A blank canvas!
Laura Betchette
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
Hi everyone, we are close to finishing off our kitchen dining space and we will be moving onto decorating the living room hopefully next month! The only thing we intend on keeping is the sofas. We are open to the idea of changing the colour scheme (I really like the idea of purple) in here. I am totally clueless how to start though or where! Or even what to buy! Open to all ideas ☺️☺️☺️☺️ thank you!
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8 years agoLaura Betchette
8 years agoNice update for everyone, we have bought a snuggle chair from next which is a soft purple colour which looks really nice ☺️ we have temporarily inherited a rug from mum but it's not the right colour I think
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