Ochre & green

Embrace tactile velvets, natural textures and pleasing patterns in this season’s most warming of colour palettes

- SALLY DENNING

DECORATIVE MIX

Combine patterns in similar tones, such as the graphic chequerboard flooring and statement chair, with complementary accents on cushions and lamps.

Forest Green and Brighton Stone plain concrete floor tiles, from £2 a tile, Bert & May. Vintage chair in Zogee 03 Green, £106m, Madeaux; trimmed in Bullion fringe, £113m, Samuel & Sons. Ochre velvet cushion, from £75, Kirsten Hecktermann. Florence sideboard, £7,495; ceramic lamp base, £960, both Fiona McDonald. Alchemilla Iro pleated shade, £115, Oka. Gomez glass bowl, £375, Arteriors. Cyclamen painting by Clare Haward, £800, 155A Gallery. Sense of Order canvas, £395, Loaf

RADIANT COMFORT

The glow of a velvet ochre sofa creates a focal point in this elegantly muted living room. A geometric flatweave rug in a palette of greens adds interest and pattern at low level.