Tag: bedroom

  • Design mastering Elizabeth’s room

    Design mastering Elizabeth’s room

    I finished decorating Elizabeth’s bedroom today. She has been wanting me to “Design Master” her room for a little while and wanted an insect theme. I did the wallpaper a couple of weeks ago and we were both very happy with the result but I wasn’t quite finished. I still had some painting to do…

  • I papered the bedroom

    I papered the bedroom

    I finally papered the bedroom today. You might remember a couple of months ago we had to replace the wall in our bedroom. I painted over the new wall but it was always my intention to wallpaper it. The beige wall looks ok but I’m not a beige person and it was starting to irritate…

  • Replacing and insulating our bedroom wall

    Replacing and insulating our bedroom wall

    About a month ago I started removing the wallpaper from a wall in our bedroom with the idea to cover it with 10mm of cork for insulation. I thought this would be an inexpensive way of keeping our bedroom warm in winter and lowering our energy bills. This wall is an external wall that faces…

  • Wallpaper on every wall in an attic bedroom

    Wallpaper on every wall in an attic bedroom

    Elizabeth’s bedroom has had a makeover. A couple of months ago we decided she needed a desk but it wasn’t as simple as just buying it. The only spot in her room for the desk was taken up with a built-in bookcase and when I pulled out the bookcase I discovered some hidden pipes. This…

  • When mama papered the bedroom

    Today I wall-papered the spare bedroom. It was my first attempt at wallpapering and although it was just one wall, it was a very tricky wall because it has a window and lots of corners. Being a Victorian house it’s also a very high wall at more than 3m. Here’s the before pic: Despite people…