Fall 2015 Home Decor Trends

Since April furniture market, we've been scouring magazines, catalogs, and online to see what's the latest and hottest trends for Fall. We're excited to share our top 6 (because I couldn't keep it to 5) favorites with you and some ideas on how you can incorporate them in your own home!

Fall Trend #1: The Color Navy
It's been out there and it's not going away. We've been incorporating Navy in our client's homes for the past two years and are still in love. It's a classic hue that stands the test of time and pairs great with whites, creams, coral, emerald, gold, and gray.

We talked about Navy paint in last month's Saturated Color Post. Here are our four favorite Navy paint colors!

Benjamin Moore's Hale Navy is featured in this masculine study above 

We used this room as an inspiration room for our client's dining room we featured last month

Navy upholstery and accessories give this neutral room life

Serena and Lilly use White and Navy to create high contrast in this family room

Navy trellis wallpaper and upholstered headboard? Yes, please! Room design by New South Home

We love our new Tic Tac Toe pillow in Navy that we added to our collection for Fall 2015!

Fall Trend #2: Rubbed Brass
Yup, we keep talking about it. Brass is back! It has been the predominant metal color at High Point furniture market for the past 2 years and it's finally making it's debut main stage. Not ready for the full pluge? Read our post about Mixing Metals on how you can incorporate hints of this in your home without changing out all of your doorknobs and light fixtures.

Rubbed brass hardware and accent lighting update these simple white built-ins

Rubbed brass hardware and lighting, gray cabinets, and herringbone floors. Amazing!!

More rubbed brass lighting in this master bedroom design

Updated your all white kitchen with stainless steel mixed with rubbed brass

Fall Trend #3: White Walls
Speaking of white, have you noticed that not only have white kitchens taken over, but so have White walls? I have always been a fan of having at least something on the wall to get rid of the "builder beige", but all of these fresh white rooms have really intrigued me. I'm jumping on board! Be on the lookout for a family room update in my own home that incorporates the color "Snowbound" by Sherwin Williams.

Fall Trend #4: Curated Gallery Walls
Everyone loves the idea of hanging something on their walls to means something to them, but who really has one thing big enough to fill even one of these LARGE walls that seem to be gracing our homes these days? Fear not!! The concept of "curated" or "found" gallery walls is becoming hugely popular, and it seems that the more eclectic, the better! Have postcards from your honeymoon that you've never figured out what to do with? Frame them!! Bought a (small) piece of original artwork at the art crawl in your neighborhood last year? Hang it on the wall! Your child brought home a black and white drawing that you absolutely love (and are so impressed that your child, YOUR child?! drew it)? Put it up there, too!

The only guidance I think that is needed here is to collect a bunch of items, frame most of them in simple frames (mix in a few different ones and maybe 1 or 2 ornate ones) and lay it all out on the floor before hanging them up on the wall. You can make paper templates of all of your items to tape up on the wall before hanging to make sure that it's all going to be at the right height before you start actually hanging (we could actually probably write a whole blog post on this.....more later!)

For now, here are some GREAT pictures of ones we have seen!

White walls, rubbed brass, gallery wall - 3 trends right here!

Another one hitting on those three trends!

Fall Trend #5: Velvet
No, those velvet broomstick skirts from the 90's are not what we're talking about. Warm, soft, scrumptious velvet has been making a comeback over the past year in pillows and upholstery and we love it! It gives just a small amount of glam, and bringing in some texture and shimmer gives all of that neutral decor some interest.

Aqua and Navy Velvet Pillows shown here

The teal velvet sofa is one of the two large statement pieces in this rom

Gray velvet chaise lounges with lime and teal velvet pillows

Bold teal velvet sofa gives those walls an added punch

We added our metallic Velvet Shimmer to the line for Fall, shown here in the color Blush

Fall Trend #6: The Color GRAY
I know this is no surprise - we've been seeing it and are all obsessed! Gray is the new neutral and it seems that right now the grayer, the better. My paint choices for clients seem to be getting grayer and grayer, and dark charcoal sofas just really speak to me these days. It's one color and trend that we can't ignore.

Did we miss your favorite up and coming trend? We'd love to hear what you are feeling good about for Fall!!

-Melissa and Taylor

Decorating with Color

We were overwhelmed by the amount of color that we saw in April market in High Point and are starting to see a shift from all-neutral rooms to extremely colorful interiors. We have been slowly incorporating more saturated color tones in our designs for our clients and have tips below on how to add more color into your life and your home!

PAINT

One of the most cost effective and impactful ways to bring color into your home is with paint. This month our "Southern Gems" jewel tone palette includes the colors Navy, Emerald, Coral, Raspberry, and Dark Gray. Our "tried and true" paint colors are below that we have used in several homes that look amazing and really change the mood of a room.

