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Six key colour trends in 2023, from Inky Blues to Honeyed Tones, create a positive and optimistic space with Rearo’s wide range of products.

As we enter 2023, it’s clear that the world has undergone significant changes in recent years. 

Along with these changes, we’re also seeing new trends emerging in home decor and styling. 

After navigating the challenges of the past few years, many of us are looking for ways to feel more positive and optimistic about the future. One way to achieve this is by creating an uplifting environment at home. 

Colour plays a crucial role in evoking emotions and feelings, something that Rearo has taken into consideration when designing their latest products. 

We offer a wide range of options, providing customers with the ability to transform any interior project – whether it be for the home or a business – into the desired, up-to-date look. From cosy and calm to invigorating and energetic, the choices are endless, allowing customers to create the perfect atmosphere for their space.

Here, we break down six key colour trends for 2023.

Inky Blue

Let’s start by jumping in at the deep end with the bold, dark, and moody tones of the ocean, and immerse ourselves in the Inky blues colour schemes, like that of Benjamin Moore Starry Night Blue 2067 20

Evolving from an annual favourite, Navy, in 2023, these inky tones continue to have an air of drama with a sophisticated and elegant feel. You can achieve a similarly bold look with Rearo Selkie Dusk Navy Blue laminate wall panels

Be brave and allow yourself to be enveloped in a comforting cocoon by having these panels on all four walls and painting  the ceiling to match. Wrapping colour around the space will bring cosiness to this encompassing vibe, a place to feel safe. 

Add pops of gold in the fittings to enhance the elegance against the inky blue panels.

Neutrals

From the depths of the deep sea to the earthy tones of the land, beige is back but with added warm tones to give a restful ambience. 

With the growing concern not only for our planet but our health and wellness, we are focusing more on our wellbeing and turning our spaces into sanctuaries where we can escape and feel relaxed. 

Leading the way in the neutral trend this year is Farrow & Ball’s paint colour, Stirabout 300, inspired by wholesome porridge. It is a mushroom grey with warm undertones giving a natural and laid-back look. Fast evolving as the new grey, Stirabout 300 is the ideal backdrop to deeper browns and wood colour tones. 

To achieve a neutral look, pair this trendy colour with natural style materials such as wood, which bring balance, texture and a sense of tactility to your interiors. For example, use Rearo’s Clixeal Carron Oak floor planks, and Rovero Wafer or Rovero Rock wood effect kitchen worktops. 

For walls, choose Rearo’s Cappuccino wall panels from the Selkie range. Just as the name suggests, using these panels will give a warming, neutral ambience to your interior spaces.  

Eclectic mixes of neutral tones layered with texture will bring interest and a grounded harmony.

Green

Continuing with the 2023 Colour Trends nod to nature, this falls on saturated tones of green, bringing the outside in and impacting your mood with a positive and joyful calmness. 

Farrow & Ball’s Beverley does just that. Its organic hue soothing the soul and adding a spring-like serenity to a room. 

To curate a happy, green-toned space, use this rich colour on your walls. Accentuate with clean, crisp white and cream tones and natural wood, like bamboo. Add plants for extra impact. Just like the beautiful world of the great outdoors, the natural greenery goes with practically everything.  

Keeping with elements of nature, Rearo’s Carrera Marble worktop, when teamed with Farrow & Ball’s Beverley will bring a sense of bold, regal elegance to the kitchen scheme. Continue the bold, regal look by accessorising with gold taps and handles.

Magenta

Going all out are the vibrant deep pink colours coming forward in 2023 colour design trends as provided by Pantone’s colour of the year, Vive Magenta

Pantone unashamedly has stuck their neck out with this energetic and edgy hue to give a space an optimistic and fun flavour for each day to come. While a full room decorated in this vibrant colour won’t be for everyone, you can still get on board with this trend by incorporating magenta accessories and textiles into your kitchen or bathroom design.

To balance this courageous bold colour, pair it with tones of grey for a complimentary colour scheme. Rearo has plenty of choices for grey tones from light concrete vinyl click flooring to the District Grey stone effect kitchen worktop and upstand, or the Selkie Gransasso marble effect wall panel.

What better way to blow away the blues of the past few years’ events than by using this lively and strong colour combination?

Honeyed Tones

The mood of the moment for Dulux is its Wild Wonder colour. This happy and healthy earthy palette takes inspiration from where our planet’s goals are focussed now.

