How to Add a Pop of Colour to an Earth Tone Home
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Earth tones don’t need to mean boring. Discover how to elevate your neutral home with bold, conscious home accessories like our Barbie Pink Planter and Amambara Bowl. Sustainably made, intentionally styled.
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OK hot take coming in. While we all love an earth-tone home (some clay, sand, rattan, etc.), there’s a fine line between calm and curated… and flat and forgettable.
Too much beige and suddenly your “Japandi zen home” starts to feel like a sad Airbnb (sorry).
This is your guide to adding colour intentionally, so you don’t go on a dopamine-fuelled shopping binge and impulsively hit ‘add to cart’ on a fast homeware trend. At The Artisan Lab we’re all about design that tells a story, and makes your home feel like you.
So here’s the no-fluff guide to making your home pop, without losing your earthy aesthetic entirely in the process.
When we talk about adding a pop of colour, it’s not just an aesthetic thing. We're talking about permission. Permission to be a little bit more daring. To disrupt the safety net of a beige and earth tone colour palette. To bring more of you and your playfulness, into the space you occupy.
For some, it’s a vintage Persian runner with threads of burnt orange, indigo, and sand. For others, it’s a hand-painted blue and white ceramic tile from Lisbon, propped on a shelf like a postcard. For you it might be an abstract art piece with layers of cerulean blue (not just any blue!) you made yourself a not-so-subtle nod towards your love for the ocean.
They shape the texture of our daily lives. They’re a reminder of where you’ve been. Of how you want to live. Quiet markers of identity in the everyday.
In a world obsessed with fast, matching furniture sets, and the mass-produced, choosing something colourful and handmade is a quiet act of rebellion. A reminder that your home doesn’t have to look like a Pinterest trend cycle. It can be an extension of you.
It doesn’t have to be loud, but it does need to matter. What you really want is one piece that does more than just sit there looking pretty. You want it to start conversations.