MY EXPERIENCE

When I bought my home 10 years ago, the bedroom was purple with brown blinds, which made the room feel dark and gloomy. There wasn’t much storage space in the bedroom either and the bathroom looked tired and felt damp. During lockdown, I decided to give the house a top-to-bottom makeover to reflect my love of colour and pattern. Last on my to-do list was the bedroom and en suite. When the shower started leaking, I was really worried that water would come pouring through the ceiling and I knew I had to do something to fix it once and for all.

I had a huge declutter, getting rid of clothes, paperwork, handbags, shoes and old beauty products. I was ruthless! I sold my bed on Facebook Marketplace for £60 so I slept on an air bed that I could deflate each morning, giving me lots of space to decorate. I painted the bedroom and woodwork fresh white, and I took down the broken curtain track and put up new white slatted blinds.

Next, work on the bathroom started. My plumber ripped everything out and fitted the basics. I had the loo safely stored in the bedroom for three weeks which my kids found hilarious. I fell in love with these pink hexagonal floor tiles, and I went for black fittings to give the space an edgy look. The tile pattern echoes the shape of the pattern in the wallpaper and the etched pattern of the chest of drawers, helping the rooms flow.

It makes me so happy when I walk in here, it’s now a place I want to spend lots of time in as it’s so cosy and calm. I can’t believe, after living for 10 years with beige walls, that this colourful room is mine!