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home: trend [ urban wild ] 

home: trend [ urban wild ]

Seek time away from the busy hectic technical world we daily live in, by creating a natural sanctuary in your own home with the Urban Wild trend. 

This trend heals and soothes. Interiors that embrace this trend are as close to getting outdoors and enjoying the wild as you can get living in the big city. 

Combine natural colours and textures. In furniture, floors and walls use woods, aged stone, polished stone, wicker and metal to give a natural but industrial edge. For soft furnishings seek out leather, knit, cashmere, linen and even velvet. Combine soft and hard materials like goat hide for seating with metal structures for the bases, and layer up furs and fluffiness in rugs against polished grey slate flooring. 

For walls choose soft natural chalky tones to keep the look soft and blended. Craig & Rose give a great insight to using chalky paints and Annie Sloan has a great range of colours. 

1 HETTIE Rattan table £125 / La Redoute 

2 RATTAN side table £215 / Rose And Grey 

3 WOODEN filing cabinet £395 / Rose And Grey 

4 BRASS + MARBLE drinks trolley £325 / Rose And Grey (sign up for the newsletter and get 10% off now!) 

5 LINEA throw Was £80 Now £32 / House Of Fraser 

6 GOAT HIDE + TEAK armchair £395 / Rockett St George 

7 Find similar to these gorgeous terrariums at The Urban Botanist and Geo Fleur – and Geo Fleur also stock an array of plants and fauna which would enhance this trend perfectly! 

home: trend [ botanist ] 

home: trend [ botanist ] 

Bringing together all the tones of green with every accessory singing about the plant world and all its beauty, the botany trend embraces the delicacy of leaves, stems and fauna, the lushness of the natural world and the fresh feel that plants both real and in image bring to an interior of a room. 

There are many stores with fabric prints, wall art and home accessories with leaf print designs, most popular currently are fern, cheese plant and palm leaves. 

Head to HM, Southwood Stores, IKEA, Sainburys and many other online and high street stores for great selections of bontany inspired wares. This May, Habitat just brought Henry Holland on board for a collection #henryforhabitat which shouts loudly with leaf prints in textiles and upholstery. 

Across stores there are cushions, curtains, chairs, throws, lampshades and ceramics using leaf and botany illustrations, which can be brought together, layer and mix to create a real greenhouse freshness to a room. Cluster pictures of leaves or flower studies to make a gallery style display, mix leaf patterned cushions with plain green tone fabrics mixed inbetween and use glassware and ceramics in various greens as another texture. To break up the greens use oak, walnut or whites to add contrast. Make the impact strong by not using any other vibrant colours. 

Most importantly go wild with indoor planting. We love Botany in East London to get your plant fix – with their array of cacti, planting, foliage and more. Keep your eye on special offers on high street garden centre sections of DIY stores for discounts and special offer days – a great way to get big indoor planting at great prices. 

Use wall hangers in woods, concretes and metals, and macrame hangers to fill a room with real greenery; make bold statements with big architectural leaf plants in corners of rooms; and cluster varying size cacti on coffee tables or shelves. 

1 Sainsburys Botanist Range  

2 Sage + Linden Blossom Candle £10 / Sainsburys 

3 Duvet Set £24.99 / H&M 

4 Visit Botany for plants / Chatsworth Road E5

5 Stockholm Armchair £300 / IKEA 

6 Cocos Print £25 / Skandivis