Design Your Home Using Earthy Neutrals and Eclectic Accents

Kitchen cabinet colors set the tone for the busiest room in your home. Families spend most of their time in the kitchen and every social gathering inevitably ends up where the food and drinks are served. The kitchen’s color palette can inform the rest of your home, so choose your cabinet colors with an eye to attaining a unified look in your home. 

To bring modern organic design to your kitchen, pair a butcher block or cement countertop with green or brown cabinets. Taupe and beige uppers can add balance to darker-colored lower cabinets. Geometric-shaped cabinet pulls add a modern touch to any cabinet style.

We are all seeking ways to escape the frantic pace of everyday life. The best way to do this is by creating space in our home to look inward and focus on our mind and body. This can take the form of a home gym or meditation room, which are often combined in one space. 

The modern organic look fits these spaces because muted colors like brown and gray bring a calming effect to a room. Los Angeles-based interior designer Noelle Cruz draws inspiration from a variety of cultures when designing a home. “Mixing styles and color palettes can be done tastefully,” Noelle says. “The trick is identifying colors that overlap and using them to tie rooms together. 

An example of this is using the green from your kitchen cabinets on the slat wood wall of your home gym. Using the same colors throughout your home makes living areas feel cohesive.

Boho style is the risk-taking cousin to modern organic. Both use earthy, neutral palettes, but boho has splashy colors and unstructured designs. Boho has rounded furniture while modern organic has squared-off, geometric furniture.

Bohemian styles are all about mixing and matching colors and textures and seeing what works. Unlike modern or minimalist style, there are no hard and fast rules for boho. Add splashy colors with throw pillows or blankets, or paint one wall red. Remember, it’s easier to remove a bright-colored pillow from a room than repaint a wall. Accessories are a low-commitment way to add boho style.

If you are traveling, notice color palettes from the interiors you visit. Boutique hotel lobbies are usually dialed into the local design aesthetic and can inspire you to take the local look home. Also, adding a piece sourced from an exotic trip adds sentimental value and makes for a great story. 

You don’t have to travel to international destinations to inject multi-cultural design and products into your home. Many pieces can be purchased online. You can do this by seeking out colorful woven textiles and rugs as well as contemporary home décor and accessories such as placemats, coasters and serving trays from local markets.