I have recently been so lucky to come accross the Southwood Social Hub, ran
by Hayley and also location of her Southwood Stores showroom. I fell in
love with everything on display and I warn you interior lovers that you may
not be able to leave her store without treating yourself to at least one
stunning piece of Scandinavian accessory for your home.
I've been pretty obsessed with half-painted walls recently (read more about
it here) and after dreading the 'during' but really excited to see the
'after', we jumped into it and thought oh well, if it doesn't work it's
just paint after all!
I was really impressed at how easy it was to get it done though! It took
some coordination and two of us to get the results we did, but I would do
it again! 100%! I'm sharing it step-by-step here, so you can do the same if
you share my crush for half-painted walls.
Two years ago I had no idea how much things were about to change. I never
even thought back then about toddler-proofing rooms, let alone all the
details that go into it.
Our daughter was born 17 months ago and SO MUCH has changed since! We
obviously wouldn't have it any other way, but I now think of every single
proofing detail when I'm decorating a room, whether the furniture can
safely be attached to the wall to prevent tipping, or using toddler-proof
accessories to decorate my fire surround (it does take a bit of
compromising...)
Just before I share an exciting mood board for my living room, lets talk
about all those steps needed before you start a room makeover. Before you
get started, it's super important to decide what your end goal is, and it
sounds so obvious but you should really think about the purpose of the room
and then plan to meet that purpose!
With the kitchen makeover done, I am now moving onto the lounge. We have
already had some things done to it such as building a fire surround,
hanging the TV on the wall and getting all the blinds ordered and some are
already up! (All of that and more to come soon in a post!)
The flooring is also picked, so next for me was to pick my wall coverings -
the most exciting part as that's what will complete this room and inject
tons of individuality making it truly ours! I have a colour scheme in mind:
teal feature with blush half-painted wall with the remaining off-white to
leave the room light and airy.
