be bold
Years ago, I interviewed the interior designer Abigail Ahern in front of a large audience. ‘Just paint every wall black,’ she cried, to gasps from the crowd. ‘Or sludgy dark green. The more pond water-like, the better.’ It sounded pretty revolutionary – after all, this was the era when 95% of rooms were swathed in grey and more daring colour only appeared in downstairs loos. And, for many, this felt like a step too far. Back then, Abigail said that the joy of sludgy shades was that brightly jewel-toned accessories shone out when placed in front of them, and I sense this idea has now gone mainstream. For doesn’t it seem like today, in 2020, any hue can be a neutral? There is a feeling that even the strongest of pigments…