'I created a playful look with a colourful palette'

A vibrant trio of pink, green and orange, with circus-themed stripes and a fox print, gave Angela Clarke's eldest child the lively, bright room she wanted

- Jane Crittenden

Angela Clarke has loved crafting and being creative with interiors since she was a child, and remembers the pleasure of decorating her dolls house and choosing her own bedroom décor. So, she wanted her children to create the same memories. 'When we moved into this allwhite house, it was really important for me to decorate fun and inspiring rooms for the kids to give them good memories and encourage their own creativity,' she says.

THE PROJECT

The early 2000s house has an unusual upsidedown layout (prompting Angela's Instagram, @the_upside_down_house) where three of the bedrooms are on the ground floor. The couple chose the one at the back for Olive, looking onto the garden. She was six months old when they moved in.

"The room was the second biggest and fairly square, with a double bed, so it was a good size, Angela recalls. But it was entirely white - even the carpet - and there were built-in wardrobes with mirrored doors that weren't to my taste. The couple decided keeping the practical storage outweighed the aesthetics.