Scheming the living room and hall

Scheming the Living Room and Hall

Depending on the scale of a renovation, it can take a surprisingly long time to get to the fun part of choosing fabrics and paint colours - and when you do get there, it can feel quite overwhelming. In this lesson, I'll show you how I began to select fabrics for my living room and hall.

Tips for Building a Scheme

• In every room, there tends to be a hero fabric that acts as the springboard to everything else.
• Pull out colours within this hero fabric, and try to find fabrics that match these for a complementary combination.
• Try not to shoehorn things in just because you love them; they may not be right for this particular scheme but you can use them elsewhere.

Sourcebook

Tissus d'Hélène at Chelsea Harbour

Living Room Scheme

Fabric on the walls: Baker House linen in Ochre, by GP & J Baker or Weathered Linen in Ochre, by GP & J Baker

Hero fabric: Rose Pagoda in Original Parchment, by Rose Cumming at Wells Textiles

Sofa or ottoman: Pont-Marie velvet in Prunus, by Paris L'Aprés-Midi

Cushions: Fleur De Jardin in Framboise, by Rose Cumming at Wells Textiles

Sofa or ottoman: Le Zebre Linen Print in Black, by Brunschwig & Fils at Kravet

Savannah fabric in Putty and in Rosewater, by Warris Vianni

Another option for fabric on the walls: Thalim in Chestnut, by Namay Samay

A fabric I love but have no room for: Lerio in Seaweed, by Namay Samay

Hall Scheme

Wallpaper: Ferns in Original Green, by GP & J Baker

Tablecloth: Arley Print in Ivy, by Lee Joga at GP & J Baker

Seat cushions: Obi in Cardamon, by Raoul Textiles

Further Reading

American decorator and fabric designer Rose Cumming

Rita Konig x GP & J Baker at the WOW! House

Where to buy items from the WOW! House