<span style="font-weight: 400;">Over the past year, we’ve had it all haven’t we? Wind, rain, floods, snow….</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Well, whisper it quietly, but I think spring is well and truly on its way. And with the promise of warmer weather to come, we can all start planning those decorating jobs we’ve been putting off whilst we’ve hunkered down in our homes.</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">With a new season, comes a new set of styles, and over the past few months a number of key interior design trends have emerged. We’ll take you through 4 of these key trends, showing you how to achieve each style in your own home, along with the type of </span><a href="http://blinds.local/venetian-blinds/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">venetian blind</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that will complement your chosen design.</span>

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<b>Golds and silvers</b>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">This summer, luxury and subtle opulence really is key. Dripping with precious metals and enough bling to make even the most bejewelled diva green with envy! Even paint company Dulux are getting in on the act, naming their colour of the year “cherished gold”.</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Whilst chrome-plated fixtures are nothing new, gold-coloured taps and accessories are certainly becoming more popular - and with it being an olympic year, that’s hardly surprising!</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Mix up your metallics with luxury worktops and surfaces such as marble (or marble-effect if you’re looking for something a bit more affordable) and you can achieve a palatial home that is bang on-trend.</span>

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<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Choice of blind: To enhance the metallic look, there is a wide choice of options open to you. Why not choose a gold or even a </span></i><a href="http://blinds.local/product/metallic-silver-venetian-blind-25mm-slat/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">silver venetian blind</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, for a room that is truly regal.</span></i>

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<b>Dark depths</b>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Despite our mornings and evenings getting lighter, we’ve noticed that home interiors are getting darker. This new dark and mysterious trend has, like many trends before it, emerged from retail outlet and hotel design, before finally breaking through into home interiors.</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Whilst a dark theme typically conjures up a drab and depressing image, this style should be anything but! Darker colours such as blues, teals, and purples can be combined with iridescent surfaces that play with light, to produce an effect that is reminiscent of the ocean depths.</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Acidic tones, such as toxic yellows and neons, can be used with your darker elements to create vivid accents.</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">For walls and surfaces, unusual textures, that are almost reminiscent of “alien” skins, are a great way of achieving this style. Whilst echoes of marine creatures, whether as a motif on accessories, or even in physical forms through coral or sculptures, can help to create the desired look.</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Choice of blind: There are plenty of darker coloured blinds to choose from, but, to create an interplay between light and dark, we’d suggest a perforated blind. With an almost skin-like feel, this type of venetian blind is perfect for this style.</span>

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<b>Bringing the outdoors indoors</b>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">This year, the line between outdoors and indoors will become more blurred than ever. With plenty of summer events that will encourage shared use of both the interior and exterior of the home, this trend will emerge more as the sun starts to make its long-overdue appearance.</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">In the garden, homeowners are now demanding ever increasing levels of comfort, with furniture which wouldn’t look out of place in a lounge.</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Inside the home, greenery is key, with more plant life, bringing a lush and verdant feel to your home. Conservatories or glazed spaces can be adjusted to transition between the two.</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">More naturally-inspired materials can also help to realise this interior style. Organic materials such as cork and plywood are set to feature heavily for a variety of different uses. Wicker and rattan are two materials which cross the divide between outdoors and indoors perfectly, and can be used not just in furniture, but for a whole variety of renewable accessories.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">For your windows, there are two great options that will further enhance this style. Wood effect venetian blinds will blend in beautifully with more natural materials in your home, whilst a </span><a href="http://blinds.local/product/apple-green-venetian-blind-25mm-slat/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">green venetian blind</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> will help to create the feeling of being outdoors, even when the inevitable rain clouds come rolling in.</span>