Tag: colour

Update your sun room

On a sunny day like today all you want to do is to be outside. Unfortunately all days are not like this, summer can sometimes feel more like monsoon season on Ireland. So how do you create that outdoors-indoors feeling. Sun rooms are still popular both on new builds and as an extension, but often they feel like a flat pack with no character. Why not get some standout features and turn it too a beautiful room, fit for any purpose? Take a look below for some great inspo (all pictures from pinterest.com)

What a dream! This is more like an orangerie, taking you back to colonial India
What a dream! This is more like an orangerie, taking you back to colonial India
Add a Gothic feel with the vaulted dome for a real WOW factor. We can make besopke mouldings for your purpose if you don't happen to have an excellent wood carver at hand
Add a Gothic feel with the vaulted dome for a real WOW factor. We can make besopke mouldings for your purpose if you don’t happen to have an excellent wood carver at hand
For a more modern touch, but non the less impressive, the skylights gives you all the air and light you need and the cornice and panel works gives you a real indoor feel
For a more modern touch, but non the less impressive, the skylights gives you all the air and light you need and the cornice and panel works gives you a real indoor feel
Want it greener? Team cornice and panel work with a green lush colour and plenty of low maintenance potted plants
Want it greener? Team cornice and panel work with a green lush colour and plenty of low maintenance potted plants
Who says it must be off kitchen? I'd love it if this was my home office
Who says it must be off kitchen? I’d love it if this was my home office
Out of space? You can still have the sun room of your dreams, the painted wood and white panels makes this as elegant as any New England porch
Out of space? You can still have the sun room of your dreams, the painted wood and white panels makes this as elegant as any New England porch
Speaking of New England, why not go all in? French doors, naked hard wood floor and light blue
Speaking of New England, why not go all in? French doors, naked hard wood floor and light blue
Get your own little space and enjoy
Get your own little space and enjoy

Cornice + yellow = LOVE

Get inspired this Easter by adding yellow to your home. From mild buttery nuances to bold mustard or loud neon, it matches the white crispy cornice, coving, centerpieces and panel work absolutely beautifully. Have a look at the pictures below for some inspo and do not hesitate to contact us to make your design dreams come true

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Grey walls, ceiling, cornice and centrepiece. Make it pop with high gloss yellow kitchen door. Mix the feel of the fifties with Georgian plasterwork. Read more about it here
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Yellow double door anyone? Add colour to a narrow dark space the lift its spirits. More here
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Don’t want to commit to painting? Get some yellow art. Here matched with a high gloss finish paint that reflects the bouncy yellow
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White, pink and a splash of yellow. Having your breakfast in this kitchen would certainly brighten your day. Link
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Before breakfast, why not do your morning routine in a room kissed by the sun? Classic fittings, crisp white and warm mild yellow is a winning combo. More inspo here
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Why settle for nuance of yellow when you can have two? Turn your corridor in to a room with colours, cornice and practical furniture. More here
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Let us create a beamed ceiling, you pick the rest. More here
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Why settle on white cornice when you can let it blend in with the ceiling. Stunning cornice, stunning colour. Read more here
Yellow ceiling, white cornice, grey walls and beautiful dark wood furniture. See more here
Yellow ceiling, white cornice, grey walls and beautiful dark wood furniture. See more here

Colourful Cornice inside and out!

Normally we think of cornice as a frame to the room where the wall meets the ceiling but it can also be used externally, both for its aesthetically value and for practical uses to lead away rain water. Externally you can use traditional plaster and seal it or use fibre cement. Whatever you choose to go with make sure it reflects the building and the surroundings.

Typical use of external plaster mouldings.
Typical use of external plaster mouldings.

In ancient Greek architecture cornice is used as the top ornament externally, above the architrave and the frieze

A gerat example to see how cornice was used during antiquity, carved in stone rather than cast.
A great example to see how cornice was used during antiquity, carved in stone rather than cast.

A fun fact is that classical Greek and roman architecture is often thought of as pristine and white, when in fact it highly coloured. The idea of the whiteness springs from the Classicist movement and preserved pieces were vigorously cleaned to bring them back to their whiteness

 

A great example that shows the colouring in antique statues, here is a part coloured in helmet on a statue, from the great exhibition “White Lies”

There is no need to keep your cornice white, just look at these stunning examples from Farrow and Ball

Farrow and Ball living room
A great example of how a painted in Cornice or Centrepiece can add a unique an classic look to your home. Works just as well on new as on restored plaster work
Another example of how well painted cornice looks, here in a kitchen
Another example of how well painted cornice looks, here in a kitchen

For more inspiration, give Elin in the office a call on 059 9143930