Best paint colours for north-facing rooms
Before embarking on painting any room, no matter the direction, be sure to always consider these key questions:
Who uses the space and how do they want to feel in the space? Thinking about who uses a room the most – home-workers, children, grandparents - and how they want to feel in the space – focussed, energised or relaxed for example - are key considerations to ensure the colours your chose create the right ambience.
Then think about what time of day the space is most used. Is it used for breakfast and then everyone leaves the house for the day? Or perhaps it’s the late afternoon sun that draws people into the room.
And, mostly importantly - Direction, direction, direction?! Which way does the room face? Because yes, it matters! Here’s why
Fabulous fabrics to warm up your home this autumn
I frequently get asked for advice about furnishing fabrics, often as part of a complete home or room re-design or sometimes simply in the context of a room refresh, when new curtains or a new sofa fabric is required. Here I share some of my recent finds, new to the market, that will help cosy up your interiors this autumn.
8 tips to help with a narrow living room
By mid-January this year I’d received two pleas for help dealing with long, narrow living rooms. Had it been a tricky Christmas I mused, picturing older relatives perched in a row trying to enjoy a long-awaited post lockdown catch-up, while children race up and down the length of the room with nerf guns blazing?
It’s true – this type of space can be difficult to lay out and decorate – but with some careful thought and a little visual trickery, these rooms can be turned from feeling like a bowling alley cum train carriage into a comfortable, welcoming space you will enjoy for years to come.
Here are my top tips:
An Optimistic Blue - Colour of the Year 2022
Last week Dulux announced its Colour of the Year 2022. Bright Skies is described as ‘an airy and fresh tone that opens up and breathes new life into any space’ it may indeed be the perfect colour to cheer us through the upcoming months of winter – and in the lyrics of Isaac Waddington we will see ‘bright skies cutting through the rain’. Let’s take a look . . .