Diner/snug

‘I love real wood and I wanted herringbone planks running throughout the ground floor, but hearing friends’ bad experiences of maintaining wood in a high-traffic area worried me, so we chose Karndean vinyl flooring instead, which is more hard-wearing, but looks just as good. The table was originally going to be by the garden doors, but as the walls went up, we realised it made more sense to put the sofas there instead, as an area to relax in after a meal. The back of the room was really dark, so the architect designed the lantern ceiling to let light flood into the space. Then I added the panelling myself as the back wall looked really bland. I fitted some cheap wooden pegs to hang accessories from, and then attached the shelf to create space to display prints, and then finished it off with some leftover pink paint.’