For The Love Of — Yellow Interior Details

Cyndia Harvey's Home via The Modern House

Ochre, Canary, and Chartreuse, Oh My

I used to tell my interior design team that I was "working on my relationship with yellow". It was hard for me to visualize the color used in an elevated way. I had really only ever seen it applied in the context of "gender-neutral" nurseries or dated, country kitchens; but I was oh-so-wrong. Maybe it was the darkness of 2020 or just my taste evolving having left New York City after eight long years, but suddenly I find myself attracted to all the sunny, warm, happy, radiant, yellow interior details.

Give me ochre, give me canary, give me saffron — I'm loving it all.

See some of the design work that changed my mind — and the products I'm eyeing to introduce this sunny color into my life.

A Sunny Backsplash

YELLOW POP TILE

This farmhouse kitchen by Landed Interiors was the first to wow me. The saffron Zellige tile gives this backsplash depth, variation and sophistication and the small, square tile paired with the vertical lines of the contemporary beaded cabinetry is just ~ chef's kiss ~

Kitchen Design by Landed Interiors

Found Via Coco Kelley

A Warm Reading Nook

PALE YELLOW UPHOLSTERY

The yellow upholstery in this cozy nook by Studio Robert McKinley gives me all the kick-back, Saturday morning feelings. Set against a soft blue room, this space is calming, inviting, and warm. Best of all, this bungalow is a rentable Airbnb.

Designed by Robert McKinley found via Rue Magazine

Photo by Nicole Franzen

Maximalist Layers

BOLD PAINT FOR HAPPY ROOMS

This layered, eclectic, maximalist Maine home by Katie Rosenfeld Design makes me want to run out and cover my home in color. Her spaces are bold and brave; her yellow and blue pairings may be classic, but her prints are playful and fresh.

Designed by Katie Rosenfeld, Photos by Read McKendree

Subtle Stripe Details

YELLOW THROW PILLOWS

Athena Calderone of Eye Swoon flooded all of our feeds this past year with her absolutely stunning interiors — seen in her Brooklyn townhouse and newly renovated Hamptons home. Her work is textural and organic, minimal with soft color pops, like this one. It's perfection, really, so why not don a dress to match your cushions?

Photo by Nicole Franzen

Athena Calderone photographed by Emily Andrews

Statement Trim

EMBRACING COLOR ON DOORS, MOLDING,

AND BOOKCASES

Hairstylist Cyndia Harvey's home in South London is warm, eclectic, and laid back. It feels as if each furniture piece tells a story; her space inspires me to forget about the classic white trim and play with color in unexpected places.

See her full home on The Modern House

A Happy Headboard

YELLOW DETALS IN THE BEDROOM

This poppy headboard, as seen in the guest rooms of the Palm Heights Hotel quite simply makes me smile. Who doesn't want to wake up surrounded by warm hues that energize? Yellow details run throughout this hotel and I am here for all of it—*frantically bookmarks for a future holiday*.

Images of Palm Heights Hotel via Sight Unseen

Colorful Exterior Trim

PLAYFUL OUTDOOR COLOR POPS

UM, Hi There, Gorgeous — these yellow exterior trim details by Pierre Yovanovitch stopped me in my scrolling tracks. Sure, maybe it's the fact that we see it coupled with the bright white stucco or the deep blue sky, but all of this just works for me.

Images by Jean-Francois Jaussaud, discovered via @slow_roads

Pop Accent Lighting

GOLDEN DECORATIVE PENDANTS, TASK LAMPS, AND MORE

In this dining space, yellow decorative lighting, seen in the pendants and task lamp, bring a fresh color pop to the space. Paired with a Swedish Kilim rug and power-clashing prints, the room is playful and unexpected.

Image via Coco Kelley