Use your heirlooms

The Brief

The clients were completing the refurbishment of their southwest London home, and were keen to have the input of an interior designer for their smaller living room to ensure their vision of a bright, calm space reflecting her Swedish background was considered right from the start. The rest of the house is very open plan, so this was to be a more intimate grown up space for the adults in the family to enjoy.

Our Decologist’s starting point was a Crittal window wall that was planned between the hallway and the living room  as part of the refurbishment. Using a clean white palette and limed floorboards for a typically Scandinavian backdrop, the designer incorporated the clients most cherished pieces – heirloom chairs (her mum’s, mum’s, mum’s chairs) and typically Swedish decorative items like the brass pot and the wooden candle holder to create a warm and inviting room.

The brass drinks trolley and framed oil painting add a splash of grandeur.
The light and airy scheme weaves together whites softened with greys and different woods. A restored cast iron fireplace brings character to the room and adds a graphic punch, picked up in the simple black frames of Chinese artworks and the critical window wall.

Sitting Room Budget – £4,000