The summer season can mean frequent hot, sleepless nights, but have you considered using design to your advantage to help you cool the space down? It's not just about the light, cotton sheets or sheer curtains, and a key part of designing for the warmer weather is also about the paint shades you pick for your walls, with some colors working hard to cool down your space. Look to the color wheel, taking your cues from the warm and cool sides of color theory.
While your chosen paint color is hugely important for cooling you down, it's about striking a balance, Patrick O'Donnell, international brand ambassador for Farrow & Ball reminds us. We don't want to create rooms that feel cold and sterile and we need to remember that these bedrooms need to keep us feeling warm in winter too, 'None of us want to live in a space that feels uninviting and too chilly,' says Patrick. 'Creating a cool and ambient environment is all about nuance. The lighting needs to be right to pull it off so you won't want something too cooling come those long, flat-lighted winter months, especially in north-facing bedrooms.'
