HOMESPUN HEROES
Handmade pieces, found
accessories and a knitted
throw are the colour
heroes here.
While urban dwellings bear
colour inspiration of their own
kind, I find that the very simplicity
of coastal elements encourages me
to notice the colour details in the
everyday. I believe this is true for
others, too, as I often see buildings
in seaside towns that reflect their
coastal surroundings with their
saturated yet weathered blue and
yellow facades. The sky-blue and
school-bus-yellow palette of this
coastal building in the south of
France felt like a pronounced nod
to natural maritime elements of
the area. Just like the sunshine
yellow boat that was tethered to
an aged wooden jetty as it bobbed
up and down in the cerulean
water of the harbor, the doors
of this building had distressed,
sun-warped
wooden
planks
with flaking paint and rusted
iron brackets. I had discovered a
colour palette that looked good
enough to swim in. Its name? The
Cerulean Splash.
Bright Bazaar, Embracing Colour for Make-you-Smile Style by Will Taylor
and photography by Andrew Boyd. Published by Jacqui Small, £25.
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