INTERIORS & INTERIOR DESIGN
SEARCHES FOR BURGUNDY KITCHENS UP 5,000 % AS DESIGNERS CALL IT ' THE NEW NEUTRAL '
Burgundy has taken interiors by storm this autumn, and following a 5000 % increase in searches for ' burgundy kitchen ', with 35k searches in the past month alone. Laura Townsend, Design Manager at Magnet Kitchens, has pulled together a style guide on how to bring rich, deep burgundy reds into your kitchen this autumn / winter.
WHY DEEP BURGUNDY IS THE NEW NEUTRAL
Deep burgundies and reds are a key colour in the autumn-winter palette, returning to our lives every year. We see them annually in autumn from the catwalk, on the high street and in our wardrobes, to the leather booths of sought-after city bars and the candlelit walls of chic neighbourhood bistros. As our homes are moving away from minimalism toward comfort and character, rich colour can work hard to express your personality.
According to Laura, the appetite for bolder kitchens is growing:
" For years, neutrals were seen as the sensible choice: beige or grey was the colour you picked because you didn ' t want to get it wrong. But now we ' re seeing bolder colours gaining ground, and customers are coming to us wanting kitchens that feel expressive and personal, not like a show home they ' re afraid to live in."
" A kitchen can be both liveable and full of personality. It ' s the heart of our homes that we spend so much of our time in, working from home, cooking, eating, and debriefing at the end of the day; so why shouldn ' t it reflect who we are? Deep burgundies are rich and exude confidence, yet the right shade has so much depth that it can command a room almost like a neutral. At Magnet, our hero burgundy shade, Morello, can become the backdrop to your everyday life instead of being another colour fad that temporarily shouts for attention, and it brings a sense of warmth that a white kitchen simply can ' t."
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