LOOK!!

I posted a photo in my “A day in the life” stream, showing a project I haven’t quite finished yet and it was picked up and posted on OhDeeDoh which is one of my favourite blogs, ever. I am so honoured – thank you for featuring me!

The project featured is this table which I’ve découpaged for Findlay and Nairn’s bedroom. The kids’ Godfather, Dave, is moving out of his flat and has given me a few bits of furniture that he was going to throw out. He and I are hoarding kindred spirits, can’t see any crap thrown out ANYWAY, one of the things he gave me was an Ikea Lack table which had seen better days but which I decided could be given new life!

I used a vintage annual (the 1991 Bash Street Kids annual, for reference!) and a LOT of PVA glue to stick it down and then seal the top. I had a bit of a disaster with the top which I am hoping to resolve this week – I wanted a hard, clear varnish so that the paper would be safe if the kids were to spill something on it and when I asked someone in B&Q for clear acrylic varnish they gave me Ronseal. I didn’t think anything of it but when I applied it, it cracked the PVA. Disaster! I’ve now got some plastikote clear enamel but it’s been raining here today and I haven’t been able to get the table out to spray it.

I have also left one leg uncovered just now until I decide if I like the legs découpaged or not. What do you think?

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OK! Further to my last post asking for help picking paint for the girls’ bedroom I got some samples and painted them against the wallpaper.

My feeling is that the colour on the top left (dark cream/light coffee) is too dark for the paper and the white makes the paper look dirty. The colour on the bottom (buttercup) is just the wrong shade. That leaves the lilac on the left and the dusky pink on the right. I’m leaning towards the pink but I do like the lilac too.

The dark pink on the bottom? That’s the colour the bottom half of the room is just now. It was my choice and I absolutely loved it at first, but it’s such a small room that it’s overwhelmed by the pink.

What say you? My gosh, this interior designing malarkey is hard work isn’t it?

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OK I’m relying on you lovely ARTISTIC bunch to help me out a little here.

My girls share the smallest room you could imagine. It’s an L shape, with a built-in closet making up the missing square. The longest wall has just enough room for Greer’s cot and the head of Erica’s bed. The short wall has maybe a foot of space at the end of Erica’s bed. It is tiny and until yesterday was decorated in a very bright pink that was pretty but a little loud for a baby & toddler room.

I found this gorgeous wallpaper in B&Q the other day and I’ve bought a roll of it to do the biggest wall with the intention of painting the other walls white BUT after giving the walls a quick once-over yesterday I realised that white paint will make the wallpaper look dirty because it’s more of a cream colour.

SO! I come to you experienced people for help. To make it easier, I can paper the wall today and take photographs if that will help but I’d rather paint before I paper so I don’t risk damaging this gorgeous print. What colour would you paint the walls if this was your room? I’ve been thinking of either a baby pink (which risks looking like pepto-bismol) or a light grey (the wallpaper has metallic accents) but that could highlight the less-than-perfect walls.

Ideas..?

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