Lilac and yellow

The web is alive with talk of Karl Lagerfeld’s latest colour scheme, lemon and lilac as launched in his cruise collection shown in Antibes this week, I found out at The Women’s Room. My friend, fashion guru (and all-round lovely girl) is a step ahead of ole Karl and has been talking up yellow and lilac as a power combination on her blog for, oh longer. Using this pic to illustrate…

What does this have to do with interiors? Nothing, I just decided to try it on for size. Starting with some things I own: A lilac side table from an old Habitat garden collection with a ceramic cup by Marie Torbensdatter Hermann, bought at her exhibition ‘The only Thing I Can Think About is Yellow’ at Egg gallery four years ago…
lilac table with ceramic And some things I like…

Sofa by Acne, handmade porcelain by Mud Australia.

Davidia wallpaper by Suzy Hoodless for Osbourne & Little, Rice bowls by Alexa Lixfeld, Newquay Stripe cushion by Jigsaw Home.

Teardrop yellow vase by Sophie Cook, Mrs B table by Russell Pinch for Benchmark.
Yellow and lilac interiors Bedlinen by Scholten & Baijings from Hay, from Mar Mar Co, ceramic vessels by Maria Wojdat.

3 Responses to “Lilac and yellow”

  1. Linda Bloomfield
    May 16, 2011 at 11:44 am #

    Those are Linda Bloomfield pots on the Mrs B table from Benchmark

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