I am a white freak! White, white, white is all I can think about – most of the time. White looks good with everything, it brightens up your home; it makes areas seem larger than it really is. Blah, blah you already know this, right?

Back To Basics

I have ‘been there – done that’ with feature walls. I have had red walls, blue walls, sponged walls, suede walls and even metallic walls! I think I had to try all of these effects before I realized it just wasn’t for me. So, back to basics I go. Antique white walls and white ceilings. This backdrop has provided me with a much clearer sense of how my decorating ideas can flow throw the house. I have my own ‘style’ and this is easily reflected in each room using a plain canvas to work with.

But every now and then I feel I have to throw caution to the wind and spruce things up a little – just a little.

Inject Something Special To The Room With Color

My favourite decorating idea is to grab a chair, a little cupboard, nothing too big and paint it in a wild colour. This injects something special to the room and I guarantee someone will comment on your feature piece!

This photo above is of one of my sons’ bedrooms. All of my children have these little cupboards and for this one I decided a nice aqua colour would brighten things up. I also added the chippy green chair for contrast.

The photo above is of my recently painted black bed. This was white but I decided it needed a change and this has created huge interest in this room! I am on the hunt for new bedding and accessories in (you guessed it) white …and silvers.

Red…red… glorious red. I will admit that after white, red is my favour colour. Heck I even have a whole lounge room suite in red fabric (ask me if you want to see photos of this). Red livens up any spot and I think it looks amazing with a white backdrop!

Again here is a funky chair I painted in blue and furiously rubbed back with steel wool. Then of course I added touches of red!