Colour moves overhead
Celadon occupies the ceiling, visible from every seat. Warm white walls keep the pictures and cabinet distinct below it.
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ROOM 131 · Living Room
The walnut room with a celadon ceiling
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A modernised victorian townhouse, conceived for Islington.
Colour does not have to stop at the cornice. A pale celadon ceiling changes this modernised Victorian sitting room from above, leaving walnut, warm white and one red lamp to organise the lower view.
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The ceiling is treated as a broad, quiet surface rather than a decorative feature to outline repeatedly. Its colour reaches the eye from every seat, while the walls remain light enough for the art and cabinet to register.
Walnut gives the lower half of the room a definite weight. A simple long table follows the sofa, with an open route beside the group. The contemporary furniture keeps the Victorian shell from dictating a period reconstruction.
The still life brings blue into the room without demanding a matching chair. Red arrives through the lamp as a sharper interruption. Looking upward becomes part of understanding the scheme, rather than something the room asks only of visitors standing in the doorway.
WHY THE ROOM WORKS
The colour overhead changes the room without filling its walls.
Colour palette
- Walnut
- Pale celadon
- Warm white
- Cherry red
Walnut stays below
The low cabinet gives the pale walls a darker edge. Its height leaves most of the wall available rather than enclosing the room in timber.
A table follows the sofa
The long low top stays aligned with the seating and clear of the doorway.
Red is a punctuation mark
One lamp supplies the sharper colour; it does not need matching cushions around the room.
WHAT TO BORROW
Test a large patch of ceiling colour from the sofa. It will be part of the seated view for longer than it is part of the view from the doorway.
THE PIECES BEHIND THE DESIGN
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King Black Leather 3 Seater Sofa with Channel Tufting
Living With Luxury
Black leather gives the celadon-ceiling room a firm lower line. The King’s vertical channels provide detail without adding another pattern beside the Terry Frost rug.
£2,114.95
Asuka Cabinet
Living With Luxury
Walnut Asuka gives the lower part of the room depth, balancing the pale celadon above without darkening every wall.
£3,877.00
The Contemporary Coffee Table
The Roost
The plain brown coffee table provides a quiet connecting surface between the sofa and walnut cabinet.
£499.95
Priyanka Large Red Table Lamp
The Roost
The red Priyanka lamp makes the cherry accent useful, with a warm pool of light on the darker furniture.
£270.00
Oil on Board Still Life Painting
The Roost
The blue still life introduces a small cooler interruption among walnut and celadon, rather than an artwork chosen only to match.
£250.00
Variations Handtufted Wool Rug
200 x 213cm - Black
The Roost
Variations gives the room a patterned foundation while allowing the ceiling to remain its less expected colour decision.
£1,100.00
Munir Linen Cushion Cover
Charcoal · 60 x 40 cm
Nkuku
A linen cushion adds a dry, relaxed surface to the sofa beside the richer timber pieces.
£55.00
Kara Floor Lamp
Brass
Nkuku
A floor lamp brings light to the seating independently of the cabinet lamp, giving the room more than one evening centre.
£365.00
Akoro Recycled Glass Vase
Clear
Nkuku
Recycled glass catches a little light on the darker furniture without adding a second bold accessory colour.
£120.00