After an extended period of isolation and uncertainty, one of the resulting big trends in interior design and decor is all about bringing calm, comfort and confidence back into our lives. With the Smooth Operator style direction, home really is where your heart is – a life affirming and nurturing retreat. Be gently cocooned by reassuring simplicity, clean lines and restful colour harmonies. Stop and smell the roses... in every soft and muted baked pastel shade.
While drawing heavily on a retro aesthetic, Smooth Operator is as fresh as tomorrow. It perfectly balances the current yearning for newness with the reassurance of the familiar. Pared-back palettes layer mono-colour shades and therapeutic tones over clean interior lines. Classical touches such as arches and bespoke built-in furniture set a luxurious scene. Monumental materials like stone and concrete are made soft, and timber becomes fluid as sinuous, sensual curves deliver both visual and physical comfort and reassurance.
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From interior finishes to furniture, soft furnishings to accessories, the colours that define Smooth Operator style bring a sense of calm, light and serenity to spaces. Soft, warm and tactile, the baked pastel, mineral-based tones draw clear lines to their natural inspiration celery green, faded parchment, and dusty lotus bloom mauve. Explore chalky greys, rain-washed blues and the luxurious blush of cashmere pinks. Relaxed tonal layering and complementary pairings create an inviting, tactile and restorative home environment. As you retreat to your sanctuary, be calmed and nurtured by colours that encourage mindful living and a gentler pace.
Just as the harmonic tonal palette is inspired by nature, architecture, joinery and furniture are also informed with the clean curves and essential contours of natural forms. Corners and contours are sculptured, light and softly surreal, with natural finishes offering a reassuring embrace and a sensuous touch. Super smooth and diffused ombré surfaces can awaken the senses with a look that feels digitally and ethereally enhanced. While minimal in its appearance, there's no compromise to practicality or comfort. Lounges invite lounging. Your bathroom can be a restorative and luxurious spa. Slide into a leather banquette. Retreat to your cleverly conjured home working space or find solitary solace in a dedicated reading nook with the best seat in the house.
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Many placemakers choose to create their interiors literally from the ground up. For flooring, find your inspiration in the barely-there tones of drifting sands and shimmering water, in soft and subtle woodgrains and the fine textures of natural stone. Even the concrete look can bring a surprising and welcoming warmth to your space. Creating seamless flow between spaces with visually softer surfaces enhances the overall sense of calm and balance. From the base, layer your look with seamless harmonic tones, textures and materials.
In kitchens and bathrooms, rose gold, brushed gold or copper tapware may provide a finishing touch of luxury and harmony for pink-led palettes while touches of contrasting black will also work well as clean-edged 'pops' within tonal layered colour schemes. Soft furnishings are organic, contoured, undulating and tactile - think suede, plush velvets, luxurious fine knits, softened canvas or even a touch of chunky and cosy corduroy.
Longing to see the world through rose-coloured glasses once again? Refine your quest for inner calm and fulfilment. Be at one with one with the universe as you embrace your Smooth Operator style.
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