Dining Room Mood Board

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Today I'm going to share with you another mood board I created. This one is for the dining room. We are currently halfway through decorating this room and it is coming together really nicely. This design centred around the gorgeous birdcage wallpaper which is from Next (currently still in stock along with some wall decals in slightly different colours) priced at £15 per roll. This paper has a white background, with blue, green, brown and cream birdcages. The outlines of the cages are silver and all the of them have a pearlised finish which catches the light beautifully. My only criticism of this paper is that is stains easily. Lucy has shaken water off after a walk and it has marked the paper (humph!).

If you have seen my furniture customisation post you will know that we chose the duck egg blue colour to pick out the woodwork and have painted the non-papered walls white. It looks very fresh and clean :) 

I really want to have the furniture half painted like the photo above, but instead of cream use the duck egg blue. We have decided to get some kind of wood flooring because of the pets with a couple of  green rugs to make it softer under foot. The ones pictured are, surprise surprise, from Next, as is everything else in the picture. I have already bought the books which have secret storage and they tie in well with the wallpaper. In terms of accessories I will get things in either the white, blue or green that is on the wallpaper. I'm also planning a piece of wall art with pictures of the pets in ornate silver frames, possible with some cutout birdcages from the wallpaper intermingled between them.

Once we have finished this room I will upload some photos of the finished look and you can see how closely I followed the mood board!

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Living Room Mood Board

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Today I thought I'd share another mood board. I've already shared my bedroom moodboard. Today I thought I would share my living room mood board. We have nearly finished decorating this room now and it has changed a bit. As I explained in this post the red and the grey didn't really work, so it is now all red with white accents.

We really wanted this room to be warm and cosy. So we have gone for red and dark brown wood. Its the only room in the house that will be a strong, dark colour. We are having a wood burner fitted into the fireplace. Rather than having a surround we are having an oak beam mantle shelf. The fire place is brick and quite rustic looking so I think this will look better than a formal fireplace surround. I haven't got a complete product list for this as I did images searches to get the look rather than choosing specific products. Here's where you can find some of the products.

OWL CANDLE- The Range £2.99

TREE DECAL- Etsy has various designs

RUG- Next Red Bloom £70-250

CLOCK- Newgate Knightsbridge Clock £57

This room is nearly finished now, so I will do a blog post with photos when it is all done and you can see how well I stuck to my mood board!

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Bedroom Mood Board

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Whilst enduring the agonising wait for moving day, I have been making mood boards for each room in the house. I've found that this is a really good way to build the look you want for the room and decide on matching accessories. With this one I started with the wallpaper. We were originally going to have this wallpaper in the flat, but we decided it would work equally as well in the house. The photo doesn't do it justice. The script is actually done in very light gold and silver so it catches the light beautifully. As you can see from the photo, NEXT have used heather coloured accessories to dress the shot. I think this colour goes beautifully with the cream, and purple is also my favourite colour. So I have used this as the colour scheme. NEXT also do a paint range that matches their wallpapers. 'Autumn Heather' and 'Calico Old English' match perfectly with this look.

We want to keep the decor quite traditional so it is in keeping with the style of the property (Victorian). So I have chosen old fashioned furniture. We love the traditional metal framed bed as it is cream with really nice brushed bronze detail. The furniture shown is all from NEXT but I don't think we will purchase it all from there. I like the style of the wardrobes, chest of drawers, dresser and bed side tables but I would like to get them custom made exactly how we want them. For example the wardrobe isn't big enough.

The overall look I was going for with this room is tradition, but light and airy. The flat we are currently renting can get quite dark at times and it can affect my mood in a negative way so I really want the whole house to feel really fresh and light. I think when the bedroom is finished its going to be a really lovely space to relax in. Incase there are any items here that you would like for your own home I have made a list below of the items, prices and where to find them-

PAINT- Old English Calico £2-£14

PAINT- Autumn Heather £2-£14

WALLPAPER- French Script £15

WOODEN FURNITURE- Isabella Range

BED- Leamington Bedstead £250-£450

CURTAINS- Mauve Ella Eyelet £35-£105

BEDDING- Vintage Wash Floral £35-£65

BEDDING- Natural Lace £25-£55

RUG- Sparkle Heather £45-£230

CUSHION- Faux Ostrich £16

BIN- £25

PAINTING- Lying Lady £80

GLASS BOTTLES- Set of three £22

FRAMES- Set of three £15

Mood boards for the bathroom, kitchen, living room and dining room are to follow. I will also post photos of the rooms once we have decorated them so you can see how the look came together.

Thanks for reading :)