For me, all things shiny and new just don’t have the energy or aesthetics of different styles and era’s in furniture and clashing colours and prints all mixed together. Here in the house of Marianne Cotterill the retro rocking chair looks stunning with the floral rug as do the modern and traditional sofa’s. Mix it up and have some fun. 
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as good as old
February 13, 2010Category: Inspiration, Interiors, Uncategorized, people and products Tags: living rooms, marianne cotterill, retro, wallpaper | Comments (0)
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Living Etc.
January 29, 2010I was delighted to be asked to give quick my ideas on easy home updates for a Living Etc. article and you can click below to see the finished article. The magazine have shown newspaper applied to the wall, but a good alternative (especially in a small space like a WC) would be a favorite book and for an old tarnished look use tea stained water. Foreign language books make interesting graphics and can be broken up with with randomly spaced bright images and sealed with acrylic varnish. If an entire room or wall seems too much, then this idea works just as well on a table or chair. LE_Feb_D&D48Hours_CDPv2[1]
Category: Interiors, Press Tags: Living Etc. Interiors, wallpaper | Comments (1)
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Wallpaper
November 19, 2009There are so many amazing wallpaper patterns around and their use need not be limited to walls either. My dear husband wallpapered our old dining table over the weekend and it looks fabulous. All you do is use wallpaper paste as you would on the walls and then coat it with three layers of clear acrylic varnish – job done and room transformed.
Lesson over, I thought you might like to know about a company who produces exciting wallpaper geared towards children’s rooms. I tend to use adult papers in children’s room but just focus on bold patterns and vivid colours but if you want something child-centric, then www.funkylittledarlings.co.uk is a great.
Category: Inspiration, Interiors, people and products Tags: children's wallpaper, funkylittledarlings, furniture, wallpaper | Comments (0)
