I often feature house tours on here for inspiration. Today, I thought you might like to step inside our new thatched home by the sea. We’re taking a look round our newly designed garden room which has become a multifunctional family entertaining space. The whole redesign of this space centres around Divine Savages Forbidden Bloom wallpaper. It forms part of their Natural History Museum collection with inspiration taken from the archives of botanical and reptile drawings. I love that in…
The Inviting Colourful 150+ Year Old Converted Barn Home Tour – Virginia Stalker
September 20, 2019And we’re back after finally having moved into our new home. And what better way to kick-off a new array of features but with a fabulous house tour from @greathomestaketime winner Virginia (Ginny for short) aka @aupetitsalondesign . Wonderfully unique and beautifully curated this barn conversion is full of inspiration especially if you are considering open plan living. Ready to have a snoop?… The Inviting Colourful 150+ Year Old Converted Barn Home Tour – Virginia Stalker About… This beautiful barn…
Open Plan Living – Thoughts & Considerations
December 12, 2017If you read Fridays post on 6 of the Best Circular Mirrors To Consider, you’ll know that we’ve given our interconnecting living rooms a quick update with a lick of paint to the fireplace walls. It’s had us wanting to redesign the whole of our downstairs and there are a couple of reasons why we are holding out. The main reason why we’re restraining ourselves is that we’re doing away with this part of our open plan area to our…
One of the things we tend to overlook when we are creating a new space is the impact of sound on our surroundings. This is purely because it’s invisible, but it is an important aspect to consider, especially if you’re going for an open plan living space. Open Plan Living & Sound Many of us are transforming our homes by opening up spaces to create open plan living areas. As a result noise levels increase when walls are knocked down, ceilings are raised, and large…