Gold is expensive and exotic, an object that exudes royalty, elegance and extravagance. You can introduce these vibes of royalty, elegance and extravagance into your homes through golden accents. From simple and innocuous objects like lamps to large chandeliers that scream for attention, you can include the colour gold in many different ways into your home interiors.
Gold normally goes well as a secondary colour used minimally along with complementary colours like white, black, dark green, navy blue, and so on. What makes gold valuable is its scarcity, and you can apply this logic of sparingly using gold through accents to your home interiors as well.
In this article, we look at 10 different ways of using golden accents when designing your home.
1. Golden Props
Props like a decorative chandelier or an object (like the champagne bucket in this picture) coloured in metallic gold can really spruce up a room, especially when the rest of the room is coloured with subtle and warm colours.
Gold, when used minimally, will stand out and add an element of elegance to a subdued setting. So use plain and subtle colours for the paint and furniture and throw in an object or two of metallic gold to make the room feel elegant.
2. Art with Elements of Gold
Paintings with splashes of gold look great on a wall painted in a complementary colour like emerald green, cyan, or charcoal black. A wall painted in a strong colour like green will be the eye-catcher in the room. Introducing other objects that are also attention grabbers, like objects made of metallic gold, might prove to be a tad bit too much.
What works better is combining the two elements. Putting up a painting or other pieces of art that have a combination of gold and a plain colour (like white in this image) will break the monotony of the coloured wall and share the attention rather than compete for it.
3. The Golden Coffee Table
If you love the royalty of the colour gold but you do not want to over-commit by introducing a permanent home interior object like a chandelier in gold, you can go with simpler replaceable objects like a coffee table.
Coffee tables are generally placed at the centre of the living room, and what better colour to choose for the central piece than gold?
4. The Royal Baby Room
You can stick with the traditional blue, pink, and white for your baby’s room and take it up a notch with splashes of gold. What better environment to create for your child than a royal one?
Gold is a great secondary colour to colours like white, baby pink, dark green, and navy blue which are good primary colours for children’s rooms. You can use it on pillows, furniture, or wall hangings.
5. The Prosperous Work Space
Your work may or may not be exciting, but your home office sure can be. The colour gold has always been the symbol of wealth, growth and prosperity, and why not introduce these qualities into your home office?
You can use it subtly with a lamp or pen stand painted metallic gold, or include more prominent objects like the study table and the chair in gold. The result will be an elegant and warm office space.
6. Golden Table Artefacts
Gold can give simple objects like a lamp or a door knob a rustic elegance. If you cannot find the space to introduce gold into your interiors with prominent items like furniture and paint, but you want to include gold within your home, you can purchase smaller objects like a table lamp in gold. It will make the otherwise common item exude style. Make sure it complements the room and doesn’t clash with other colours.
7. Golden Fabric
Another great way to subtly introduce gold into your room is through pillow covers, bed sheets, and comforters. Gold has a warm and calming effect, much like soft pastel yellow, and is a great colour for the bedroom.
8. Golden Mosaic
You can introduce gold into the skin of your home through golden mosaics. It’s an incredible colour to include along with black because the natural lustre of mosaics will make the black and gold shine, giving it a royal look, much like the jewellery adorned by the pharaohs of ancient Egypt.
Mosaics are more permanent, so make sure you plan this combination well. It should suit the room and not clash with other interior design elements.
9. Bathrooms in Gold
If you think gold does not have a place in the bathroom, you’re wrong. The beauty of gold is that it can be mellow and exquisite at the same time. You can use gold for objects like the sink, taps, or mirror frames and give your bathroom the elegance the rest of your home enjoys.
10. Golden Dressers
You sit at the dressing table to wear your jewellery, so why not give it elements of gold as well? Metallic gold drawer handles, and table decorations look incredibly stylish on dressing tables. Using splashes of gold in other areas of your bedroom, like bedposts or mirror frames, will complement the dressing table and add to the royalty.
Spruce up Your Home with Gold
Gold goes with most colours, so you can hardly go wrong when using golden accents, but like with everything else, there are exceptions. If you use too many golden accents designs, you could end up with a gaudy-looking room. Too many browns with gold could leave the room feeling dull and gloomy.
If you love the idea of using golden accents but you’re not sure how it fits into your home’s interiors, you should consult interior design experts. There are subtle rules to making different home interior elements blend into a single coherent design, and we can help you get there. Drop us, at HomeLane, a message for a consult, and we’ll help you out.
