Unsure how to style or create a white room that is clean, confident, relaxed and peaceful? If you get it wrong you risk a cold room that looks sterile and without personality. Get it right and the result is a sophisticated and welcoming space.
Decide if your scheme will veer toward cool white tones or warm whites, and don’t forget the effect lighting choices can have on your color scheme.
Mix Your Whites
Don’t go for just one tone in your paint, furniture, carpets and decor. Include a variety of shades from snow white through eggshell, ivory, milk, bone and more. Decide if your scheme will veer toward cool white tones or warm whites, and don’t forget the effect lighting choices can have on your color scheme. Whites with warm undertones will evoke feelings of coziness and hygge. Cool white tones are more formal.
Define Your Look
Bring personality to the room with nods to your favorite time period, whether it’s mid-century modern or European Art Deco. Here, moldings, ornate plasterwork and fluted architectural columns lay the groundwork for a French nineteenth century vibe. A decorative white painted fireplace gives the room a focal point, accessorized with antique brass candelabra and a matching French marble mantel clock. A gilded gesso mirror and Brown Pelican print by renowned illustrator John Aubudon complements the nature inspired custom fabric choices on the Willow Swivel Chairs. Vintage glass cloches from the South of France protect found treasures.
A neutral or sun-bleached antique rug or carpet pulls the seating area together and makes it a cohesive space for relaxing or entertaining. Make sure the carpet extends under the sofa and the occasional chairs for optimum visual balance.
An Eye for Color
Use color sparingly to draw the eye around the room. Add a Gabby ceramic table lamp in a blue or gray. For example, the Powell Lamp is finished using an intricate flower glaze that produces a spectrum of tones which range from grayish purple to pale blue. This unique glaze technique produces variations in pattern and color, which makes each piece unique. A new Gabby indoor pillow to complement like the Gabby Hamlet Mineral lumbar pillow with a colorful tassel trim.
A sure way to inject elegance into a neutral dining room, sitting room, or bedroom is to include a touch of gold or brass.
Choosing Finishes
Ezekial by Gabby is a traditional style cabinet with an antique vibe that gets a modern twist with a geometric, faceted front design.The pale cerused ash finish gives this piece a surface you’ll want to touch. Cerusing rubs a finish into the wood grain, expressing the beauty of the veneer. Pale cerused finishes bring the beauty of formal veneers into the home, avoiding heavy dark traditional looks.
Pair an oversize cabinet or chest with a neutral finish dining table to match. Choose the Morgan table, in cerused white mahogany and a convenient built in Lazy Susan in the center. This ingenious design feature is perfect for family dining and entertaining, and it’s a great conversation starter
Slipcovered Dining Chairs with brass detailing mean your guests will be sitting pretty whatever the occasion.
Adding Sparkle
A sure way to inject elegance into a neutral dining room, sitting room, or bedroom is to include a touch of gold or brass. These warm toned metals reflect light, add shine and are a way to introduce understated color without going overboard.
Lighting, decor and accent tables are go-to metallic elements that can be swapped out seasonally. Gabby’s Basel side table has an airy twisted gilded-iron frame. Pair it with a gilded table lamp. Addie’s cast metal form emulates bamboo, and it sits on a crisp round marble base.
Curated Fabric Choices
Bring nature into a deliberately limited color palette with floral and pale green fabrics. Green can create a sense of calm, and even security. With Gabby’s custom upholstery program you can construct a piece with multiple fabric choices, nailhead options and trims. Match Imperial Ivy with Line after Line Ivy fabric, and add Mosaic Moss, Olive Branch Indigo or Thicket Spring indoor pillows to bring a sense of nature and the garden into the space.
