August 28, 2024 • 9 mins
There’s no one right answer for your home when it comes to colours and interior finishes. Interior designer Megan Harrison Turner discusses how to find the options that will work best for you, and then narrow them down.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Hi, and welcome to If These Walls Could Talk, the
Razine podcast where we discuss ideas on decorating color and
old things paint. Join us as we welcome guests from
across the world of design. If there's something you'd love
to hear about, email the team editor at Habitat by
Razine dot co dot Nz. Welcome back, Megan, It's great
(00:26):
to have you back in the studio for another chat.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
My pleasure.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Thank you, Thank you for having me tell me a
little bit about Have you had any clients that you've
dealt with or rooms that you've tried to create that
have been quite challenging and that you've had to really
use your nuse in terms of working with color palets.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
Curiously enough, I am never complacent with in working with
people in their homes. Not only is it their biggest asset,
but this is the place to retreat from the world
when it's being hard. This is the place that should
be loved and a sanctuary and to grow happy memories
(01:11):
and all of those things. So to have them love
the color is more important. And one of the things
I love about what I do is whatever size and
shape of the space, there is always more than one
right answer. There is always so many different ways that
(01:34):
color can work or neutrals can work in that space.
And that's not just about what's on the walls, but
it's then what you furnish it with and that are
that you're putting on the walls, and there are so
many aspects to it. I don't have clients that want
(01:54):
tryaddic or tech traffic that's the quds of.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
In their homes.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
I only ever present those types of color schemes in
commercial environments. And again I think that's something about those
spaces are transitional spaces and spaces that are to make
a wow and an impact, but they aren't trying to
be restorative.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
They are trying to be stimulating exactly. And that's a
massive difference between commercial and residential. As commercial is all
about stimulating and excitement and you know, brand colors as well,
you have to marry those together, whereas residential is all
about restorative and peaceful and beautiful. So it's interesting that
you touch on the triadic because that's quite a complex
(02:45):
palette to work with.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
It is, yes, and when people are wanting a complementary
opposite colors on the color wheel, quite often choosing an
intense red and an intense green as an example, it
actually works better to have one color of intensity and
(03:09):
the other color softened off quite considerably, so something.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Like Razines Midnight Moss.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
We've just done some sets recently in Razines forty six,
which is from the fashion palette, from the twenty four
fashion palette Glorious color, working it back to a what
is opposite on the color wheel being red, but dropping
that red down so that it's a gentle pink is
far more dynamic, far.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
More interesting, and.
Speaker 4 (03:41):
One season in nature all the time, which is always
a great place to take inspiration from. So it's that
but that I find a isn't necessarily a natural tendency
for people to want to do. But I would certainly
encourage people to and my clients to look.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
At something in a less.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
Structured art theory model and more because it's on a
larger scale for a space to live in.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
You touched on inspiration and nature is such a I
mean for myself as well, and I'm sure for so
many people. Nature is such a I mean, like her
palette is so obviously perfect and you sort of go, oh,
that's so it makes sense when you're working with it.
What other areas of inspiration have you found really help
(04:35):
you to choose palettes?
Speaker 2 (04:37):
Oh, very and many. Travel is a great one.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
History and seeing what people have done through the ages
and the way they've used color historically is very inspiring designers.
What other designers are doing, and not just interior designers,
fabric designers, a ceramics designers of course, architects and what
(05:03):
they're doing innovations and technology. I find very inspiring for
colors and marrying colors and textures. So I find inspiration there.
Artists are a great form of inspiration. And I was
reading an article about a little while ago of a
(05:26):
production designer who was having sleepless nights over what color
blue to put on the walls for the series Bridgeton.
So I totally went and watched all the Bridgington.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Just looking at the blue that they were putting on the.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Walls, I can completely relate.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
I would do that too.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
So would you say that in terms of colors through
the ages you were talking historically that we see a
trend coming. It's almost like fashion, isn't it. We see
colors that historically have been you know, the palettes that
they've created like you're talking about bridges in there. Do
you think that they come around again in a sort
of cycle.
Speaker 4 (06:05):
I can see that they come around again, but they're
used in different ways, which would make sense because we
have moved on and the way we live is quite
different now.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
And I was.
