Our new living room is super cosy

A tranquil colour scheme, cosy touches and clever styling details have given Yoko Edgeller’s living room a brand-new look

Yoko has created a light and airy space that the family love to relax in

About me

I’m Yoko Edgeller, a florist. I live with my husband, Neil and our two children, Mei and Lio in a three-bedroom 1930s semi-detached house in Surrey.

My room... MY PROBLEM LIVING ROOM

Although we’d removed the horrible brown carpet and dated wallpaper that was here when we moved in, we hadn’t done a lot else with the room. It needed to have some thought p put into it as the space felt really boring.

HOW I MADE IT WORK

We had a false wall installed to house the TV and a fire, put down grey laminate flooring and bought new furniture, including a huge teal-coloured sofa that’s now the focus of the room.

MY FAVOURITE PART

I love all the surfaces I have for displaying knick-knacks, like my console table and the wall shelves. It’s nice to have all the bits I love out on display.

‘This room is super cosy and really light – it’s a happy space that we use a lot as a family’

Style idea If you don’t want to spend on a new radiator, paint your existing design the same colour as the wall to help hide it Before

The Weekend sofa from Sofology is a new design, which Yoko chose for its deep teal shade, easy-to-clean velvet fabric and generous depth, as there’s enough space to seat the whole family TOTAL £4,898