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Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Lifestyle
- Daily Mail
An interiors expert's guide on how to bring summer's brightest colour trend into your home
Once a colour reserved for swirly 1970s carpets and budget airline seats, tangerine has had a glow-up, with the zesty shade appearing across the most stylish walls and textiles this season. Here's our expert guide to working the shade at home. PAIR WITH NEUTRALS The key to decorating with orange is knowing how much to use and when to use it. It brings a playful touch to utilitarian spaces such as kitchens and bathrooms, but it can easily dominate if overused. Tash Bradley, colour expert and founder of paint brand Lick, recommends pairing it with complementary tones such as navy or neutrals. 'You can't go wrong with the combination of orange and blue, as they sit opposite each other on the colour wheel,' she says. 'Orange also works well with tonal colours, or whites with a warming pink undertone for a grounded look.' Here, orange cabinets are balanced by white cupboards, walls and countertops. For a cost-effective hint of the hue, try painting cupboard handles. SMALL DOSES, BIG IMPACT 'Tangerine is a strong colour to work with,' says interior designer Emma Gurner, 'so I'd introduce it to an interiors scheme as an accent shade across furniture, window treatments, carpets and accessories.' Hallways often lack natural light, so they are ideal spaces to add vibrant, light-reflecting shades. Here the carpet and stair runner are edged with orange for a subtle pop of colour, but you could also try bringing in the shade with vases, flowers or a table light. MIX YOUR TONES When decorating in a single hue like tangerine, it's important to include tonal variations to stop the scheme falling flat. Charlotte Cosby, creative director at Farrow & Ball, recommends mixing in darker, muddier orange tones such as ochre for a 'cosy and cocooning feel', or using different finishes (think matt paired with gloss) for added depth. Here, a wooden cabinet is painted in orange gloss to reflect the light, complemented by orange-striped wallpaper behind the bed. A further touch of the colour is used on the headboard, creating a look that's textured and rich. EMBRACE THE UNEXPECTED 'Pops of tangerine are a great way to create a new take on the 'unexpected red' theory,' says Helen Shaw, director of marketing at paint experts Benjamin Moore & Co. The idea here is that adding red, or in this case tangerine, in an unexpected space instantly makes it feel more defined. Here, orange glazed tiles create a surprising zingy focal point behind the shower. Finger tiles are the ideal choice for compact or narrow rooms as they draw the eye upwards, making the space appear bigger. OUR PICK OF THE PALETTE Electric Orange paint £48 for 2 litres Shop The Long Room paint £62 for 2.5 litres Shop Mandarin paint £59 for 2.5 litres Shop ZEST FOR LIFE Mood-boosters to brighten your home Lamprecht 2 -Door 2 -Shelf Storage Cabinet £149 Shop Sisal rug (120cm x 180cm) £112 Shop Habitat Hand Painted Stripe Vase - Rust £14 Shop Loha Coral Orange Velvet & Rattan Armchair Dulce Pyramid Apricot Tile £225 per sq m Shop
Otago Daily Times
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Otago Daily Times
Recognition of work overwhelming, ‘affirming' for poet
Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry winner Emma Neale, of Dunedin, at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards on Wednesday night in Auckland. Photo: supplied A Dunedin author was overwhelmed by the recognition her book received at the country's top literature awards night. Editor, novelist and poet Emma Neale won the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry for her collection Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards in Auckland on Wednesday night. She said she felt calm on the night but later when she was talking to her husband about it she found herself getting quite teary. "It's been very affirming." Mrs Neale said it was nice to be recognised by the judges who she admired quite a bit. "To think that they've been reading your own work so closely has been just such a gift." Mrs Neale had been writing books since the 1990s and did not expect Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit to be the book that won her an award. Her poems were personal — one took about 30 years to write — and it was a joy for her to see so many people connect with her work. "The connection is similar to having a wonderful conversation with someone." She said the poem took her some time to write because she was learning to craft it in a way that was not too heavy-handed for the reader.
