The look I'm dreaming of

I've been looking back over old photos today. I wanted to remember exactly what my olding sitting room in Kew looked like as I really like the look I had there. Our new living room is a good basic shell but it needs some finishing touches. We have plain cream walls, a nice pale blue carpet and cream sofas. We've put in a book case running half the length of one wall and we have a lovely old dark wood dining table and chairs that used to belong to my Grandparents. What we need now is all the touches that are going to bring it together. We currently have the curtains that the old owners had and frankly they are horrible. They are blue, presumably to match the carpet, but the blue is a horribly cold shade and not the same as the carpet at all. I'm thinking of a lovely fresh blue ticking stripe instead. The windows, one at each end of the room, are large as it is a 60s house so I don't want anything too overpowering and I want the overall feeling to be quite fresh. I then want to bring in accents of red as I did in Kew. As the pictures today show this is particularly lovely leading up to Christmas.

I've been scanning the internet today looking for some more inspiration for my perfect living room::

Some cute fabrics::

Source: robertallendesign.com via LinenandRoses on Pinterest

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Source: sewmamasew.com via LinenandRoses on Pinterest

Source: warmbiscuit.com via LinenandRoses on Pinterest

More lovely blue and red inspiration::

Source: sueswink.tumblr.com via LinenandRoses on Pinterest

Source: everythinglovely.tumblr.com via LinenandRoses on Pinterest

Source: allsorts.typepad.com via LinenandRoses on Pinterest

If I can manage to clear the large amounts of one year olds bright plastic from the living room floor I will take some pictures to show you where we are so far. Until then I will just imagine the room looking something like this::



Have a lovely Sunday. See you during the week.

Fiona x