No, not that kind! I Googled vintage wine and didn't get what I expected. Isn't everything about colour? To anyone familiar with Benjamin Moore Paints ,Vintage Wine 2116-20 is the colour of the year for 2015.
Out of all the colours in the Benjamin Moore palette, how and why was Vintage Wine singled out as "the" colour for 2015? Benjamin Moore's team of experts observe the world looking for inspiration and trends. Sonu Mathew, senior interior designer at Benjamin Moore and
blogger, notes that the team is always looking two years ahead. That means that the colour of year for 2015 was chosen in 2015! The key concept for 2015 is
balance - buying into our efforts to find calming influences in a hectic, disorderly world. As Sonu puts it "Remember that 2015 is all about balance- work/play, nostalgia/future state, new purpose/old materials". There's no doubt Vintage Wine is a calming colour that is both comfortable and luxurious at the same time.
What would Vintage Wine look like in our homes?
Trends in colour are just that - trends or patterns to be considered. Does it mean we should repaint walls a deep brownish purple? Perhaps not. If you like a colour there's a continuum of possibilities for its use from over the top to the merest hint of it.
This is my over the top application of a vintage wine colour. I'm practical to the core and my personal design instinct for my home is casual contemporary with lots of light colours, but I love to contemplate extremes even when I know I could never live with them . This kitchen fills all my fantasy needs. I love its depth of colour and sleek lines, but I couldn't live with it for twenty years. That's my criteria when choosing hard surfaces or built ins in my home.
This room is featured in
Benjamin Moore's Envision 2015 brochure. The colour scheme is from the Soulful palette referencing the global balance achieved through communication technology- what was once foreign is now familiar. On the style front, these beliefs are evident in the "ethnic glam" trend characterized by pattern on pattern, map motifs and arts and crafts from different cultures, etc.
Design Hint: This is not a look for every room. Don't try this application unless you have lots of architectural details and a high ceiling.
This is a good way to use a dark colour. You aren't limiting yourself to several years of looking at 2015's trend. If you want to change it to something else you'll need only several hours of work and a quart of paint. I love the way the dark draws you down the hallway into the main part of the house. I'm not a fond lover of accent walls everywhere, but this works.
: Consider using a strong colour as a backdrop behind a light coloured bed or sofa. It allows you to keep your remaining walls light and include a strong vertical line in rooms where horizontal lines dominate. It is also a great way to integrate dark and light furniture into a cohesive design.
This colour, similar to Vintage Wine, is Benjamin Moore AF 650 Caponata . It provides a great backdrop for the light furniture and black chairs. Without the amount of creamy white used here, this would have been a dark, dingy room.
Design hint: Use dark colour on walls to provide contrast with light furniture pieces. This application allows you to highlight your furniture while still controlling your light colour balance. My preferences are showing! Dark rooms and dark furniture depress me.
This very sleek, modern room uses a purple green scheme as a backdrop for creamy white. I like the way that the vintage wine colour is used modestly as an accent.
Design Hint: Are you tired of your wood grain entertainment unit? A current trend in decorating is re- purposing furniture. You many not own built ins that look like this, but you can achieve the look with a similar paint combination.
Just because I love the table and the sparseness of the room.... The sofa, plush and plum, is the luxurious item in the room.
Design Hint: Every room should have one luxurious item in it. Size doesn't count.
Design Hint: If you don't want to commit to design trends in a big way, accessorize with them. Pillows make great trend statements. Consider recovering them when you want to nod toward the next colour trend. As always the
magic colour, white allows you to do so much.
This is my idea of a luxury item for my kitchen.
Le Creuset’s gorgeous enamelled pots, are the ultimate in my mind, but only in my dreams so far. I have a perfectly good set of stainless steel pots. There's always the dream list....
What are your thoughts on using trend colours?