Thursday, 2 April 2015

Article - Creating a Heritage style Living Room

When you live in a rental, like I do, it’s often the case that everything is decorated in neutral colours, and you really don’t have much that you can change to reflect your personality. And if you’ve rented for a while, you find that you tend to choose plain furniture which can fit in with those bland colours. So how can you inject a little bit of style into a room when you have so little to start you off?

Here, I’ve chosen a plain piece of furniture and my take on how to create something which will look stylish and warm, in order to make it feel like home…

Take a brown leather sofa…



Choose a theme…



Add accessories…




Shopping list:
Leather Sofa - SCS, £899.00
Check Eyelet Curtain - Next, £55.00 - £125.00
Floor Lamp - Argos, £37.49
Nest of Tables - Next, £125.00
Stags Head Ornament - Asda, £12.00
Check 'Love' Cushion - BHS, £16.00
Lambswool Throw - M&S, £79.00
Gold Mirror - Littlewoods, £87.00
Shaggy Rug - Dunelm, £279.99