THE NEW MONOCHROME
Ideal Home UK|July 2021
The timeless combination of black and white remains a classic – and is inherently chic – but for a softer, more casual take on the palette, mix it up with natural materials and raw textures
NICKY PHILLIPS
THE NEW MONOCHROME

Well turned out

Grouping tactile objects in pale-to-dark tones on a black sideboard creates a simple, striking display

Hella sideboard, £825, Cox & Cox. Vases (from left) Pit Fired vase 02, £45, Elliott Ceramics at Artists & Objects. Dark Grey bottle with handle, £30, Rockett St George. Extra tall bottle in hornbeam, £250; small bottle in ash with Yakisugi finish, £120, both Bird & Branch Turnery Co. Porcelain dish in Eggshell by Lina Wil, £30; Washed Stripes giclée framed print by Adam Watts, £260, both at Artists & Objects

Walls painted in White Ribbon matt emulsion, £23.40 for 2.5ltr, Ideal Home at Albany. Window frame (insets) painted in Off-Black estate eggshell, £67 for 2.5ltr, Farrow & Ball. Isaac three-seat sofa in Alabaster brushed linen cotton, £1,640, Sofa.com. Cushions (from left) Chindi Patchwork Kantha (reverse shown), £110, Stitch by Stitch. Textured cotton in Dark Navy and Birch, £80, The Conran Shop. Block + Stitch rectangular, from £80, Stitch by Stitch. Floret hand block-printed and painted, £180, Louisa Loakes. Brera Lino in Cameo and Parchment, £60, Designers Guild. Bayleaf coffee table (shown without drawer), £3,144, Sebastian Cox. (On table) Koben bowl in ash with Yakisugi finish, £195, Bird & Branch Turnery Co. Cinetico vase, £179, Britta Herrmann at The Conran Shop. Anais carafe, £39; Manon wine glass, £11; Halfa handwoven tall basket, £64, all Rowen & Wren. Manhattan floor lamp, £499; Hansen jute rug in Black, £189, both Heal’s

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