Six home colour rules that work

Good Housekeeping magazine's guide to colour

Good Housekeeping magazine's Interiors Editor Margaret Caselton reveals clever decorating tricks that use colour to bring out the best in every corner of your home. Here's the first...

Vibrant shades are a powerful tool for unifying a colour scheme from one room to another. How do you go about it? Reflect the tones in adjoining rooms to link one space to another. Repeat colours and patterns by re-covering cushions and books, re-upholstering a chair and turning a blank space into a feature wall to continue the theme.

Beaton Rose Hot Pink wallpaper (on near wall), £58 per metre, Beaudesert. VIP rug by Celia Birtwell, £389, Habitat. Curtain in Samana Bloom fabric, £53 per metre, Osborne & Little. Klippan leather two-seater sofa, £224.13, Ikea. Leather pouffe, £122.34, Heal's. Jasmine chair, £299, Bhs. Similar chandelier from a selection, Laura Ashley. Turned-wood floor lamp and shade, £149, Marks & Spencer. Madison Trim braid (added to shade), £9.75 a metre, John Lewis. Purple glass vase, £15, Tesco. Artificial flowers, from £1.90 per stem, Withycombe Fair. Cup and saucer (on books), £21, Designers Guild. On sofa (from left): Cushion in Kediri silk, £57 per metre, Osborne & Little. Sequin sparkle red cushion, £15, Debenhams. Orange cushion, £5.99, Tu Home at Sainsbury's. Peacock blue stripe cushion, £28.95, Ooaki. Basquin Assis cushion, £55, Designers Guild. Pine cone porcelain vase, £39.15, Heal's. Bespoke mirror, stylist's own