Wednesday 19 November 2014

Our little holiday house


We've turned this little place around in a few weeks and have now moved in!
Now for the exciting bit.... Interior design!!
We're going to eventually rest this out as a holiday let so its challenging my colour skills as I want to keep it fairly toned down compared to my usual bright style! I'll leave the flamboyant prints and colours for the main house. 
I've been choosing tonal calming colours such as pinks and blues, but keeping them really light to avoid the cottage feeling even smaller than it is. 
Here's I've gone for 'white mist' Matt emulation, with 'pebble' eggshell for the wood work. It's really subtle but this is a complimentary combination- and put together draws out the blue and orange in each colour. complimentary colour schemes always brings out the best in their partner (opposites on the colour wheel)
In now deciding on the soft furnishings- and looking into subtle oranges to complement the blue even more-

Although I have just seen a funky chicken/duck fabric which is greens and oranges, so I may go with my instinct and go with that rather than follow rules!! 

This is by 'prestigious fabrics' 
This room has got to suit my little boy until it's changed into a twin bed room for the holiday let- I'm thinking this can be the fun more bold room.
There are various wall lights that need replacing, and i stumbled across this character and thought he'd make a good feature task light-
The second double bedroom will be the subtle sleep retreat! For this I'm using oyster pinks and a gorgeous Sanderson fabric, with floral blues and purples, for the curtains which I picked up for only £9- pictures to follow. 

Trash To Treasure


After waiting for a whole year, we've finally bagged what we hope to be our dream home!! It's in the Derbyshire Dales and is the higgledy piggledy cottage we always talked about but didn't know if it existed!! It's been a tough old journey of uncertainly, but we're finally here, and with a bit of elbow grease we're gonna turn it around into somewhere we'll hopefully stay forever.

Parts of the property date back to the1760's, and there are many delightful little original features, inside and out. 
The problem was, the previous owner was a complete hoarder and left it in such a mess, we're only just seeing beneath the rubbish and dust! But its been a comical ride- I've discovered 1980's portraits of a topless Kim Wilde, vintage disco lights and really old slides and prints of Belper and the Peaks.  
To the side of the main property there a tiny sweet cottage, which is separate to the house- we have just spent 2 weeks gutting and transforming it to live in whilst the other cottage is being renovated. 

Wooden Chandelier

Wooden Chandelier
Maison et Objet exhibiton. A bespoke commission for Liberty London came from this show.