Dark navy blue stripes make the statement in our client's dining room

We used Ben Moore's Hale Navy HC-154 in our client's dining room above in both a matte finish and a satin finish to create tonal stripes on the walls. This is an easy paint treatment that gives you the look of wallpaper without the hassle or expense.

Charlotte Blogger Emily Clark's new china cabinet with a pop of Emerald Green 

Emily Clark just posted on her blog about using Sherwin Williams Alexandrite SW0060 in the back of her china cabinet above and it looks amazing! Read her full blog post here. We agree with her about blue, green and white being a classic color palette!

We combined Sherwin Williams Dovetail SW7018 paint, metallic grasscloth wallpaper from York Wallcoverings, chair rail and paneling for a sophisticated and moody feel in our client's sitting room above.

This room in The Lennox Hotel in Miami really uses a punch of Emerald Green on the walls for a huge impact. This room has quite a few strong statements including its wall color.

Our color choice of Sherwin Williams Lagoon SW6480 is being painted in one of our client's sitting rooms with a leaf green, natural woven textures, and white palette. We got the inspiration from this Williams Sonoma Home catalog shot that had the exact feel of the room that she was looking for.

This room shot from Williams Sonoma Home makes dark teal walls look airy and relaxing

LAMPS

Colorful ceramic lamps are coming back and they are easy to find and purchase online. This is one our favorite ways to bring color in a room without it being a huge commitment. We purchase ours from Robert Abbey Lighting, but LampsPlus.com has a huge selection that also allows you to select printed lampshades to coordinate.

Just a few of the swatches of colors of lamps available from Robert Abbey Lighting

 We've used Robert Abbey's Audrey table lamp in two teal and lime green projects that we've completed and have found that it looks great in both colors!

Robert Abbey's Audrey table lamp in Steel Blue

Robert Abbey's Audrey Table lamp in Citron

Coral table lamp above from Lamps Plus Color Collection

The coral table lamp and striped shade we choose for the guest bedroom above helped bring a little added color to this modern and bold design.

PILLOWS

Of course one of our favorite ways to bring color into a space is with our custom pillows that we add for every client project. We're so excited to be adding more color, including Emerald Green, to our New South Home line this Fall, especially based on the success of our Fleurish Raspberry pillow we featured in Mallory Fitzsimmon's One Room Challenge this Spring.

Our "Be Our Guest" and Fleurish pillows have been some of our best selling items this Summer!

You can shop Mallory's collection of pillows and window treatments here - we'd love to make some for you!!

More COLOR is available NOW including our new Emerald Green options!

The navy blue and coral color collection is our Southern version of classic orange and navy combination. Our Geraniums and In Knots pillow covers above just pop off the simple white bedding and blue velvet headboard for a bold statement.

NATURAL ELEMENTS

With the amount of gray and neutral colors out there, we have been bringing in the color green as the strong pop of color with natural elements such as preserved boxwood and moss. Here are two projects that we recently finished up that have dark gray walls and neutral furnishings, but we added in pops of Emerald Green through accessories to give the rooms a pop.

We keep talking about it because Preserved Boxwood is one of our favorite decorating accessories!!

A mixture of moss, berry, and faux grass balls fill up the two tiered bowl on the buffet above

More moss balls and a geometric green pillow in our client's neutral sitting room

Just one large moss ball and some succulents added to this custom wet bar in our client's sitting room

BOLD COLOR

This Spring's One Room Challenge in the blogging community really showcased some talented ladies. Some of the most popular and talked about rooms where the ones that featured LOTS of color. Two of of the spaces that we were drawn to are by Jennifer Griffin from Dimples and Tangles and Haneen Matt from @haneens_haven on Instagram.

Jennifer incorporated the colors Emerald Green, Raspberry, and Cobalt Blue to makeover her master bedroom for a bright and cheery space. She managed to make these colors that are so many times seen in teenagers bedroom sophisticated by the modern prints and patterns she used. Read her full blog post HERE, but below are some of our favorite highlights!

We love her space and can't wait to hopefully see one of our Emerald and Raspberry monogram pillows in there one day!

Haneen used bold colors and patterns to update her home office. Deep Navy Blues, Gold, Raspberry, Orange, and Citron are found in her space. She managed to create a cohesive look even with all of the colors prevalent in the design. We'd love to be able to work everyday in a room with such punch!

We'd love to see your rooms and how you've incorporated color in your home! Feel free to e-mail us or tag us in your photos on Instagram @newsouthhome. We'll be reposting rooms all month featuring color and would love to feature yours!!

-Melissa and Taylor