Haymes Paint has introduced a new finish into its Artisan Collection offer utilising the Artisan Collection Surface product. The new finish ‘cut and polish’ allows users to recreate a Venetian plaster look that has been gaining popularity with designers.
TKBB spoke to Jo Clarke, Commercial Relationship Manager for Haymes Paint, about the company’s Artisan Collection and asked her opinion about the hottest colour and surface trends for 2024.
Jo predicts a continued strong demand for unique finishes in 2024 with specifiers and designers responding to customers who are looking for a more personalised interior finish. “The cut and polish Venetian plaster look will continue to make waves with design-conscious consumers,” Jo says. “I’m also keen to see more of the Scumble Wash and Artisan Collection Surface Bloom being utilised as an alternative for those looking for a softer, more subtle finish”.
Jo also pointed to textures and metallics likely to have a big year in commercial and retail spaces, with Artisan Collection Metal Trace Smooth expected to be in hot demand in 2024. “We know the lustrous shades of silver, gold and bronze will always be popular,” Jo says. “But we’ve been working on projects that have seen the Metal Trace finish used with reds and yellows providing even more possibilities for a custom metallic finish”.
As a qualified interior designer, Jo is in a unique position to understand the needs of specifiers and is proactive in finding solutions to tricky challenges. “What sets the Haymes Paint team apart is that we work closely with specifiers and architects along with our lab team to find that special finish that’s needed to make a project truly unique,” she says.
Jo is seeing a huge increase in the use of special finishes as a tool to create a bespoke effect, particularly in the residential space, but also trending through commercial and retail settings. “People are loving the idea of the softer bronzes, silvers and golds,” she says. “You can layer other things on top to create depth and subtle metallics bring a beautiful warmth to the home, making you feel almost cocooned”.
Jo says we are definitely not seeing much shine through our interiors, more layered sheen levels that bounce environmental reflections around the room and she’s excited for the possibilities this offers to subtly align the paint finish with the other materials and textures.
On the horizon, Jo says she sees a continuation of our need to be nurtured and this will drive the colour and surface choices we make in the home. “It was interesting seeing the Peach Fuzz as Pantone’s colour of the year,” she says. “This fits with the popularity we’re seeing with matte finishes bringing warmth into the walls, darker colours with more earthy undertones, textured carpets and rugs, with fewer bright whites”.
Jo believes good design takes into consideration the play of light and shade to create texture and contrast and it’s here that the walls are often an opportunity missed. She says layers of texture on a wall can be incredibly effective to introduce a more adventurous finish to an interior while still maintaining that sense of cocooning that we seek.
“We really want to have a big warm hug – our home is our sanctuary,” she says. “So, the more designers can play into that, the more opportunity we will have to introduce these new wall finishes that are so effective”.
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