Three Rooms Worth Copying This Autumn

Elle Decor and Vogue Interiors agree on a mood: warm, material, unafraid of brown.

The pale, agreeable interior is over. What replaces it is darker, softer and considerably more expensive-looking without necessarily costing more.

The Trends

• Chocolate and cognac. Brown has replaced grey as the neutral of consequence — velvet, suede, lacquer. Source: Pierre Frey, Dedar.
• The unmatched dining chair. Six chairs, three designs, one wood tone. Vintage rather than new; 1stDibs and Nordic auction houses.
• Stone as jewellery. One dramatic slab — travertine, Rosso Levanto — on a console or bathroom vanity, and nothing else competing.
• Lighting low and warm. Table lamps at 2200K instead of overhead light. The single cheapest change with the largest effect.