Dogs Dinner Decorating

I've been decorating!! I warned our landlord and hes very open minded... He knows I will put in back to neutral when (if ha ha) we leave, but in a bid to banish the beige I have started a rethink of the house in general. I'm struggling to find the right colour for the living room - it has to be right, a reasonably peaceful hue but not pale!!!

The dining/ kitchen area though is another kettle of fish. It a much darker space having the sun room tacked on - leaving only one window for light so it needs pops of colour and something to make it lively!!!

so.... taking inspiration from my recent college work and some of the designs I did for fabrics and wallpapers I have come up with a slightly refined version which now adorns our dining room... not everyone's cup of tea, kettle of fish but its our dogs dinner...

We live in rented accommodation and I'm loathe to spend much mulah on fancy wallpaper - so we have to be inventive and experimental - some hand rendered and photocopied pictures of mine on top of some bog standard cheap Wilkcos wallpaper and there we have totally bespoke wallpaper!!!

I carried the design onto the lampshades and hung this years framed scarf designs just to add even more colour! Its certainly colourful and adds some individuality to the house.. its definitely a little bit of slamitinRubystarrs style!! Living room next...

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