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Bold as brass: using metallics in your home decor

Bold as brass:  using metallics in your home decor

Brass, copper and gold are having a moment.  Flick through any interior design magazine and you’ll find copper lampshades, decorative brass accessories and gold ornaments on every other page. Long considered ‘old fashioned’ and ‘outdated’, brass, copper and gold are now overtaking chrome and stainless steal as the “must-have metals” in the home. It's out with “cold, minimal and clinical” home styling, as the more eclectic, bohemian traveller and industrial chic-style themes grow in popularity.   Soft shades of brass, burnished gold tones and artisanally-hammered bronze pieces are making a comeback. The desire for brass and other warm metallics began in the United States and has travelled over to the UK in the last year or so. (As an aside, I am a strong believer that ... [Read More]

25th March 2015 10:17 am Carly 3 Comments Filed Under: Style & Trends

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