Otago Daily Times
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Otago Daily Times
Dunedin author wins top award for her poetry
Emma Neale. Photo: supplied A Dunedin author has been honoured at the country's biggest literary arts awards. Editor, novelist and poet Emma Neale won the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry for her collection Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards in Auckland last night. Poetry category convener of judges David Eggleton said the collection of poems displayed an exceptional ability to turn confessional anecdotes into "quicksilvery flashes of insight". "Emma Neale is a writer fantastically sensitive to figurative language and its possibilities," he said. Her book was about fibs, fables and telling true stories, which were perceived by others as tall stories and the knock-on or flow-on effects of distrust — the scales dropping from one's eyes. Mr Eggleton said it was about power and a sense of powerlessness, belief and the loss of belief, about trust and disillusion, disenchantment with fairytales and compassion. The book, published by the Otago University Press, was nominated for the award alongside Hopurangi — Songcatcher: Poems from the Maramataka, by Robert Sullivan; In the Half Light of a Dying Day, by C.K. Stead; and Slender Volumes, by Richard von Sturmer. Neale had told the Otago Daily Times being shortlisted felt like an award in itself, feeling that the judges had read her work and seen merit in it was "really, really gratifying". — APL
NZ Herald
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards: Damien Wilkins' Delirious wins fiction prize
The Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry went to novelist and poet Emma Neale for her seventh collection Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit. Alongside the four major category winners, four best first books (sponsored by the Mātātuhi Foundation) were recognised. Michelle Rahurahu (Ngāti Rahurahu, Ngāti Tahu–Ngāti Whaoa) took the Hubert Church Prize for Fiction with her novel Poorhara, while the Jessie Mackay Prize for Poetry went to Manuali'I by Rex Letoa Paget (Samoan/Danish). Kirsty Baker's Sight Lines: Women and Art in Aotearoa won the Judith Binney Prize for Illustrated Non-Fiction, and Una Cruickshank's The Chthonic Cycle was awarded the E.H. McCormick Prize for General Non-Fiction. Across the eight winning books celebrated at a ceremony held on Wednesday night at Auckland's Aotea Centre, three were published by Te Herenga Waka University Press, two by Auckland University Press and one each by Otago University Press, Saufo'i Press and HarperCollins Aotearoa New Zealand. For Damien Wilkins, selected from a fiction prize shortlist that included Laurence Fearnley, Kirsty Gunn and Tina Makeriti (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Rangatahi-Matakore, Pākehā), it was his second win. The now director of the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University first took the fiction award in 1994 with The Miserables. He was a runner-up in 2001 for Nineteen Windows Under Ash and again in 2007 for The Fainter. Delirious, his 14th published book, was described as intimate, funny and honest by Thom Conroy, fiction category judges convenor. 'An absorbing, inspiring novel and a damn fine read,' said Conroy. 'What stood out ... was the assured but understated touch of prose as it flows elegantly across the decades, threads the intricacies of relationship, and fathoms the ongoing evolution of a couple's grief.' Toi te Mana by Deidre Brown and Ngarino Ellis with Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, was dedicated to the latter, who died after work on the book began. The comprehensive survey of Māori art – from voyaging waka to the contemporary – was 'extensively researched and thoughtfully written, casting a wide inclusive net', said Chris Szekely, illustrated non-fiction judges convenor. Szekely congratulated art historians Brown and Ellis 'for carrying the baton to completion, a Herculean task akin to the mahi of Maui himself'. Holly Walker, judges convenor for the general non-fiction award said Ngāhuia te Awekōtuku's Hine Toa was both a personal testimony and taonga – a book that defied easy categorisation, moving from memoir to 'a fiery social and political history . . . from a vital queer, Māori, feminist perspective'. In the poetry category, judges convenor David Eggleton lauded Emma Neale's ability to 'turn confessional anecdotes into