Speaker 4 (06:16):
Even looking at Wimbledon's logo the purple and the green
and the white and crazy lean enough my brain was
going to, oh, I'm seeing that in the gemstone colors
that I'm seeing coming up through the emeralds and the amethyst,
And how would I make it work if it was
to be in a room, and what kind of environment
(06:39):
would that work in? Because they're still valid combinations.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
But as you say, you know, if you're looking at
using it in a palette for say, a residential space,
you don't have to just put it doesn't have to
be just you know that beautiful rich amethyst and very
very clean green. That's when the graying off and you
know the tone with whites can really really help in
terms of softening those colors down.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
Do you find that, Oh yes, and definitely in the
proportions that they would be used in so as the
examples of the green and the purple to take one
color into a sixty percent and one color into a
thirty percent, will we will work far more kindly, be
far easier to get to work together than trying to
(07:27):
do fifty to fifty.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Now, when you say percentages, you're talking about, you know,
breaking up the room into percentages?
Speaker 4 (07:34):
Is that what you're referring to, sorry, breaking up the
quantity of the color, the distribution of the color into
the well, the classic recipe of sixty thirty ten.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
It makes things easy. It's a golden ratio, isn't it.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Yes, it is. And I just would love you to
touch on that a little bit further, because that golden
ratio is perhaps not something that everybody is aware of,
you know, the sixty to thirty ten ten, How would
you say you tend to use that in terms of
creating a palette for your clients.
Speaker 4 (08:06):
So, as an example for an exterior, the walls would
be the sixty percent, the roof would be the thirty percent,
and the ten would be the window surrounds and perhaps
the door. This is talking quite simplistically because and then
of course you've got what is your paving, If there's
any decking for the stairs or well, what's the fence,
(08:28):
and there's all those kinds of things as well. But
sixty thirty ten. Yes, choosing whatever your color is, if
you break it down into sixty thirty ten, it is
easier to get a cult scheme that is going to
work well exactly.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
Megan Harrison Turner, stylist Extraordinary. Thank you so much for
popping in to join us on If These Walls Could Talk.
It's wonderful to have you here.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
Thank you so much. Stylist Extraordinary, It's awesome.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Thank you and thank you for joining us on If
These Walls Could Talk. Remember to send those questions through
to editor at habitat by Razine dot co dot nz
Hi, and welcome to If These Walls Could Talk, the
Razine podcast where we discuss ideas on decorating color and
old things paint. Join us as we welcome guests from
across the world of design. If there's something you'd love
to hear about, email the team editor at Habitat by
Razine dot co dot Nz. Welcome back, Megan, It's great
(00:26):
to have you back in the studio for another chat.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
My pleasure.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Thank you, Thank you for having me tell me a
little bit about Have you had any clients that you've
dealt with or rooms that you've tried to create that
have been quite challenging and that you've had to really
use your nuse in terms of working with color palets.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
Curiously enough, I am never complacent with in working with
people in their homes. Not only is it their biggest asset,
but this is the place to retreat from the world
when it's being hard. This is the place that should
be loved and a sanctuary and to grow happy memories
(01:11):
and all of those things. So to have them love
the color is more important. And one of the things
I love about what I do is whatever size and
shape of the space, there is always more than one
right answer. There is always so many different ways that
(01:34):
color can work or neutrals can work in that space.
And that's not just about what's on the walls, but
it's then what you furnish it with and that are
that you're putting on the walls, and there are so
many aspects to it. I don't have clients that want
(01:54):
tryaddic or tech traffic that's the quds of.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
In their homes.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
I only ever present those types of color schemes in
commercial environments. And again I think that's something about those
spaces are transitional spaces and spaces that are to make
a wow and an impact, but they aren't trying to
be restorative.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
They are trying to be stimulating exactly. And that's a
massive difference between commercial and residential. As commercial is all
about stimulating and excitement and you know, brand colors as well,
you have to marry those together, whereas residential is all
about restorative and peaceful and beautiful. So it's interesting that
you touch on the triadic because that's quite a complex
(02:45):
palette to work with.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
It is, yes, and when people are wanting a complementary
opposite colors on the color wheel, quite often choosing an
intense red and an intense green as an example, it
actually works better to have one color of intensity and
(03:09):
the other color softened off quite considerably, so something.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Like Razines Midnight Moss.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
We've just done some sets recently in Razines forty six,
which is from the fashion palette, from the twenty four
fashion palette Glorious color, working it back to a what
is opposite on the color wheel being red, but dropping
that red down so that it's a gentle pink is
far more dynamic, far.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
More interesting, and.
