Lily Allen may be known as a force in the music industry, but she has given us a hint that her expertise fringes into the design world, too. In a recent episode of the podcast, the singer addressed how to use the most transformative decorating tool: color. Or, more specifically, how not to use it.
When curating our room's color scheme, many of us may begin with the walls, then larger furnishings, whether it be our sofa, bed, or curtains – while the color of our rug remains an afterthought. However, for Allen, the process is the other way around. 'My tip for interior design, get this, is start with a ' she says.
'The mistake that people make is with color. It’s very hard to decide what color a room should be, what color furniture and everything should be, and then [people] put a rug in at the end that’s going to match everything. [However], it's very difficult to be able to do that.
' Instead of leaving a rug until last, Allen says we should start with the floor and curate our room's color scheme from there. 'If you start with a rug, you can see what your color palette is, and you start from there, so you pick out a little color here, a color there,' she explains. A photo posted by bbcsounds on Allen's Brooklyn home, where she lives with her husband, David Harbour, epitomizes her teaching.
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