Butter yellow: Is it the new mustard in the interior world?

If you’ve been following me for a while you will know that I love a mustardy burnt yellow. From the nursery in our old home, to the ceiling of the guest room in our current home and the exterior windows and doors as well, it’s a colour I’ve never strayed too far from.

Mustard tones seemed to be everywhere from clothing and sofas, to cushions and accessories, but now I am seeing a new, more buttery yellow popping up and I am not mad about it. Its soft warm tones are maybe slightly harder to perfect than the mustard - get it too light and it may look magnolia, or too bright and it verges on primary school toilets - but done just right, it can look wonderful.

The colour is perfect for softer more traditional interiors, providing a fresh warm sunny look without being too bold.

The Inspiration: Butter Yellow Interiors:

Devol traditional kitchen with buttery yellow shelves cabinets and tongue and groove panelling with wooden flooring and round dark wood dining table

📷 DeVOL Kitchens

VIntage painted green chair sits beside wall with faded floral wallpaper and an old gold framed painting. To the right is a dresser painted in a buttery yellow.

Louise Roe Home / Wallpaper from Spoonflower / 📷 House of Ivy.Co

Pantry painted in buttery yellow with tongue and groove panelling and food stored in glass canisters and wicker baskets

Meta Coleman / Paint in Sudbury Yellow by Farrow & Ball / 📷 Chaunte Vaughn

Looking in to a utility room with white fluted butler sink and butter yellow cabinets with striped curtain under the counter. Walls have tongue and groove panelling and shaker peg rail

Nicola Huthwaite 📷 James Lloyd Cole

Kitchen with navy blue island in front on wooden floor with floor to ceiling cupboards on the back wall in buttery yellow with brass handles. To the right is a vintage wooden chair with old art work above.

Lucy Cunningham Interiors / 📷 Horwood Photo

Having collated these images, I found it interesting that most of the inspiration I found that I loved, was actually using butter yellow colours on the woodwork, rather than walls. As you can see kitchens, bespoke storage and tongue and groove panelling feature heavily, and I think that may be because butter yellow tones on the walls, reminds me a little of nursery decor.

After a while of seeing this hue, and as the trend saturates all areas of style and design, will I begin to love it on walls too? We shall see! But for now, here are some gorgeous delicate and warm buttery yellow paints for your colour schemes.

The Paint Edit: Butter Yellow

9 different numbered squares featuring different paint colours all in a buttery yellow tone

If you don’t want to commit just yet with paint, here are some lovely accessories that will bring that pop of sunshine into your room scheme.

The Shopping Edit: Butter Yellow Homeware

moodboard with a range of yellow homeware accessories from a in, to ktichen ware, cushions and paint
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