Case Study -Bright and Cheerful Living room with Beautiful Stained Glass Windows in Glasgow

A couple in Glasgow just bought this flat. I had helped them with their previous home design, so they asked me to help with their new home too.

We started the design process a bit differently because the painters were coming in few days and we needed a quick decision on colours. In their previous living room, the couple had Farrow and Ball inchyra blue walls, which worked really well. However, in the new flat they looked dull, so I suggested a brighter teal blue using Coat paint.

For the bedroom I suggested a peachy nude colour also from Coat. For the kitchen - which had dark natural wood cabinets - an olive green colour, citrine from Little Green. These colours also appear in the stained glass windows, so they looked really good together. They wanted the kitchen to remain bright, so I suggested painting the walls only halfway. This provided a lovely background for the dark wood, but didn't take away too much from the light. The curtains were made by our studio, the chosen fabric is a beige-gold textured fabric from Archroll.com .

In the second phase the couple needed help with a rug, a new sofa and some accessories. They had some artworks which were used in the design and chose a bohemian, Berber-style rug that had similar colour combination in the patterns. The chosen fabric for the sofa was similar to the curtain fabric, but with more texture and it worked really well with the rugs too.

The kitchen and living room is open plan and although they loved the colours we chose previously, they wanted something to tie them together while also separating the two rooms. They had the idea to make a folding screen from door panels and wallpaper one or both sides. I suggested a geometric wallpaper from Jupiter10.com - it ties together the olive and teal colour really well.

The clients like to do some DIY themselves and had some ideas of their own. However, they needed help to integrate their ideas and create cohesive interiors throughout the home. The end result really reflects their taste and created a lovely, cheerful home.