This soothing and supportive colour is connected to nature. It works in a playful but calm manner when accompanied by powdery blues such as Rearo’s Denim wall panels or Selkie Periwinkle Blue wall panel.

For a warm and enriching scheme, pair it with wood looks such as the Valley Oak laminate worktop.

Using the Wild wonder colour with another of the organic hues to curate a more harmonious and layered look would be with Rearo’s Zenolite Khaki Acrylic gloss splashback, or the natural beauty of the Nuova Slate Sequoia wall panel.

After being stuck at home for so long, it is no shock that colours evoking nature are set to be the big trend in 2023.

Rust

Another of the hottest colour trends for this coming year is an earthy burnt orange shade. Wholesome and grounded, this colour is also cleverly rich in decadence spurring creativity as it beckons relaxation.

Lick’s Orange O2 is the champion of this rust colour trend. This zesty organic hue with grounded brown undertones is somewhat of a resurgence from the 1970s ‘it’ look. Especially when combined with a chocolatey brown and dark wooden furniture or flooring such as the Clixeal smoked ash wood flooring. Create a cosy and welcoming colour scheme by pairing rust with muted colours.

Go for the mentally calming characteristics of pale blue or the natural energy of soft Selkie Sage green wall panels. Serene and calm – these balancing hues will help you unwind.

Choose a colour you are drawn to

We hope that our selected guide to the forthcoming interior colour trends of 2023 has enlightened and inspired you as you plan your next interior refurbishment.

You can rest easy in the knowledge that whatever look you decide on, Rearo has all the up-to-date interior trends covered for you with an expertly chosen palette of decors. 

Whatever the colour trend is, choose a shade that you are drawn to. One you feel an instant connection with and one that you will find inspiration from. After all, it’s you who will be living with it. 

For expert advice on your next project, visit your local Rearo branch in Glasgow, Northampton, Rosyth, Washington or Skelmersdale. Our knowledgeable team can help you choose the right decors to keep up to date, and ahead of, the latest trends.

Now, don’t get us wrong, a special day to lavish your significant other with boxes of chocolates and a card is a  lovely idea, but just as ‘A dog isn’t just for Christmas’, why should Valentine’s Day just be a day?

We should aim to celebrate our relationship all year round. 

If we think about it, our relationship with our home is one of the more significant ones we have. Being in our home offers us a cosy, comfortable space where we feel safe and secure. Like a big, warming hug.

So, why don’t we extend our giving of treats to our home? We can enhance all those positive qualities we get from our personal space and enjoy the benefits for years afterwards.

Appealing to the senses and evoking sweet memories is the premise of Valentine’s Day, but we can have the pleasure of enjoying and embracing these all year round.  

Let’s take a look at our bathrooms and five tips to turn them into a wellness sanctuary to soothe and calm our souls and give us a sense of indulgence.

Five tips for year-round luxury

  • If you enjoy time in a relaxing bath, perhaps consider the addition of whirlpool jets in your next bathroom refurbishment, allowing yourself to indulge in the invigorating bubbles and wash away the stresses of the day.
  • To continue with the air of luxury and elegance, nothing says it better than marble. For a great value and easy to install option, choose marble effect wall panels, like the striking Selkie Bianco Marble or Carrera Marble. Both give an opulent and classic look, standing the test of time. Marble effect wall panels are beautiful and waterproof, so can be used throughout the bathroom or to highlight a feature wall. 
  • Thick, sumptuous soft towels are a lovely treat to wrap up in after our soak, but adding a little personalisation elevates the quality. Having our initials embroidered as a monogram onto them makes us feel that bit more special and considered.
  • Lighting also plays a large part in this sensual ambiance, always allowing for dimmers and concealed LED lights placed around at the plinth level, in a dropped ceiling detail, or in niches in the wall. Dim the lights and set the romantic and relaxing mood we aim for on Valentine’s Day, every day. 
  • As we absorb this peaceful and intimate setting, a final touch we can add is a spa-like fragrance from a scented candle. The lighting of a candle is like a ritual. It signifies the time to de-stress and ease away any negativities of the day. 

So, here’s to a Happy Valentine’s Day and loving our homes, with all that it gives to us now, whilst planning your next ‘gift’ you adorn upon it. It will be the gift that keeps giving.

Marble wall panels in the bathroom
Marble bathroom wall panels from Rearo