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With less than a month until the move, I thought I'd share with you my ideas for the decor of our new room.

As you know I do love cottage interiors, but for quite some time even before the news of the move, I was getting the itch to do an interior overhaul and incorporate house plants and have a more "bohemian/botanical" vibe. 

The new room luckily is large. It's around the same size as our current bedroom with a slight bay window. We also don't need to worry about taking our huge ugly wardrobe with us as the room has built in cupboards (all with full length mirrors which will create some light in the room). The carpet is neutral and only a few years old so that won't need replacing. I was toying with painting the walls completely white, but we settled on a warmer toned paint from Dulux called "Natural Hessian" which is a light beige colour.


I'm actually quite excited to have a whole new room to put my stamp on...and I get to wave goodbye to the dark MDF bedroom furniture I had previously!  My sister has given me her old pine chest of drawers which I will be up-cycling with Rustoleum chalk paint in the shade "Winter Grey". Recently I came across a lady's blog who tried distressing her chalk painted furniture with vinegar- yes vinegar! I couldn't believe it either, but the outcome looked fantastic and I will definitely be trying it. Check out her finished results here. I've got my eye on some beautiful drawer knobs for it from Anthropologie, but as I've got to buy 8 of them, I'm hoping they come down in price a bit first!



 Plants will be a prominent feature in the new room. I just love how some foliage can completely transform a living space, and they don't have to cost a fortune either. I have a parlour palm, two aloe vera plants and a tiny succulent to add so far- all these came to under £10. I've also noticed that the "string of pearls" plant has been featured heavily online recently and are in high demand! Most places I looked at had sold out unfortunately. However, I've sourced a faux version from eBay for under £5! They look pretty realistic and I can't wait to arrange them on a shelf above the bed. I saw this picture on the Urban Outfitters website which has given me a lot of food for thought!


Here are some other beautiful plant filled interiors for inspiration.



We've made an adjustment to the room already. The curtains were looking incredibly dated with a blue and cream pelmet at the top. The blue wouldn't go with my planned colour scheme. We made a joint decision to remove this, but unfortunately the bit of wood it was hooked onto is attached to the curtain rail, meaning that it can't be taken off. The plan is to paint the bit of wood white to lift the window area and then make the wood a high up shelf. I think it will look quite nice with some antique books dotted around on top!

The only downside to the room (there's always one!) is that the wardrobes are a fitted unit which we are unable to remove or make changes to. These sadly do look dated, so don't expect them to feature in any future Instagram posts!

Here's the some shots of the bedroom- these ugly divan beds are getting chucked thank god, so I get to keep my white bed frame.




I'll of course do another post soon with an updated progress report. Keep your eyes peeled! 




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