Warm metallic hues are easy to love but often pricey. However, you can create the look with hardware and craft store supplies instead of the real thing, and it will hardly cost a pretty (copper) penny. How to Work Copper Interiors?Metallic has been a trend in interior design that just won’t go away; it’s time for copper interiors to have their time in the spotlight. It’s the warmth of copper as a metallic that sets it apart from the chromes and the silvers. It offers a more industrial and simple feel than the gaudiness of gold metallics. With summer drawing to a close, we can see those autumn trends and they’re slowly moving in. However, copper fits the bill – with the orangey, red colouration complementing the orange and browns of the season beautifully. We’ve put together a few pictures that show how you can incorporate copper interiors into your home, a way to add levels of luxury and glamour to brighten up your home as the nights draw in.

COPPER IN THE KITCHEN

A good way of creating a clean, industrial and bright look is with a copper interior. Kitchens are one of the easiest way to incorporate copper into your home. Kitchens have to be firstly practical and then looking good, but that doesn’t mean making it look fabulous is secondary.

This makes copper perfect for kitchens, as they need hard and easy to clean surfaces. However, they are often brightly lit which works to complement the copper look. The taps teamed with the cupboard handles, creates a very fresh and industrially chic look that is very striking. Moreover, the punctuation with the copper mixer finishes off this fabulous and unique look!

This use of copper is one that is more difficult to apply to your home unless you’re planning a makeover. However, we love the combination of the features and accessories in matching copper. The bare, caged bulb light and white wall creates a minimalist industrial feature that we just can’t get enough of.

Copper is a wonderful material for kitchen countertops like this one. As well as looking fabulous, studies have also shown copper to be a good anti-bacterial material. It helps prevent the spread of fungal spores, so copper interiors are just as a practical as they are indulgent.

COPPER IN THE LIVINGROOM

Copper is a wonderful material to experiment with in your living room. Like above, adding a copper coffee table to your space can give a neutrally coloured room an extra spark.

If you have a fireplace in your living room, give it the attention it deserves by using copper to frame it. The copper shades work wonderfully well with the orange flames, and creates that autumnal glow that can carry your home into a cosy hideaway. Also, this space uses the natural light flooding in to accentuate the red hued wood to complement the copper style. An easy way to incorporate copper into your room is with lamps – it’s so easy to implement.

You could opt for a free standing lamp, wall lamp or a lampshade from the ceiling to add in copper accents. In addition, combining this on trend cage-like silhouette with the copper hue is effortlessly stylish. Team with this Mad Men Skyscraper rug for ultimate luxury and to bring out the copper threads weaved through the rug for a striking addition. Or if you’d prefer a more unique piece, this fabulous cooper rug is made from patchwork denim overlaid with cowhide. This piece has a mesmerising shimmer of copper that is unmissable. Bring this element out even more by adding copper accessories to the room to subtly add to the look.

Pieces such as candle holders, place mats or even a clock would look fabulous. Accessorising is a subtle way to incorporate this trend, with elements that can easily be changed and removed for a fresher look in a year’s time – if you’re worried about committing to a ‘trend’; even though we think copper is timeless (pun not intended)!

It’s time for copper interiors to have their time in the spotlight.

COPPER IN THE BATHROOM

Copper interiors are wonderfully versatile and can suit many rooms in your home. It works as well in bathrooms as it does in kitchens, with the look of an exposed, brutalist feel with minimalist elements. However, the warmth of the copper material work to lift this sort of look to prevent it looking a bit cold and lacking unique character. It’s used wonderfully in this dramatic look to do just that, lifting the concrete design with a splash of copper. This look is stylish and industrial by contrasting textures and colours with the copper against the dark and moody cement.

Opt for a brushed texture for a more muted statement over shiny, if you’re worried about it being too bold. The good thing with investing in quality ‘raw’ materials like copper, it’ll never go out of fashion and always looks fabulous. Sinks are another subtle way to introduce copper into your home for the bathroom. In addition, copper looks great when put against raw, natural materials such as wood or marble.

It helps creates a very clean cut look, and adds that accent of warmth to help create depth. The features on the bottom of the unit and mirror add extra accents of copper that ties the room together. Copper baths are another trend that’s emerging, with this striking piece showing how glamorous it can look. Additionally, a free standing bath like the one above, so you don’t have too much intrusive work to implement it. Choose a bath with high copper content as copper doesn’t rust, but mixed with other metals it may become discoloured. Again, this look works with the use of natural materials with the marble look tiled flooring and an animal pelt. Get a look similar to this one by teaming your copper bath with some of our pelt rugs here.