How to create a cosy feeling in your home
Follow 4 easy steps to get you started.
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Experience the joy of coming home to a warm and cosy space. The feeling of cosiness can be evoked in any room with calming colours in warm neutral tones combined with soft, natural and textured materials. The perfect combination of colour, lighting and textured styling elements create a feeling of complete comfort and cosiness in your home. Dulux colours: Buff It, Skip To.
Create cosiness through texture
The use of rich, sensuous textures is a key styling element when creating cosiness in a space. Avoid loud patterns that visually overwhelm the senses and instead choose minimalistic designs that calm the mind and soul.
Soft furnishings such as chunky knit rugs, velvet pillows and woolen knit throws can transform cold into cosy and make a room feel warm and inviting.
Wall
Natural White™
Natural White™ is the lightest of warm whites and also one of our most popular. Loved by home renovators and interior designers alike, this versatile white will brighten any space. It is perfect for main walls inside and out and ideal for exterior features. It never fails to impress.
Add a touch of comfort through lighting
Lighting can help transition your comforting space from day to night. To enhance the feeling of cosiness at night, utilise soft warm lighting from a combination of floor and table lamps.
Choose warm and neutral hues
Colour creates the mood in any room, so choose warm and neutral hues to achieve a feeling of cosiness. Colours like Dulux Beige Artefacts with a beautiful beige undertone, Dulux Owl Wing with an ochre-green undertone, or a warm greige like Dulux Flooded Gum provide a warm and comforting atmosphere.
Darker hues can create cosiness
Choose darker hues to create a cosy and comforting feeling in your home. Use relaxing, deep cool tones such as Dulux Timeless Grey on all the walls of the room, not just a feature wall, to give the room a snug, cocoon feel. Then style the room with soft, contrasting linens and diffused lighting for comfort and depth.
Whether you want to use neutral tones or darker hues to create cosiness in your home, Dulux has a range of luxurious colours that provide pure comfort. If you need help finding the right colour for your design, ask our colour experts at Dulux Help & Advice.
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