Starting in the living room

A few months ago, my fiancé and I emigrated to the US and moved into the most British house we could find! It’s a 100 year old brick house on a cobbled street, with a lovely relaxed landlord who didn’t mind us decorating.

Apart from it’s beautiful wooden floors, it’s also all a little bit run-down, which leaves plenty of room for DIY and to make it our own :)

We started with the living room, which is currently a tired old yellow.

The living room with it’s wonderful floors and yellow paint. It looks rather cosy here, but a little bit tired and dark in real life

I love modern rustic designs, with lots of glass and reclaimed wood and plants and pops of colour.  The type of thing that’s airy and elegant and full of light and space:

Or something a little like a less cluttered version of our old apartment

My old apartment furnishings

Plenty of books and light and colour

So it was a little on the cluttered side!

So the first part is to paint the living room a bright neutral colour and to buy a slipcover for the sofa. But which colour? Neutral? Red?

I quite like the idea of red…..