Our latest lookbook picks out eight kitchens, bathrooms and living areas that make use of butter yellow tones.
Yellow, a colour commonly associated with happiness, sunshine, and optimism, can be challenging to integrate into the home as its bright shade can often feel overwhelming.
Utilising butter yellow, a pastel shade, can create a sophisticated look while adding a subtle pop of colour.
In this lookbook, architects and designers incorporate yellow into bedrooms, living rooms, and kitchens to oppose bright colours, complement neutral textures and zone spaces.
This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring light-filled basement homes, striking kitchen islands and brutalist kitchens.
Duplex apartment, Spain, by Arquitectura-G
Local studio Arquitectura-G refreshed this duplex apartment in Barcelona with a series of butter yellow additions.
Yellow was used for tiles, a sofa, shelves and storage cupboards, while a staircase was made from gridded sheets of yellow metal.
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1960s bungalow, Germany, by Jan Winkelmann and Julia Carloff-Winkelmann
A former bungalow turned colourful holiday home in Berlin uses varying shades of pastels to reference 1960s California modernism.
Butter yellow walls dominate the bedroom, while joyful blue defines the kitchen, which incorporates pink cabinetry.
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Malibu Surf Shack, USA, by Kelly Wearstler
Vintage and contemporary pieces fill this beachfront cottage in southern California, designed by Kelly Wearstler, who took cues from the property’s original details and retained Japanese shoji screens and wood panelling.
Neutral tones were used throughout, particularly in the bedroom where a butter yellow nightstand and headboard add a sumptuous feel.
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Appartement N°50, France, by Marie & Alexandre
Modern furnishings including a glass box desk, aluminum table and sling-seat armchair, sit in harmony against the butter yellow walls in this duplex apartment in Le Corbusier’s iconic Cité Radieuse housing block.
French designers Marie Cornil and Alexandre Willaume adorned the apartment with custom-built furniture made in collaboration with manufacturer Glas Italia, Parisian studio Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec and ceramicist Jean Marie Foubert.
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Relámpago House, Spain, by H3O
Spanish studio H3O used colour blocking to divide the interiors of this converted barn in Barcelona.
A yellow zigzag light and wall define the kitchen, which was designed to “emulate the unpredictable trajectory” of a lightning bolt.
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Masná 130, Czech Republic, by ORA
An oversized butter yellow headboard that doubles as a wardrobe was added to the bedroom of this 500-year-old Renaissance building in the town of Český Krumlov, which was renovated by architecture studio ORA.
The studio preserved the original wooden beams and cool stone walls to contrast contemporary pieces, which include a minimalist black kitchen, playful bathtub and free-standing lights.
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PSM21, Spain, by Raúl Sánchez Architects
Spanish studio Raúl Sánchez Architects added colourful details including a butter yellow entrance hall and bright blue kitchen as part of this striking apartment renovation near Barcelona.
Metal and stone was used for the fixtures, with brass and stainless steel doors, red onyx and granite kitchen surfaces, and wood walls stained in red to form tactile interiors.
Retroscena, Italy by La Macchina Studio
Butter yellow draped curtains screen the living room in this stark 1950s one-bed apartment in Rome.
Italian architecture office La Macchina Studio painted the walls bright white to contrast the striking blue arched doorway, pink cement flooring, red wall-hanging and peach velvet curtains.
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This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring light-filled basement homes, striking kitchen islands and brutalist kitchens.
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