Speaker 4 (03:41):
One season in nature all the time, which is always
a great place to take inspiration from. So it's that
but that I find a isn't necessarily a natural tendency
for people to want to do. But I would certainly
encourage people to and my clients to look.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
At something in a less.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
Structured art theory model and more because it's on a
larger scale for a space to live in.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
You touched on inspiration and nature is such a I
mean for myself as well, and I'm sure for so
many people. Nature is such a I mean, like her
palette is so obviously perfect and you sort of go, oh,
that's so it makes sense when you're working with it.
What other areas of inspiration have you found really help
(04:35):
you to choose palettes?
Speaker 2 (04:37):
Oh, very and many. Travel is a great one.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
History and seeing what people have done through the ages
and the way they've used color historically is very inspiring designers.
What other designers are doing, and not just interior designers,
fabric designers, a ceramics designers of course, architects and what
(05:03):
they're doing innovations and technology. I find very inspiring for
colors and marrying colors and textures. So I find inspiration there.
Artists are a great form of inspiration. And I was
reading an article about a little while ago of a
(05:26):
production designer who was having sleepless nights over what color
blue to put on the walls for the series Bridgeton.
So I totally went and watched all the Bridgington.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Just looking at the blue that they were putting on the.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Walls, I can completely relate.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
I would do that too.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
So would you say that in terms of colors through
the ages you were talking historically that we see a
trend coming. It's almost like fashion, isn't it. We see
colors that historically have been you know, the palettes that
they've created like you're talking about bridges in there. Do
you think that they come around again in a sort
of cycle.
Speaker 4 (06:05):
I can see that they come around again, but they're
used in different ways, which would make sense because we
have moved on and the way we live is quite
different now.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
And I was.
Speaker 4 (06:16):
Even looking at Wimbledon's logo the purple and the green
and the white and crazy lean enough my brain was
going to, oh, I'm seeing that in the gemstone colors
that I'm seeing coming up through the emeralds and the amethyst,
And how would I make it work if it was
to be in a room, and what kind of environment
(06:39):
would that work in? Because they're still valid combinations.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
But as you say, you know, if you're looking at
using it in a palette for say, a residential space,
you don't have to just put it doesn't have to
be just you know that beautiful rich amethyst and very
very clean green. That's when the graying off and you
know the tone with whites can really really help in
terms of softening those colors down.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
Do you find that, Oh yes, and definitely in the
proportions that they would be used in so as the
examples of the green and the purple to take one
color into a sixty percent and one color into a
thirty percent, will we will work far more kindly, be
far easier to get to work together than trying to
(07:27):
do fifty to fifty.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Now, when you say percentages, you're talking about, you know,
breaking up the room into percentages?
Speaker 4 (07:34):
Is that what you're referring to, sorry, breaking up the
quantity of the color, the distribution of the color into
the well, the classic recipe of sixty thirty ten.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
It makes things easy. It's a golden ratio, isn't it.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Yes, it is. And I just would love you to
touch on that a little bit further, because that golden
ratio is perhaps not something that everybody is aware of,
you know, the sixty to thirty ten ten, How would
you say you tend to use that in terms of
creating a palette for your clients.
Speaker 4 (08:06):
So, as an example for an exterior, the walls would
be the sixty percent, the roof would be the thirty percent,
and the ten would be the window surrounds and perhaps
the door. This is talking quite simplistically because and then
of course you've got what is your paving, If there's
any decking for the stairs or well, what's the fence,
(08:28):
and there's all those kinds of things as well. But
sixty thirty ten. Yes, choosing whatever your color is, if
you break it down into sixty thirty ten, it is
easier to get a cult scheme that is going to
work well exactly.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
Megan Harrison Turner, stylist Extraordinary. Thank you so much for
popping in to join us on If These Walls Could Talk.
It's wonderful to have you here.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
Thank you so much. Stylist Extraordinary, It's awesome.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Thank you and thank you for joining us on If
These Walls Could Talk. Remember to send those questions through
to editor at habitat by Razine dot co dot nz
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