For someone as indecisive and capricious as I am, choosing paint colours and furniture is a nightmare. What if I don’t like that shade of beige when it gets on my living room wall? What if that cow print armchair and matching footstool I bought on a whim is too much of a statement?
Rita turned a carousel horse into a bar table (Photo: BBC/DSP/Georgina Vincent)
Previously known as “a bloody mess”, clutter is now very fashionable. But I’m not talking your grandma’s shiny pot ballerinas dotted about all over the place, this clutter is intentional. It’s thought out, it has a purpose, and that purpose is to let others know how successful you are, that – as well as your house – you own things to put in it.
Cohesion (but not matchy-matchy)
That aforementioned cow print armchair currently sticks out like, well, a cow print armchair, in my otherwise muted, sensible living room. But, according to Interior Design Masters I shouldn’t be looking for other cow print pieces to go with it, for being “matchy-matchy” is a decorating faux pas. Instead, I should seek “cohesion”.
Upholstering is an apparently “easy” way to give old furniture a new life (Photo: BBC/DSP/Georgina Vincent)
The BBC cannot, under any circumstances, be perceived as wasteful or environmentally unfriendly. Upcycling – the act of taking an old crappy thing and turning it into a shiny new thing – is hugely encouraged in the series. We’ve seen drums used as coffee tables, wire spools used as coffee tables, and even old second-hand coffee tables used as – you guessed it – coffee tables!
Panelling
When contestant Briony was still in the competition, no wall was safe from her love of panelling. And rightly so – who knew gluing a square of wooden rails to a wall could up the sophistication and swankiness of a room so much? Unfortunately, I do think this is a passing trend that will quickly go out of fashion and only indicates that you spend far too much time on Pinterest.
No wall was safe from Briony’s panelling (Photo :BBC/DSP/Georgina Vincent)Creative painting
I have decided to go bold and paint a “drop ceiling”, which is a fancy design term for painting the ceiling a different colour to the walls, and bringing that same colour a few inches down the top of the wall. Mind blowing, right? Not really, but Michelle Ogundehin did always nod approvingly every time a contestant did this, which is all the encouragement I need.
At least I haven’t gone too far and attempted a mural – I’ve seen enough of those on Interior Design Masters to last a lifetime.
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