Last week I was invited to a bloggers event hosted by The Skirting Board Shop. There was a lovely prosecco brunch put on and we were given a canvas each with oil paints and crafty materials to create what we wanted.
I’m not the artiest so I didn’t exactly create a masterpiece but I really enjoyed the event and it was nice to meet other bloggers. The idea behind the event was that we can evoke different countries within our home with various colours, patterns and materials.
The skirting board shop offer 200 colours in the collections so you don’t have to stick with the usual white gloss! The Skirting Board Shop make the skirting boards to order and deliver for free as well as offering a price match guarantee so you can be sure you are getting the best quality for the best price.
When I think of decorating for an English countryside room, I think of floral fabrics, traditional English furniture, white and pastel colours. I would accessorise with roses or other traditional English garden flowers.
When I think of somewhere like India, I would have dark wooden carved furniture and decorative lighting. I would use rich vibrant colours with accessories of gold and glittering accents. I bought the most beautiful bed cover when I was in India which is a tapestry of reds, orange and purples. It has gold thread and sequins throughout.
For Greece, I would keep it very simplistic with cobbled wall features (there are some great wallpapers around), white and blue. This is one I wouldn’t try until Lucas is older as I don’t think it would be kept white or minimalistic for long with Lucas around!
For Spanish themed, I would use earthy tones, dark woods, white and sand coloured decor.
If I was going for Japan, I would go for short legged tables, bamboo screens, floor cushions and cherry blossom and bonsai trees for accessories.
For a beach feel, I would go for white walls with pops of blue with bleached furniture and accessories such as shells, ship inspired lighting and nautical motifs.
How do you bring a feeling of a loved place into your home? Would love some ideas x
15 Comments on Evoke a different country with your home decor
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Reading this, sitting in France where I live and thinking of the UK, where I was brought up, I am now wondering what country our house best evokes and I think it is a mix of the UK and other countries we have both visited … in other words a bit if a mix!
You did a great job! What a lovely event
Sounds like a fun event – we need our skirting boards replaced and love the idea of painting them different colours
What a cool event and we love getting artistic too – great design x
Oh I love love LOVE the idea of this. We’re avid travellers and always try and introduce a bit of our travels into our home through colours
Sounds like a great event. You did a great job 🙂
The event sounds great and I love the idea behind it. We don’t have skirting boards in our current home but will be buying a house next year which might have them. I hadn’t thought of injecting some colour into rooms via them!
What a fab event, sounds like so much fun. Also, I do love a good bit of painting, so the canvas piccy is a lovely take home idea x
I love what you created. Looks like it was s fun event.
I think you painting can be very cathartic and you don’t have to be a Van Gough to enjoy it. This sounds like a fun event
What a wonderful event and a great way to get you thinking differently about colour choices
Great event. Great designs. What more can I say? I love it.
Ooh we’re about to paint some skirting boards and hadn’t even thought about painting it any colour other than white gloss so you’ve opened up a whole new train of thought for me… Now, do I be brave? Or play safe?
Definitely be brave xx
I love your creation and the even sounds such a lot of fun. I love all the ideas. I’m feeling a beach style living room coming on in our redecoration plans