How to bring the fun back into your home
telegraph.co.ukboost your mood – it’s a current concept that translates particularly well to the home. If you’re someone who feels your best in a touch of animal print or a coloured blazer, there’s a strong chance that a decorative home environment will have that same feel-good factor.It’s also a fact that a home needs to work hard as well as look good, and utility will always be a key concern; but after a prolonged period where practicality has held sway in interior design – with issues such as carving out a home office and squeezing the most out of every inch of living space at the forefront – perhaps it’s time to put the fun back into functional.
Bringing a cheerful element into your home can be as simple as adding a coat of paint or as involved as putting together a layered look with wallpaper, furnishing fabrics and accessories.
Either way, imagination and confidence are more important than budget.A playful mix of pattern and colour is a signature for interior designer Lucy Barlow, who never misses an opportunity to add a little extra to a room: signature touches include decorative bespoke cabinetry, elegant panelling, botanical wallpaper and a good dose of printed fabrics, whether on a curtain, a cushion or a set of dining chairs.
Her latest project, Kin House in Wiltshire, is a restored Georgian house available for hire but designed as a private home; albeit a home made for parties.
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