quicksilvery flashes of insight'. Her winning collection (from a shortlist that included one of the country's most well-known writers and former poet laureate C. K. Stead) was described as a book about fibs and fables 'and the knock-on or flow-on effects of distrust, the scales dropping from one's eyes'. The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards were established in 1968 (as the Wattie Book Awards). Last year's fiction prize also went to a repeat winner - Emily Perkins won in 2024 for Lioness and in 2009 for Novel About My Wife. Full list of Ockham winners and finalists: Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction won by Delirious, Damien Wilkins, Te Herenga Waka University Press. Shortlisted: At the Grand Glacier Hotel, Laurence Fearnley, Penguin, Penguin Random House; Pretty Ugly, Kirsty Gunn, Otago University Press; The Mires, Tina Makereti (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Rangatahi-Matakore, Pākehā), Ultimo Press. Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry won by Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit, Emma Neale, Otago University Press. Shortlisted: Hopurangi – Songcatcher: Poems from the Maramataka, Robert Sullivan (Ngāpuhi, Kāi Tahu), Auckland University Press; In the Half Light of a Dying Day, C.K. Stead, Auckland University Press; Slender Volumes, Richard von Sturmer, Spoor Books. BookHub Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction won by Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Māori Art, Deidre Brown (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu) and Ngarino Ellis (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou) with Jonathan Mane-Wheoki (Ngāpuhi, Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Kurī), Auckland University Press. Advertisement Advertise with NZME. Shortlisted: Edith Collier: Early New Zealand Modernist, Jill Trevelyan, Jennifer Taylor and Greg Donson, Massey University Press; Leslie Adkin: Farmer Photographer, Athol McCredie, Te Papa Press; Te Ata o Tū The Shadow of Tūmatauenga: The New Zealand Wars Collections of Te Papa, Matiu Baker (Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Whakaue), Katie Cooper, Michael Fitzgerald and Rebecca Rice, Te Papa Press. General Non-Fiction Award won by Hine Toa: A Story of Bravery, Ngāhuia te Awekōtuku (Te Arawa, Tūhoe, Ngāpuhi, Waikato), HarperCollins Publishers Aotearoa New Zealand. Shortlisted: Bad Archive, Flora Feltham, Te Herenga Waka University Press; The Chthonic Cycle, Una Cruickshank, Te Herenga Waka University Press; The Unsettled: Small Stories of Colonisation, Richard Shaw, Massey University Press.
Scottish Sun
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
I'm a decor expert – these are the 8 biggest mistakes people make and why spending just £5 extra can transform a room
All recommendations within this article are informed by expert editorial opinion. If you click on a link in this story we may earn affiliate revenue. Tash Bradley also reveals how you can avoid colour clashes with one simple rule DECOR DON'TS I'm a decor expert – these are the 8 biggest mistakes people make and why spending just £5 extra can transform a room Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) WITH this month's rise in stamp duty and many people continuing to work from home, we are doing more redecorating than ever. But how clued up are you on DIY decor? Tash Bradley, of design firm Lick and author of Master The Art Of Colour, has helped celebs including Pixie Lott and Jamie Laing with home design. She tells Sarah Morton about common mistakes people make . . . and how to get a revamp right. DON'T COPY A CELEB 9 Nick Grimshaw's gorgeous lounge which featured on Celebrity Gogglebox Credit: Channel 4 ONE in four people decorate 'for other people' — meaning they choose decor to impress others or follow what they have seen on Instagram or in a celebrity's house. I've been fortunate enough to do several amazing projects and one was DJ Nick Grimshaw's home. We did this living room, where we painted the walls and ceiling in a warm off-white with contrasting woodwork in black. It featured on Gogglebox and I had so many people wanting me to recreate it for them. But Nick had the furniture and artwork to begin with to suit the colouring. You have to ask yourself if it would work for you personally. Follow your own instincts. Kelly Hoppen shares her top design tips BOOST YOUR SEX LIFE WITH EARTH TONES 9 Certain shades can really influence your sex