On Mondays, we usually publish one of our Get their look posts which features someone’s interior or exterior space that’s caught our eye. Today, we’re giving it a little twist and looking at a room in our own house. We’ve been doing up our cottage for about 18 months now. It’s coming together nicely and we’re actually reaching completion in some areas. This has brought us to the point of sharing this first space, the guest bedroom, which we consider is just about done and ready to receive visitors.
This room has seen quite a transformation. We started with the essential maintenance & repairs. We extended central heating and installed a radiator; improved insulation; stonework was repaired; pipes & wires boxed in; the ceiling was clad in tongue & groove timber; floorboards cleaned & sanded – and all the walls and woodwork painted. We chose a variety of complimentary colours – a slate grey floor paint, Shirting white distemper for walls, a greyish white matt emulsion for ceiling & beams – and a pale brown ‘rolling fog’ eggshell for cupboard doors and window frame.
After all that, we were ready to add all the furnishings and accessories. We love the character & patina of country antiques and have been able to find space for a nice old chest of drawers, stick back Windsor chair and small coffer. We’ve introduced more natural materials in the form of large sisal rug and wicker baskets. Copper highlights are dotted throughout the room – lamps & shades, candle holder & reflector, jugs, artwork – and the water pipes, which we left exposed. It’s such a welcoming, warm shade. We’ve used a pair of vintage wooden tea chests as bedside tables – and old luggage for extra storage. And finally some welsh textiles to soften the space, including a welsh wool tapestry bedspread and roller blind.
For details about sourcing the furniture, fittings and accessories we’ve used in our guest bedroom, please scroll to the end of this page.
We hope you like what we’ve done!
We’ll feature further rooms as and when they’ve been completed.
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