John Lewis) it will add a luxe contact to your dwelling house, with the depth of color actually accentuated. On the preview it was proven off to perfection on the elegant new couch design, impressed by the model’s bestselling Blocky armchair. Having sat on the Blocky couch final week, I can verify it ticks the field for consolation, and the sculptural legs give it a design edge.
If you cannot wait till the Blocky couch drops in September, begin to introduce this must-have new color now with accent cushions in your couch, or a couple of well-placed equipment like vases, lamps or throws dotted throughout the house.
Anyday Velvet Cushion, John Lewis
This tactile velvet cushion is a fast and straightforward method to introduce on-trend caramel to your current couch
Habitat Gloss Glass Desk Lamp
This retro-inspired desk lamp will add a shot of caramel on a sideboard or bedside desk
Dekketo Upholstered Tub Chairs
This set of two upholstered tub chairs hits two developments in a single – caramel and boucle
So I am calling it. Caramel is my color choose for Autumn Winter 2024, and we’ll be seeing it on sofas left, proper and centre proper all through 2025.
