A Study (sofa) in Teal
My last posting on the library got so many responses with help and ideas, I am going to be totally selfish and post my next adventure in decorating the ridiculous Edwardian we acquired last year.
And so to the study. A room in which we spend an inordinate amount of time working and posting on Houzz!
The room was subject to the previous owners love of pale matt greyish purple paint, mid/dark grey paint and a statement wallpaper in matt black. The room is square but looked rectangular due to the wallpaper. We were nervous of just ripping it off because of the bodges we have found so we have been living with it for a while. Plus we had not figured out the colour scheme we wanted to go with the original fireplace (which has been hard to love if I am honest).
As a 'designer' touch the previous owner had put the wallpaper sideways and put odd squares here and there. The floors are the original floorboards and painted white. (no that's not an ominous stain but where the office chair had worn the paint off!)
The aim of the game then is to brighten the room and be sympathetic to the original features in it like the cupboard and the fireplace.
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T Gray
5 years agoThe other day however we decided we have had enough of the black wallpaper and started picking at it. To our amazement and delight, the darn stuff came off really easily.
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5 years agoThis really spurred us on to think about what we could do with the space. We have to start with the fireplace as I don't want to lose it. But we do think it is original with the tiled hearth. We may be wrong but can't really afford to replace it anyway.
The laminate board in front is what we are putting over the floorboards. Ideally we would sand and repaint but the office chairs are doing bad things to the floorboards so I want to protect them.
T Gray
5 years agoNow to the reason for the post title (at last I hear you cry!) We popped into a handmade furniture shop today expecting to see really nice stuff that was completely unaffordable. Then I saw this.
A teal velvet chesterfield. A lovely thing and quite a lot of money. We got collared by the sales lady, who turned out to be the owner. Got chatting and mentioned how lovely the sofa was. She then said she would sell it to us for £500. Bearing in mind this is hand made, by her husband in the workshop out the back of the shop, is about 2m wide and 1 m deep, so not small. She needed it out of the showroom so she can bring a different model in. It was on sale for ages but no one wanted it.
So it's going to come home to us on free delivery and after they have re-stuffed the cushions for us to make them a bit firmer.
We now have our statement pieces for the room.
T Gray
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoI think the walls will be painted white, mainly because I can't think of a colour that goes with that fireplace and the fireplace tiles. We have billy bookcases (yes more of these darn things) that we will get partially glazed doors for to make a more clutter free look. The picture above the fireplace is one I have had for years so I want it to stay somewhere in the room. Not sure about above the fireplace though.
Any thoughts or opinions on wall colour/accessory colour are very welcome. At the moment I am leaning to yellow and orange as accents on cushions and lights but happy to hear other suggestions. Here is a quick photoshop the lovely OH did to show what we were thinking of:
Will post more as we start clearing and decorating.
minnie101
5 years agoA bargain sofa! i like the floor you've chosen but was just wondering if you've tried the castor cups on the links for the chairs (I haven't but reviews look good) If you wanted to keep the original floor? I don't think I'd go white for the walls, the below pic is ammonite which might work. I would look at the colours shown in the picture below for accent colours
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5 years agoI know this sounds a complete bodge but as you want to keep the fire, I wonder if you'd consider tile decals just for either side of the fire? (Or is it a working fire?) Just thinking a pattern could help to break up the solid bands of colour
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5 years agoLove the library btw, I've got this fornasetti tumbler next to a decanter (just the one as they're dear!) it made me think of your library!
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoOoh, just seen your tile suggestions, thank you.
I have actually painted the tiles then taken the paint off because it looked terrible. Problem with decals is the marble is really busy and introducing more pattern is tricky. Here's a close up of the marble:
Apparently turquoise was a 'thing' in Edwardian houses.
https://www.oldfireplaces.co.uk/product/edwardian-tiled-combination-fireplace-1849tc/#
https://www.flickr.com/photos/roath_park_mark/98366783/in/photostream/
minnie101
5 years agoI think those castors are for gliding so suitable for office chairs, moving furniture etc, may be worth a look anyway to protect the new floor? The marble colour is lovely. Ive just found some pics of marble fires with patterned tiles to see what you think , I don't think the tiles can be original as they don't complement the fire? Maybe you could consider retiling? Maybe try skimming stone for the walls?
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Chantel Jenkins
5 years agoI love teal but haven’t had the opportunity to use it. Here are some of my suggestions, I love the rich colour being a mustard, or with a hint of blush but may be to feminine for you! Obviously you would need to tweak the colours slightly to match you sofa. Hopefully you’ll post an after shot of whatever you decide to go for!
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Juliet Docherty
5 years agoThe sofa is lovely but very strong, so I would go for something like a deep browny olive on the walls which would be very warm. Bright blue and olive go well together as these photos show.
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoI didn't see the links before! I can't photoshop but better or worse? Are they 10x10 tiles?
Little greene have quite a large range of neutrals and for most colours list the light reflectance value
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Here's the room before the laminate. The brightness makes the fireplace tiles very vibrant so we are keeping them and going for a bright colour blocking style.
T Gray
5 years agoLast night we finished most of the decorating, just a few snagging bits to do. So we decided to play. :) We put the Ikea grey cabinet together and reassembled the office desks. I dug out another print I have had for years by Delauney and popped it on the fireplace, it looks as if it was made to be there! The coffee table is a one off by a local furniture maker from an off cut of sycamore. It's never looked right where we had it but in this room it's found a home. The mustard yellow blanket under it is to represent a rug, I think it works pretty well. More things to sort including taking the door off and planing the bottom as it's catching on the floor and putting up shelves to make a cat superhighway to a hidey hole on the built in cupboard but I really like how this is coming together now.
View from the door.
From the built in cupboard.
From the window.
Just wanted to say thanks again for all the response, ideas and encouragement. You guys are awesome.T Gray
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