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My fiancé, Liam, and I moved into our new home a year ago, wow, how time flies! Our house was built in the 1970s, a style I’ve never been particularly drawn to since I love period properties. However, where I live, they are few and far between, and unfortunately, period homes were out of our budget for our second home. I saw this as a challenge and wanted to bring our own character and personality to what was once a very grey and dull 1970s house. While our home may lack traditional character, it more than makes up for it with its spacious rooms and the abundance of natural light pouring in through the large windows

One of the room transformations I’m most proud of in our home is our master bedroom. It’s my happy place. Warm, cosy, and the perfect retreat after a long day! When we moved in, the entire house was white and grey, and the master bedroom was no exception. It felt cold and lacked personality, it needed an injection of warmth!

In this week's blog, I'm sharing the transformation of my master bedroom, not just the before and after photos, but the process and what it’s like as an interior designer making changes to your own home.

At The Living House we are all about designing family homes to be lived in. Our goal is to create beautiful and practical spaces that evolve with your family through every stage of life.

As female founders, we wanted to take this International Women’s Day as an opportunity to celebrate and share some amazing female founded brands. From artwork and cushions to rugs and paint, these are the brands we love to use when designing our customers' homes. Supporting fellow female entrepreneurs is something we’re passionate about, and we hope you’ll discover some beautiful brands that are new to you, maybe even a few you didn’t realise were female founded!

It’s finally beginning to stay lighter past five o’clock—hurray! Dark winter nights can feel cosy, but after a seemingly endless winter, I’m so ready for spring, with its brighter colours and longer days. To welcome the brighter spring days ahead, I’ve put together a roundup of beautiful homeware pieces that will lift your mood and refresh your space, even some you can pick up during your weekly shop!

At The Living House we are all about designing family homes to be lived in. Our goal is to create beautiful and practical spaces that evolve with your family through every stage of life.

When designing with children in mind, it’s easy to focus too much on their current developmental phase. However, kids grow up quickly, and designing solely for the present can lead to costly mistakes. The living room is a shared space where families come together, making it essential for it to be both functional and long-lasting. Every element should be family-friendly and designed for longevity. Keep reading for our top tips on designing a family-friendly living room that grows with your children.

Colour drenching is a growing trend that’s set to make a big impact in 2025, and we couldn’t be more excited! At The Living House, we love seeing colour drenched rooms come to life. Whether you’re a fan of cosy interiors or looking for ways to make your space feel bigger, you’re in the right place. Keep reading as I share everything you need to know about colour drenching, including what it is and my top tips for mastering this stunning paint technique.

It's hard to believe 2025 is just around the corner! Time has flown by this year, and what a year it’s been in the world of interior design. As we look ahead, we’re excited to share interior design trends for 2025. From colour drenching to your home telling a story and feeling personal, it’s going to be a year full of fresh, creative ideas! We’ve shared with you eight interior trends we think will be big in 2025.

Summer seems pretty much nonexistent at the moment (please come out soon, sun!!). Even though we’re waiting for warmer and sunnier days, it doesn’t mean you can’t brighten up your home. While designing for our customers, we have found so many beautiful summer inspired interior finds that we just had to share them with you. If you’re wanting to give your home a little summer update, check out these great homeware pieces we have discovered. Whether you're on the hunt for something colourful and bold or light and airy, there is something you’re sure to love.

When designing a kid's bedroom, you want it to last for years to come and have longevity. We know that children go through many phases, from liking dinosaurs one minute to football the next. As they grow and go through different likes and dislikes, it’s impossible to constantly make changes to their bedroom. We’re sharing our tips to design a kids bedroom that will last for years to come and grow with them.

When designing your home, it should be all about your family, and of course, that means your furry friends too! Your pets are an important part of your home, and we wouldn't be without them, but before you know it, your sofa can become a scratching post and your rug can be covered in mucky paw prints. After years of designing for families with pets and having two dogs and three cats within The Living House team, we know what is going to stand the test of time.

We’re sharing with you our 10 top tips so that you can have a beautiful family home that works for you and your pets!

When designing a kid's bedroom, it can be tricky to know where to start and what style to go for. You may have scrolled through Pinterest and found lots of inspiration, but you’re still on the lookout for something a bit more magical and different. I've selected 10 kid bedrooms that I've discovered on Pinterest, which I think are truly wonderful, and that will inspire you.

At last, the sun is starting to shine, the dark evenings are fading, and the flowers are starting to bloom. I’m delighted that spring is just around the corner, and I have already been on the lookout for some beautiful spring inspired interior finds.

Kids bedrooms are usually the smallest room in the home, which can come with some challenges. You want to maximise the storage space because of the never ending toys, but the room is small, which leaves you wondering how you are going to fit everything in while still creating a cool and fun bedroom your child will love.

With some clever storage ideas, multifunctional furniture, interesting paint techniques, and much more, you can make the most of every inch of space in your kid's small bedroom. We’ve shared 10 of our top tips to help you design your kid's small bedroom.

Families come in all shapes and sizes, and no family is the same, just like our homes. When designing for our customers, we create a room that works for the whole family and that is truly bespoke to them. Living rooms are the most common spaces we design for families, they are one of the rooms in the home that everyone uses.

After years of experience when it comes to designing living rooms for families, we wanted to share our expert interior design tips with you.

We love to discover and find new brands that we can use in our design schemes. We have done a roundup of five kids interior brands you need to know about to create a beautiful, fun, and interesting kids bedroom that you all will love!

We’ve designed a fair few nurseries at The Living House now, all with parents wanting the same thing - a beautiful nursery without costing the earth. We’ve put together our top interior design tips to help you decorate your nursery on a budget.

I don’t know about you, but for me, January always feels quite bleak with the cold and wet weather and, of course, the dark evenings. If I’m out and about for the day, I can’t wait to get home to hibernate and be all cosy! Once in and settled by this, I mean instantly changing into my comfy pyjamas and oodie, all I want to do is chill out and relax in my living room. In the winter, you start to look around your living room and think, how could I make this space cosy?!

Well, if this is exactly what you’re thinking, the good news is that I have shared 5 tips to make your living room feel like a cosy haven!

We’ve shared with you our favourite curve and arch pieces that we are loving right now. Whether you want to splash out and invest in the trend or start with smaller pieces, we have found both!

A box bedroom. Nearly all of us have one but how do we design them to be practical yet beautiful? Whether your box room is a bedroom, nursery, home office or walk-in wardrobe, they can be tricky little spaces to design and get right. We’ve shared our expert design tips and knowledge to help you unlock your box bedrooms full potential.

Wow, 2024 already! We’re back with our first blog of the year, and it, of course, had to be about interior trends for 2024. There are some exciting changes coming to the interior world, from colour palettes to furniture, and we can’t wait to explore and incorporate the new trends into our design schemes this year. 2024 is about finally saying goodbye to grey and welcoming warm earthy colours to give your home that warm and cosy feel that we all desire. We’ve shared with you six interior trends we think will be big in 2024.

Choosing a paint colour for your living room can feel overwhelming, because there are so many different decisions you need to make. Your living room is most likely one of the main hubs in your home, a place you enjoy as a family and to entertain guests, therefore, you want to get it right. We have shared our expert paint ideas and tips that you can use for your living room.