HOME Brought to you by Graham & Brown SPRING has SPRUNG A new wallpaper or fresh lick of paint is the perfect way to begin the spring season... ELSIE In honour of International Women’s Day, we explore the colour named after the companies first employee. SMALL SPACES, BIG IDEAS You may be surprised by just how much you can do with just a little bit of space. Songs to DECORATE TO • Celebrating the women that INSPIRE US • Loving your

Trend TALK “We take a look into the colours of Spring and the perfect colour combinations to welcome in the season.” arch sees in the first day of spring and is a time when Women’s Day, in this issue we introduce you many of us start to reflect on to just a few of the women in the business, including myself! As well as putting Elsie in the brighter mornings bring. In this issue the spotlight, the paint colour that is named of Loving Home we take a look into the after our first woman employed by Harold colours of spring and the perfect colour Graham and Henry Brown in 1946. needed warmer weather!...

ISSUE TREND TALK 6 PALAIS GREEN WALLPAPER as seen in AD PRO SMALL SPACES, BIG IDEAS and being inspired by their schemes and gorgeous AT HOME WITH TARA BREATHE PAINT as seen in HOUSE BEAUTIFUL We especially love to see some of the beautiful LOVING YOUR HOMES Mum, I’m famous! We like nothing more than leafing through the top interior press magazines designs and colours from our product range, designed in our very own in-house studio! TASMANIA as seen in LE JOURNAL LA MAISON FLIGHTS OF SWALLOWS BESPOKE MURAL as seen in WONEN.NL SECRET MOUNTAIN BLACK & WHITE as seen in ELLE DECORATION

C O LO U R O F SPRING The time for colour is now! As the warm seasons of Spring and Summer approach, it’s time to reflect this through our home interiors. A new wallpaper or fresh lick of paint is the perfect way to begin the spring season. From pops of pink and yellow to fresh blues and greens, you’re sure to find the perfect pick for brightening up your home. This month we love all things green when it comes to paint, and we take a special fancy to floral wallpapers and how to style these for all seasons. AMALFI WHITE

THROW Hana Grey oliverbonas.com PET BED Seagrass Medium, Natural made.com PAPER Yasuni Lush grahambrown.com A spring clean and small space refresh is made easy with our selection of Spring wallpapers and paints. Here, we have focused on greens, a symbol of abundance and new life. This colour palette is exactly what a tired boot room needs, by selecting a bright wallpaper like Yasuni Lush, you can easily bring light and airy freshness SPRITZER The Smethwick Brass Half Pint to small dark spaces. Finally, coordinate your woodwork by using a green paint shade like Ecuador or So Swamped, this will...

LAMP SHADE Dixon Easy Fit Pendant next.co.uk PAPER Fiore Linen grahambrown.com Warm Mittens grahambrown.com Take a different approach to kitchen decorating by using a feature wallpaper or paint. Sure to be eye catching for visitors, we recommend Fiore Linen wallpaper. With a neutral background juxtaposed by vibrant yellows and greens, we find Betty grahambrown.com this reminiscent of spring daffodils and summer foliage. To add extra pops of colour why not style with a complimenting green like our Betty paint. BAR STOOL Walnut Elm Wood & Black cultfurniture.com FRAMES Pablo Picasso ‘Souris’ &...

PLANT Artificial Plant in Hanging Cement Pot maisonsdumonde.com Perfect for adding small but bold injections of colour into your office. Bikini grahambrown.com PAPER Glasshouse Flora Amethyst grahambrown.com Epoch grahambrown.com We all need a sense of positivity when it comes to Jewel in the Crown working from home, so your home office is a great place to start when it comes to colourful interiors. Glasshouse Flora Amethyst is ideal for the Spring, bright and uplifting it is a floral perfect for warmer months. Although vibrant, the design includes a moody colour palette that works well in winter...

Also available in Exterior Eggshell. Harmony Deep Sky grahambrown.com Shard grahambrown.com CUSHION Deep Blue Opulence grahambrown.com Elsie grahambrown.com What better way to celebrate Women’s History Month than with Elsie? Margaret Beardworth and Elsie Berry, 1940s - 50s Named after the very first employee and founding member of Graham & Brown, this shade is just as proud and formidable as the woman herself as her great niece and now Senior “ E L S I E WA S formidable A N D proud TO B E A S T R O N G W O R K I N G WOMAN WITH A VOICE” Brand Manager, Donna Riley describes. “She got respect from...

M A R YA N N E Head of Design I’m kind of in the school of thought that no one is perfect – there are numerous creations and ideas that I admire which can come from the most humblest of places that inspire me to try and do better but not personalities. Putting someone on a pedestal I have never found healthy - more of a realist and quite pragmatic so I’ve also chose not to have unrealistic expectations from people (no one is perfect) – allow people to be human and for everyone to achieve a little bit of greatness in Colour and Trends Specialist their life without having to constantly live up...

Small spaces BIG IDEAS If you’re short on space it can be tempting to shy away from colour and wallaper and just wash the walls in white or beige, but you may be surprised by just how much you can do with just a little bit of space. One of the biggest misconceptions with decorating small rooms is that you cannot use dark colours, when in fact, deep shades can create a cosy cocooning effect. Instead of trying to disguise the fact the room is small, try and embrace it with a deep and intriguing shade like our famous Adeline green or rich, jewel tone Epoch. If you don’t want to go as far as painting...

Top tip: Painting the inside of a cabinet to match the colour of your walls will create the illusion of the interior of the cabinet extending into the wall, producing a more spacious feel! Alternatively downstairs bathrooms are a fantastic example of how you can go big in a small space. Midnight Tropic is a vibrant and intriguing wallpaper, teamed with the deep perfectly partnered Glasshouse paint this striking combination makes the most of your small spaces. Even with limited space, it’s amazing how many creative ways you can design your home, so however you choose to decorate your small space,...