Living Room
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Our living room has taken a few years to develop into what it is today. The walls were in dire condition so it’s one of the only rooms we’ve invested in skimming for, and we liked the plaster effect so much that we kept it just as bare plaster for a couple of years. Whilst I loved the texture and colour this provides, after a while the room just felt unfinished - I think due to the fact the house overall feels unfinished, after three years of living with a ‘work in progress’, I started to crave more polished, finished spaces throughout the house. So we went as similar to the real thing as we could and painted it in Setting Plaster by Farrow and Ball, which I absolutely love.
The other big change in this room which took a while to complete was the flooring. The original wooden floorboards were laid on top of carpet (who does that?!), so they moved around a lot, causing breakages. We lifted everything up, removed the carpet, laid down insulation and tried to relay the flooring but having been refurbished a few times already, we just could not get the tongue and grooves to fit back together. Back to square one which involved saving for new flooring - no mean feat when you have 65m2 of it - but we were finally able to lay new solid oak flooring a few months ago which has completely transformed the room.
Honey and oatmeal striped cushion, Love Frankie
Sarrah washable rug in ‘Hazel’, 245 x 305cm, Ruggable (PR Product)
LS Lowry print ‘Old Church and Steps’, Etsy UK
Printed cushion cover with fringes, Madam Stolz
Camilla O’Gorman ‘Serena’ print, Funky Curator (PR product)
The Big Rebel, 3 Seater Sofa in Moss, Snug Sofa (PR product)
Setting plaster, Farrow & Ball (Wall colour)
Roly wall light, Pooky
Yellow striped frill cushion, Dunelm
Delilah block print cushion in cedar, Path Homeware
Large 3 Seater Sofa in Turmeric Velvet, John Lewis (Not exact style we have but similar)
Malika fabric in Sage, The Pure Edit (Used for curtains, handmade by myself)
LS Lowry print ‘Gentleman Looking at Something’, Art UK Shop
Prussian, Zoffany (Door colour)
Golden Lily fabric in Artichoke/Vanilla, Morris & Co (Curtains found on Facebook Marketplace and altered)
Parlour palm, Patch Plants, from £9
The Big Rebel, Footstool in Spice, Snug Sofa (PR product)