Hi Looking at all the ideas and colours that have been put forward as well as the furniture you have in place, of all the patterns i think either swaverelle/mill creek jungle jam or the waverly santa maria would sit the best in your room. It is a period property from the look of the windows so a contemporary twist on a traditonal fabric would work just fine. You can have a band of plain fabric at the leading and back edge in a complimentary fabric. Have some cushions made in the curtain fabric to tie it in. If you are keen on having blue which is very popular, look at Sandserson as they have some lovely blue fabrics in a range of blues and patterns that all work well together. Go to their website and search on Blues and a whole range of blue prints are available

Hello Lisamarie, Thank you very much! Well look at it like this, I offer up ideas I would do or consider but then you need to see what works for you and what you like, in my suggestions.. My advice is never impartial though as I am far too invested in what I do and love.. You do need to consider the furniture though but despite all these ideas your bright cushions will still add a really nice contrast.. What I was thinking, because I have this same experience... I painted the chimney breast only in grey.. I then painted the walls a cream colour, skirting in white. In your case it would be Wimborne for the walls and All White for the woodwork... ... I lived with it for a while but felt bored. It wasn't dramatic or characterful.. .. So I went on to paint the left wall where the window is and the opposite wall.. So 3 sides will now have dark grey 1 of the walls has an 8 ft by 6 ft mirror though the other is the chimney breast and the alcoves will be papered Oreste charcoal by Zoffany.. When I have got around to paying my pro-forma! ;) ..... (It's going to be a dark interior for the living room).. So I then painted all the window frames and windows black against the window panes and again a purple/grey colour I made for the frames, skirting, picture rail and architrave. It is coming along but not finished.. I have very little £ so I have to do things when I can.. Why not get some A4 paper and a few sample pots of nice chalky whites and creams, I do like pointing, also Shaded White and Clunch are really gr8 ... Stick some on the wall and some of the skirting colour on the skirting... You want to butt them up close together, so you can see them together... Look throughout the day at the changes. Duplicate the wall colours at eye level too.. so you can see at more height.. The room will look like a bad shave day! : ) ) Colours will change depending on the light.. choose a colour that is just a little creamier, so that if you want the woodwork white... you can still get a contrast.. Otherwise it will be white wall and woodwork and a downpipe chimney breast... So let's just say you went with some contrast... For Downpipe you could have Plummett or Manor house grey for the wood work... You could do the floor too.... Take these ideas and extend them to the other rooms... See what feels right.. Let me know what you think and if you get all that... and have more questions.. I just can't ever write a paragraph!! :))

i need 120" drop just to get to window ledge and have been frightening myself with the cost of made to measure. So much so that I have been considering buying a sewing machine and trying to make my own. I used to do a little bit of basic sewing as a 25 year old but 20 years later and i am worried that I will have less patience. Sorry not much help really but watching for replies. Oh and as posted above I am keeping an eye on second hand sites for second hand but in this size they all seem velour and the house came with peach (!) velour ones that sre still here 2 years later... I really don't want velour!!

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