Lunchtime lust: Paintbox florals

Capture summer’s brightest trend and bring florals up to date with vivid, hand-drawn-style blooms used in unexpected ways.

I love the pop-art shades and floral flashes in the September issue of Livingetc. Forget fussy, feminine prints – these bad boys have attitude…

Spray of flowers - Livingetc - Roomenvy

For a grown-up alternative to stickers, have a floral design graffitied onto a wall. It allows you to choose your own design, shape and colours, such as on-trend fluorescent pink and charcoal grey .

Shades of pop art - Livingetc - Roomenvy

Make floral lamp shades more feisty than fussy by going big on scale with giant drums and large screen-printed flowers in rich colours. Flex dyed in a zingy shade adds to the attitude.

Floral flash - Livingetc - Roomenvy

No time to decorate? Simply lay an oilcoth over a table for an instant – and easily changeble – swathe of vibrant blooms. For a personal feel, have the fabric of your choice made into an oil cloth.

Need more decorating ideas? Visit Livingetc for hundreds of inspirational schemes.

‘The Room I Envy’ by Helen of The Stencil Library

helen morris of the stencil library

Looking for bedroom decorating ideas? Or bedroom wallpaper inspiration? Helen Morris, founder of The Stencil Library, shows us her favourite scheme.

“Some years ago The Stencil Library created a collection of  Chinoiserie stencils based on hand painted wallpapers from the 18th century.  My blue Chinoiserie guest room was a perfect place to display them. Although  the designs are true to the period my choice of colour is not.

The room is  dominated by a tall bed, storage is built under it. This is a big room with a  comparatively small window so I have tried to maximise light by use of paint,  mirror and crystal.  I used silver acrylic paint as the base colour then  added burgundy and blue over it. The colour changes in intensity with the light.

This room sparkles when the afternoon sun hits it. The stencilling is embellished with over four hundred crystals fastened onto flowers and birds eyes. Every month we host a tour around our stencilled home. This room is a favourite with many visitors. I’m rather fond of it, too.”

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SAVE THE DATE! Walls webchat this Thursday, 1pm

Ok so, I might not feel as rested as I could be after a busy weekend, but if anything’s going to snap me out of the Monday tiredness it’s the prospect of stealing wow-factor wall tips this Thursday lunchtime.

Wall stencil guru and co-founder of The Stencil Library, Helen Morris, is popping into Housetohome.co.uk for a Wow-Factor Walls Webchat at 1pm, and is sure to reveal some fab tips and advice – so much more fun than standing in the queue at M&S!

Click here to sign up for an email reminder and get those niggling questions ready!!

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