What a succes story!

Looks absolutely fantastic!

Small room with great personality!

Very nice, congratulations. You have a good eye for design solutions

Thanks everyone @Jules Mc the frames are for our daughter to post her holiday pics with a stribg from the map of the places she's been. She bought them before we decided which wall we were putting the map on. Planning to paint them dark blue or black to match the rest of the frames. Great reminder about @minnie 101 re the chair suggestions.

That's a lovely idea Patrina. They'll look great. I saw some push pins (drawing pins?) in homesense that were little aeroplanes yesterday!!

@jules Mc snap! I was in Homesense today didn't see those I can see how they would be perfect. But I bought a huge glass picture for the back wall of the room total impuslse buy but I instantly liked it. Hubby did not enjoy the kerfuffle of getting it in the car though hehe😂

Oh Patrina, what fabulous transformation !!! Well done you, very clever !!! <3

Wow Patrina, you clever person!

Thanks everyone it's nice to have a hobby that is also practical 😁

Brilliant job! 🌈

Fabulous work Patrina! I always love your eye for detail. You have many talents👍

Gorgeous, you are very talented! ... a new career perhaps? Curious, is the wallpaper from Wayfair or Cole & Son? Both beautiful but very different price points!

Thank you @janet_allen8 my hubby keeps encouraging me to do something along those lines, the problem is I'm a bit of a Jack of a lot of trades not sure I've mastered any though. Although I've boggled his mind with this particular project lol I did utilise him for the heavy lifting 😁 The paper is from Amazon and is branded Arthouse noticed this morning its been reduced to £9.99! I really like the quality of the paper.

@Patrina if you’re half as brave with career choice as you are with your creativity, you’ll be successful! Just work out what aspects you like most 😀 your hubby sounds like a good sounding board. Love that wallpaper ... Trying to get creative juices going for revamping our old “playroom” into reading/work/chill out room but would take a lot for me to be that brave ☺️

Looking fabulous Patrina ☺️

It looks fantastic - well done!
Did you use Billy bookcases in the end? If so, how did you paint them?

Thanks @victoria, @Sarah U-S thank you. Yes I bought them on Facebay for £25 I painted them with 2 coats zinsser Bin shellac primer before painting the top coat. I must say the Zinsser is a bit tricky to work with so the faster you work the better. I used a brush for the zinsser application then a roller for the top coat paying special attention to the edges.

Thanks @Patrina. I’ve used Zinsser Bin before - it’s very sticky and odd!!
Did you sand at all, or straight in with the primer?

I did a very light sand with a sponge sanding block then wiped the whole thing down with a damp cloth to get rid of dust residues. I think Zinsser behaves in that way because of how quickly it dries. You could try Johnstones any surface surface primer. It is meant to be good.

Those Billys look a million dollars. I absolutely love what you've done with them. When you posted them on my dilemma a whole ago I had no idea they were IKEA. So classy!

Thanks Sam, yes another bargain buy from Facebay. I'm on a mission to use something recycled/rescued in every room of my home. Just got a a length of solid wood worktop from a friends for free. For some unknown reason they decided to rip it out and replace it laminate! Hoping to use it in my utility.

That's a lovely room Patrina, fabulous job!

That’s fantastic! Honestly a cred to you, laying your own carpet! No end to your talents 😃

very well brought together, bet your bursting with pride when you go in there!

havnt been on as much, sorry I missed it, ive been looking at beds lately, decided I’m going to make my own come June time............

ooh thank you @Beano very high praises from the master of crafting 😄 I'm sure your bed will be stunning, you must let us know what ideas you have come up with so far. My next project I think will be the Utility room a project I've been meaning to start a few years ago lol.

lol, I’m no master but like you I’m very proud of what Ive achieved, your every bit as good and game as me 😉

it’s going to have two large , loosely covered cushions as a headboard, they will be about 75cm high and go to the floor, you’ll only see about 35cm of them above the mattress, its quite a low bed tbh, the front and side frame will sit about 80mm of the ground, be about 150mm high, 50mm deep and have a unique stainless steel bar leg running across the front, the fabric on all parts of the bed will be fully changeable with Velcro tape sewed to them, the two large cushions that will effectively be the headboard will sit in front of a powder coated black plate of metal that will sit out past them about 30mm around the top and sides as a feature as well as support, nearly like a flat picture frame.

slats I’ll be buying, beech fully adjustable as I have them in my current bed and they are great!

fair bit of work in it tbh but hope to make a start in the summer :-)

That bookcase is an absolute triumph, Patrina! You're so clever.

