Kate Ross Morgan is a former hairdresser on cruise ships who traveled in Europe and South America, and says she cannot remember not Add your color at home.
“I remember that I got my first place, I think I was 20 years old and I had made all these crazy colors,” recalls Morgan. “Because when I went in, I had done what everyone else had and went to safety – I remember that I had chosen calm, neutral tones.
“And then I said to my father:” Can you help me decorate? Because I just don't like it. “We painted my kitchen pink and set up brighter flowers.
“So, I would say when I started alone, I immediately increased the color … I didn't like to sit in a house that felt very beige.”
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“I think that many newer interior was rather beige and gray, very minimal … but I use a more colorful, more entertaining influence in your life,” explains Morgan.
It is not for everyone, the 42-year-old who lives in Essex with her husband and three children. “But I say everyone can get this dopamine thrust on how it suits you.”
“So it doesn't have to be pastel and pink and living colors … it can be everything that makes you smile, loosens joy, giggle or light up your eyes in a room,” she says enthusiastically.
“I have the feeling that we don't have enough of it in our houses, but we always look for it when we leave the house.
“So it could be where we go on vacation, a walk in the park or a nice restaurant, and we always find dopamine hits in these places,” emphasizes Morgan. “But I have the feeling that we lack it at home.”
It is about bringing all of this into her room, she explains. “Add elements that they love could remind them when they were a child and hug the color.”
Ready to get a dopamine boost? Here the inner interior and designer share their top tips to color their world …
Fang small
“I always say to start small,” advises Morgan. “If you are not very confident; or that's something you do for the first time because you think you will love it and try.
“See how you proceed and then you will learn what you like. Because we believe that we know what we like until we start doing it,” she says knowingly.
“And then we may change our opinion and think that I don't really like this color, but I could try it … and treat the learning process as fun,” she advises. “I think there are too many people in this route of” When I decorate, it has to take five years and I can't make a mistake. “
“But I think that's silly. We should decorate our houses more as we do in the garden and have fun with it.”
So you could paint a piece of furniture, she suggests. Or if you have a very white or beige scheme and want a color pop, paint a small wall.
“If you don't want to paint but want to see how you have to do with color, then do it with carpets, pillows, curtains and even with things like changing your cups in colorful cups.”
The designer says she has learned over time that she loves pastel colors. “So I love color, but I love pastel colors. But maybe you are” Oh, I really like deep greens “.
“Everyone is different and dopamine is different for everyone,” she says. “It learns about yourself, and then you will find what you like and it will be easier … The exercise makes you perfect.”
Find your comfort color
“I like a coherent color palette that runs through my home so that every room is connected,” says Morgan. “Although every room is different, the color palette runs through … I like to run pink through my house.”
To find your comfort color, she says you should look at your space and play around with different objects. “So I don't have suitable things. I have different accessories with different colors and my furniture is not very fitting.
“Nothing is very matchy, but the colors fit,” she emphasizes. “Take a look at your comfort color – mine would be pink – and run it through the house while adding different colors.”
Morgan says she has a three -color rule: “The main star who supports the actress and that extra … I always say it.”
For example, she says that she mainly has pink in a room, then her second color would be green. “Maybe I would have a pink wall, a green sofa and something else green, maybe a few curtains.
“And then I would bring in a third color, and that could be lavender. I would use it as a small accessories … some books or flowers to add this lavender pop.”
She continues: “If you use three colors, it makes it much easier, everything looks like it is connected.”
Have no rules
“I know that sounds cheesy, but I don't have any rules and just really did it,” she laughs.
“In my book there is a bit about listening to her inner child and bringing in this funny element. Sometimes people can feel:” Oh, that's a bit silly, I can't have a large porcelain date at my side. “
She says, yes, you can. “If you really like it and make you smile, buy it. It's a bit of nostalgia and fun with your home.”
Dopamin decor: Style your home with color, joy and fun by Kate Rose Morgan is published by Ebury Press with £ 25. Now available.