What does your letter not reveal that you a Country cottage with low ceilings and small rooms, or a London Haveli flat Open plan and grandly proportioned. You haven’t specified whether you’re a shoes-on person, whether you’re aiming to build yourself a shelter or hoping to hold rave parties regularly, and – even if you don’t have children yourself – if you have other small children in your life, or indeed dogs, or cats. Because, says Tamsin Saunders of Home and Found‘You never start from scratch; Remember who you are, what interests you and how you live.’
It can be tempting, especially when starting a new chapter, to imagine a new self—to forget, say, that long-held love of televised dinners on the sofa. With that, while some may look to find comfort in ‘less’ when it was always ‘more’ before, it’s not guaranteed. When we left there Our little flat For a proper home, I designed a more restrained bedroom for myself, imagining that I would find it calming. I didn’t.
I must probably admit that I can’t be completely impartial in this decorative duel – partly because of the above, but also because I’ve always admired pattern and colour. Henriette von Stockhausen of VSP Interiors Described as his ‘forgiving qualities’. A good one Wallpaper An average staircase can distract the eye as successfully as it looks grand. A clever trick can be achieved with a curtain treatment to bring symmetry to a room or make the ceiling seem higher, and an antique Persian carpet would be more kind to the exotic red. wine Spill than the off-white equivalent. That said, as you’ve observed, a more laid-back interior can have an attractive calm, and it can enable one to focus on fleeting moments like the way the light falls on the floor, or the shifting-transition of what’s outside the window.
Chances are you’ve read this far and are now able to determine your direction – in this case, awesome. But, at the risk of derailing you further, I’d like to offer a third way. Because Rose lives as she does, and Martin as he does, but you can see them as being at different ends of the same continuum—and perhaps your fancy for Rose’s house is a sign that this is the moment to find a new place for you on that scale. Returning to literature, this was the solution for both Mowgli and Lucy Honeychurch—he learned to walk the line as a mediator between the wild and civilization, while she succeeded in negotiating the path between competence and passion, combining the best of both. And so, in a similar vein, I wonder if you might consider merging your mood boards?
There are variations of what it can look like. A base of pale floors, walls and curtains can prove a calming foil for more decorative furniture, textiles and accessories. Conversely, rich wallpaper and intricately drawn and trimmed curtains become elegantly spare when excess layering is controlled (and Rose, if you look at her forthcoming book, Rose Uniacke at work(Not averse to wallpaper or color.) Alternatively, there can be a bit of both, and the balance can vary between rooms. The lack of restriction or commitment that absolute minimalism or maximalism entails can also help when it comes to creating the very specific interior you desire.
