Hi Jamie, Thank you! The horrible lights are just waiting for the electrician to change them but we do love the wall colour. The floors have been laid with reclaimed floorboards and stained in Antique brown- they are currently filthy due to all the prep of the woodwork and paint but once steam cleaned come up beautifully. The brown of the sofas and floor will be broken up by a large cream / grey rug and we've got built in seating going along the back wall with lots of cushions / fabrics to soften it all Here's a couple of pics. I also managed to find a pic of the Worsted for you- it's only behind the radiator at the moment as the plumber was coming so needed to be done (!!) but gives you an idea of how it looks on the wall. Taken in evening light in the first pic and daylight in the second. The other sample colour in the first pic (top left) is Manor House Grey. Definitely worth pointing out that none of this was my doing and we have an amazing designer (Gina from Create Perfect) who has pulled our entire colour pallet together. These are a couple the 3D renders she did for us to help us visualise everything! Hope this helps!

Dark and bold colours are trending at the moment, with greens and blue playing a huge part. It all depends on if you're after a warm palette or a cool one. Warm colours such as burgandy or burnt orange would work well in contrast to the flooring. If you're after something cooler the a deep blue, emerald green, and dark purple would work amazingly. Just make sure you balance the bold colours with a complimentary neutral in order to keep some of the natural light and tie evrything in with the flooring.

Hi, I'm looking for advice on a basement renovation. It will be used as a home theatre at the back with a small bar area hooked round the corner to the right. The room is rectangular as you walk in but squares off at the back.My partner likes to have a bit of a cosy cigar room feel about it and loves the idea of dark smoked oak parquet flooring? Any suggestions on what colour walls to go for and how to make it cosy? I have very light grey walls around the rest of the house so want to be a bit daring with this project but don't know where to start.

Hi Sarah, what a beautiful space! My immediate thoughts would be to go bolder (you'll get why if you take a look at my profile ;)) I think a rich dark green would look amazing against the current shade of your woodwork / bannister but would then work equally well if you ever changed that to white. It's often assumed that dark colours will make a space feel enclosed but this is not always the case. You have a lovely window there for natural light and if you added a large statement pendant it would all look just beautiful! A couple of examples I'd suggest would be "Friston Forest" by Albany and "Puck" by Little Greene, National Trust Collection. Just my thoughts. Kate x