Autumn home ideas: classics and colour accents
In autumn the light changes. It reaches deeper into the rooms, evenings begin earlier, and home becomes the place where we spend our time again. It is a good moment to rethink a room: with pieces that stay, and with accents that bring warmth and colour.
Our autumn home ideas follow two thoughts. First the classics, calm shapes in leather, wood and black that carry a room. Then the colour accents: red, orange, green and rose as small gestures that bring a room to life.
Classics
You recognise a classic by the fact that it need not be loud. An armchair with good upholstery, a table of solid wood, a sideboard with clear fronts: they give a room an order in which everything else finds its place. In autumn it is above all warm materials, leather, oak and walnut, that make a home feel comfortable.
How to combine: choose two or three materials that repeat, such as dark leather, light wood and matt black. A lamp with warm light on the sideboard replaces the ceiling light in the evening.
Rolf Benz · Armchair 394
Generous cushions on a slender black frame. An armchair that invites you to linger and keeps the room light.
KOINOR · Armchair Fendo
Soft leather, separately adjustable back and headrest, on a black swivel base. A reading chair for long evenings.
Rolf Benz · Coffee table 987
Two levels of solid oak held by a slim metal frame. Room for books, glasses and the things of the evening.
Rolf Benz · Sideboard 9200 Stretto
Matt granite lacquer meets walnut drawers. Two metres of calm surface for vases, art and memories.
KOINOR · Dining table T1066
A top of wild oak on a sculptural frame in matt black. A table that becomes the centre of the room.
Rolf Benz · Chair 652 with armrests
Leather in black-blue on four slender legs in umber grey. For long evenings at the table.
KARE Design · Table lamp Mushroom
The familiar mushroom shape in glossy black. Its light falls warmly downwards, onto a sideboard, bedside table or windowsill.
smeg · Kettle
The design language of the fifties in matt cream, with a stainless-steel body. A piece of design for the tea moment.
WESCO · Bread bin Single Grandy
The rounded shape in glossy white, with the red WESCO emblem. A kitchen classic.
Colour accents
When the base is calm, colour may step forward. A red table beside the sofa, an orange piece in the kitchen, green glass on the table: accents like these recall the leaves outside and bring cheer to grey days. A pop-art object may surprise with a touch of humour.
How to combine: choose one accent colour per room and repeat it two or three times, for example red in the table, a cushion and a vase. That way colour looks intended rather than accidental.
KARE Design · Coffee table Rici
Glossy enamelled steel in warm red on a conical base. A table like a sculpture.
WESCO · Bin Kickmaster
Steel in golden orange, a stainless-steel lid and a foot pedal. A piece of pop design that need not hide.
Water glass in green
Textured glass in a soft green. It catches the light and brings colour to the table.
Balloon dog figure Pallone
The balloon dog as a pop-art object, with graffiti lettering in pink, green and black. A cheerful eye-catcher for a shelf or sideboard.
PIP Studio · Bathrobe Secret Garden
Soft cotton with a floral pattern in rose. A piece of garden for the morning.
Good to know
We found all of these pieces at Ostermann, a large home-furnishing store in Germany. Ostermann delivers to Germany, Austria and the Netherlands.
Text: DAPPO Magazine. Images: Ostermann.
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