Claire brightened up her magnolia bedroom, using a vibrant, floral wallpaper as her starting point.
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In fact, he originally told us he could do the upstairs in just three weeks. It was great timing because it was the Easter holidays, so we went away for a couple of weeks during the renovation, then stayed with friends. However rather than being able to skim the walls, as we first thought, everything had to be stripped back to the bare brickwork and replastered, adding another two weeks to the project.
Neutral territory
When we first viewed the house, it was so drab and uninviting, I wanted to push the boat out and make an effort with our bedroom. During the renovations, I chose the soft vanilla shade of Lead White from Little Greene for the walls, which I felt had a lovely warmth it and a mushroom coloured carpet from Brintons.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة April 2018 من Style at Home.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة April 2018 من Style at Home.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
بالفعل مشترك? تسجيل الدخول
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