Design Dilemmas

Bonjour, mes amis. Whizzing through this today as I am about to put on my sequin jacket and head to Castle Howard, as mentioned yesterday, for the Ministry Of Sound Classical. I am 100% sure that everyone there will be the exact same demographic as us, wearing something sequinned and bright and complaining about the price of the food and drink trucks. We will also all have foldable chairs because no one over 35 wants to stand up for eight hours. I am very much looking forward to it and am persisting with shorts, even though the temperature has dropped by ten degrees today to 24. It’s AUGUST. I am hanging on in there until the month is over.

This week, I have both a decorator and Ollie the Joiner coming over to look at my bedroom as THIS is my next project. I currently have built in wardrobes that are not working for me but that I don’t want to remove, so I’m going to see if Ollie can rearrange the space inside to include shelving and then swap up the doors for some MDF ones. I’ve already got some curtain samples and I ordered a rug in the clearance sale at La Redoute last week that was 70% off - 70%! - so I am getting there. I am prone to buying all the stuff for a room project before I even have a quote so I am trying to hold back but I am so excited about doing a room just for me. The most difficult part is that I have a super king bed that I refuse to swap for a smaller one, even thought there is now just me. I love this bed so much, it’s curved rattan from Feather & Black and I bought it in the Sale at 40% off about six years ago (they still do it, I’ll link it). It’ll be with me forever, but it is LARGE. Anyway, I’ll get there. I did a mood board for my bedroom months and months ago but I have had some new ideas so I’ll do a fresh one and show you in the next few weeks.

Today we’re starting off by looking at a difficult shaped room and how we can plan it out to make the most of it. We are looking at storage hampers for the end of the bed and what to do if you don’t have anywhere to put your family photos but you still want to look at them. We’re looking at waterproof shower caddys that look the part and finally, the Sunday Niche Edit is a collection of lovely curvy side tables that can be used in any room of your home. Paid subscribers (particularly if you’re new), remember that you can add your dilemmas or quandaries below here in the comments or you can join in the Group Chat (the speech bubble on your app or just click the link below) where there are thousands of you waiting to help with any issues that arise (I pick ones from both of these locations for my weekly post, so whack yours in).

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