life in the bedroom Credit: Getty YOUR bedroom is the space in your house that's just for you so I tell my clients it can be anything you want. But, as someone who studied colour psychology, certain shades can influence how you feel between the sheets. Those wanting to make their bedroom as sexy as possible may choose a pillar-box red but to wake up to that every day would be too over-stimulating. I would advise a client who wants that passion and excitement to choose an earthy, terracotta shade. It's calming, it sets the mood and it's super-sexy. Rich, velvet fabrics also work wonders. AVOID THE SPOTLIGHT 9 Pockets of warm light can make all the difference to a room Credit: Getty I'VE never turned on the overhead lights in my house, I prefer soft lighting from lamps. Spotlights are my pet hate but some people love them in a kitchen or underground room to ensure maximum light. So I would advise you to avoid blue light bulbs. Since we live in the northern hemisphere, where it's mostly grey, we need warm lighting. And pockets of warm light, especially from lamps, can make all the difference to a room. GO BIG OR GO HOME 9 If you're decorating a small room, make sure to go big with the furnishings: big rug, big sofa, big everything Credit: Getty I'VE seen many small rooms packed with the tiniest furniture which, believe it or not, only serves to make the room look even smaller. You should actually go bigger. A bigger rug, a bigger sofa, bigger everything. The front feet of the sofa should always be on the rug, you don't need one so small it's like an island in the middle of your floor. You'll be amazed what you can fit in and how good it can look. AVOID COLOUR CLASHES WITH SIMPLE RULE 9 Tash would personally avoid grey and yellow together - but if you like the combo, make sure the undertones match Credit: Getty THERE are no 'wrong' combinations when it comes to paint colour despite what you may have heard. The key is to get the tone right. Some shades clash terribly if the tone is wrong. You need to work out whether the undertone is warm or cool then pair your furnishings to match it. SPEND AN EXTRA FIVER PEOPLE often use poor-quality brushes and rollers. By spending as little as four or five pounds more on a better brush can make a huge difference to the quality of the job and make the whole project easier. My tip for the best tool of all time is the mini roller. From painting walls to upcycling furniture or kitchen cabinets, it does the job and it's so easy to use. I recommend the mini-roller from It's £6 for the handle, £6 for the four-piece sponge set. SIT DOWN TO PLACE YOUR TELLY 9 The position of the television is one of the most frequent mistakes that Tash sees Credit: Getty ONE of the most common mistakes I see is easily avoidable — poor TV placement. I've been to houses where the telly is just too high, you're straining your neck to watch it and it looks all wrong on the wall. The reason this happens is people position the TV while they're standing, forgetting for the majority of the time they'll be watching it sitting down. So always sit on your sofa and work out your eye level. KEEP A LID ON COLOUR SAMPLES 9 Do not overwhelm yourself with a million paint options - just see which two or three you gravitate the most to Credit: Getty YOU may come up against colour paralysis, when you have too many choices. I've watched people at B&Q faced with 100 different shades of blue. It's no wonder they go overboard with samples. I had one lovely lady who brought home a whopping 20 samples of paint to test on a single wall, which is way too many. After consultation, I tend to advise on two or three colours and I see which one they're naturally drawn to. Don't overwhelm yourself with a million options. FAIL TO PREPARE…PREPARE TO FAIL 9 Tash Bradley has over 10 years experience in interior design and specialises in colour Credit: Supplied WHEN people don't prepare properly it can cause chaos. I'm talking about sanding and prepping your walls and making sure all your furniture is covered and protected. One client tripped over a full pot of paint and it went all over his sofa. I died for him because no amount of stain or paint remover was going to salvage it. It's essential everything is in order to ensure it all goes as smoothly as possible. Renovation and redecorating is not the easiest job in the world but with a bit of preparation, it can be enjoyable and the results can be amazing. 9 Master the Art of Colour by Tash Bradley Credit: Supplied