My OH has a massive study which is long overdue a revamp. It's been the same for about 14 years. You've been inspiring.

Gotta sketch Beano?

@Beano sounds fantastic, I echo Sam's request for a sketch. Also how cleaver your idea is for removable velcroed fabric is I can just imagine the design in that rich orange I've seen in your home album against a moody dark wall and the ambient lighting you speak so fondly of.

@Ribena Drinker thank you. It's amazing how versatile Billy book cases can be. If you do decide to use them and like me remove the backs do remember they get a bit floppy and need reinforcing. I used hidden metal straps on mine plus wooden blocks in between to stop any movement and they are solid. I did get extension shelves as well and shortened the with of the middle one.

@Sam and patrina, sorry, no sketches as I kind of plan in my head, I’ll try and draw something up but I’m not super great at art! I’ll have a go though! Lol

its a fairly simple looking thing but there’s a fair but going on underneath it all!

lol Beano I'm really bad at art have you not seen my plan for my bookshelves? For me the quality of the drawing doesn't matter just how it turns out.

Fantastic job. Inspiring.

Patrina did you stick the wallpaper to the back boards with normal wallpaper paste?

Ribena Drinker the wallpaper is actually on the wall with normal wallpaper paste. I removed the backing from the shelves which weakened them temporily but I strengthened them using metal straps.

Love it, well done to you, that looks fantastic.

Thank you MBH 😁

Oh my goodness Patrina, you've started something in this house!!! The OH is all fired up now about re-doing his office (he recently got a new job working from home more, so he's keen to get it gussied up).

On Gumtree he's bought a set of 4 x 80 cm and 2 x 40 cm Billy cabinets (he needed a run of 4 metres) all with glass doors for under £200, which he is absolutely delighted about, which he's going to paint in F&B Hague Blue.

Wow @ Ribena Drinker glad I've been of some inspiration 😁 what a way to get going! Loved F&B colours but found them too expensive. Please make sure to keep us updated. I thnk you get so much more satisfaction out of doing things yourself. Can't wait to see the wnd result. p.s. isn't Gumtree great?

I'm a massive Gumtree fan, both buying and selling!

It's not gonna be the real F&B it's going to be the exact colour match mixing thingy by Valspar at B&Q! LOL :-D It's only his office after all!!!

But we're going the whole hog, new desk, painting some of the other furniture and I've spotted some beautiful interlined silk curtains in a local curtain exchange place that will look great! I actually don't know who is more excited about it out of the pair of us.

I've just got to work out how to apply some imitation gold leaf to the inside of the bottom of the glass doors...................

Wow... I'm stunned!! It's stunning.. you deserve to be so proud.

I'm very impressed with your ingenuity and determination

Can I ask a slightly random question as I think I remembered that you've bought roman blinds from blinds for you before now... when fully open, how much do they hang down? Do you find they block too much of the window?

@Gabby thank you. I bought my Romans from Blinds 2 Go. I can fold the blind most of the way up and still get lots of light. I personally love Roman blinds 😄

That is absolutely stunning - what an amazing transformation!! You must be so happy and what a perfect place to snuggle up in that cosy armchair with a good book. We love the wallpaper behind the bookcase and the colour of the walls and shelves.... off to order some wallpaper and paint samples ourselves!

Thank you @alternative Flooring thank you I have been working from home more regularly so having a dedicated space for work and reading is bliss 😁