After lusting after Graham and Greene’s deep dream sofas for nearly a decade we finally own our own (bought in the sale) in beautiful, rich mink velvet.
Today it finally arrived.
No peeking!
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Lighting: Desk light
Thinking about a light for the desk in the newly painted living room, this is one of my favourites.. the Catherine Lamp
Industrial, simple and elegant using very ‘on trend’ materials. Love.
Stair carpet
I woke up this morning with a strong dislike for our stair carpet. Apart from being threadbare and yellowing, it was also very dirty and dusty and needed to go.
So, for two hours of my Sunday morning, I made it disappear:
I plan to sand and paint it until we have the money for a nice runner.
It has made the entrance look like a building site (or pared down industrial chic?) and the kids don’t like walking on it but I wanted to make progress and at least force the issue of updating the entrance hall.
Good idea or bad idea??
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Lighting: Oluce Atollo 233 Gold Table Lamp
How beautiful is this? I can’t remember where i first saw it but it popped up again in one of Ilse Crawford‘s interior projects where i could see the sheer scale of this gorgeous lamp.
Studio Ilse
Project: Living Room
Other than garden clearance, and some blackboard paint in jack’s room, we haven’t embarked on any project for the house yet. Nothing had got past the planning stage.
Until now.
Having spent years admiring dark rooms in interiors books and magazines and, in particular, the work of Isle Crawford and Abigail Ahern, I have decided to add a bit of moody glamour and inky atmosphere to our little living room that sits off the main kitchen/family room.
Inspiration:
Railings Room
We plan to have a wooden chevron parquet floor and dark walls and woodwork, but which dark??
Having spent ages agonising over Railings v Downpipe (Farrow and Ball) and Plummet (F&B) v Mercury (Fired Earth) and Squid Ink v BTWN Dog & Wolf (Paint and Paper Library) and after a dash across town to Graham and Green in Notting Hill to check the new sofa fabric would match the paint, I decided on Downpipe, a petrolly dark grey from Farrow and Ball.
Downpipe (F&B)
So, work is underway and there’s no going back.
Here is the bookcase before:
Bookcases unpainted
Living Room before
Living Room Ceiling
And here is the paint going up on the bookcases and double doors:
Bookcases after
Windows:
Living Room windows after
Hall door:
Living Room door after
What do you think? Punchy but I’ve been wanting to do a room like this for ever and hope the results will be amazing.
The next post will show the walls painted in the same colour for the full effect!
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White House Project 