Awash with white

For a refreshing look that’s perfect for the lazy summer days and warm summer nights ahead bring the luxe minimalism of crisp whites into your home.

White is an expansive colour and is perfect for opening up your space, especially in rooms where the light source is limited. It is the colour of purity and innocence and offers an ideal sense of peace and calm to come home to after a busy day.

Selecting the perfect white shade for your interiors is anything but simple. What appears to be a seemingly basic element can be tricky with an abundance of tones to choose from. The key is to find the right tone to suit the amount of light that your room receives. White isn’t a shy colour, it makes everything placed in its path pop and is ideal for creating a wonderfully airy feeling in your home.

Here are our top three picks from Cookes Furniture to help introduce white into your home for a timeless look that’s perfect for summer.

Recreate the essence of crisp white sandy beaches with radiant white tones such as Dulux’s ‘Pure Brilliant White’. Clean, fresh hues like this will create an idyllic, tranquil space in your home reminiscent of sitting by the water’s edge in the Mediterranean.

A failsafe when it comes to interior design, bright white interiors, are ideal for creating restful spaces perfect for summer living rooms and kitchens. Subtle colour can be added through gentle accents in accessories like patterned ceramics, tinted glass and pendant lighting or simply add a colourful bloom of fresh flowers to lift the look.

White walls with a splash of cool grey and pale blue textiles gives off the ambience of a homely coastal abode. Keep your furniture awash with white too to add yet more softness and calm to your living environment.

For an elegant finish to your bright and breezy room, opt for painted floorboards and plush soft white furnishings like the G Plan Vintage The Sixty Two Leather Armchair in Capri Chalk, £1,309 from Cookes Furniture.

2. Antique white

Introduce antique off-white shades like Dulux’s ‘Jasmine White’ into you home to create a vintage feel reminiscent of a French country farmhouse. This chic traditional look can provide a lived-in vibe to any room, whether it be the living, dining or bedroom.

When decorating north-facing rooms, avoid off-whites with a green or grey base as they’ll make the room seem darker and more closed in. Instead, go for yellow-based, creamy shades, which will help light to bounce around your room and open up the space.

To introduce French farmhouse chic into your home, add the Romana Two Tone Fixed Dining Table, £249 to your kitchen or dining room or introduce the Camden Two Tone Bedstead King, £399 to your bedroom, both available from the hand selected Cookes Collection.

If you have a south-facing room, the quality of light gives you the luxury to choose between warm or cooler tones. Play with a mix of different white tones and layer them for a cool, calming aesthetic in any room. Add elements of Farrow & Ball’s grey shades of ‘Purbeck Stone’ to your walls if you want to avoid your room looking too sterile or go classic monochrome by adding its dark ‘Railings’ shade to wooden floors and skirting boards.

The simplicity and beauty of the white wash trend is centred on fuss-free clean lines and understated elegance. Enjoy playing with different tones to add contrast to an all-white room and relish in the quiet, understated aesthetic of white interiors.

Whatever your style, our experienced in-store sales advisors are more than happy to talk you through the process of choosing the perfect furniture for your own white haven.

We also have an in-store interiors service, Window Art Interiors, where you can browse a selection of luxury fabrics for curtains and prints for curtains, walls or floor coverings to complement your furniture choices.

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