Dark Blue Living Room - Before and After Reveal
Last year, I worked on the full room design of a living room in a Victorian terrace and I’m so excited to share the final reveal with you!
The lovely client lives here with her three daughters and was fed up with the existing living room decor. The brief was to create a cosy, homely space with personality but with a budget of £3500 to cover all products, joinery and design fees, we needed to find clever ways of bringing it to life. We were very lucky the room already had some lovely features as a starting point - original stripped doors, restored floorboards, lovely cornice and traditional style fireplace. We were really keen to keep the Victorian features while adding a modern twist.
Before
The living room is quite a small space and you have to walk through it to get from the hall to the kitchen.
The Interior Design Scheme
After creating a Concept board and talking it through with the client, here is one of the visuals I created at the detailed design stage.
Instead of trying to fight the dark, we decided to embrace it with a dark colour, opting for a dark blue and pink colour scheme for a bold look. Because the room is used mainly in the evenings for watching TV, deep blue walls would create a lovely cocooning feel and would make the room feel really cosy. For advice on how to choose paint colours for your home, read my blog post here.
I chose the little nest of tables from Maisons du Monde which can easily be moved out of the way to a corner of the room when not in use.
After
And here it is now!
So there you go - a lovely modern living room with original Victorian features. This room reveal really shows how good interior design can make your money go further - you don't need to spend a fortune on products to have a beautiful space. I hope I’ve given you some ideas for your own sitting room - let me know in the comments!
I’m a Halifax based interior designer and I cover surrounding areas, including Leeds and Manchester. I also provide affordable online interior design packages.