interiors Archives : Me, Annie Bee. https://meanniebee.com/tag/interiors/ A not so serious blog about family, life & wine. Thu, 23 Jan 2020 14:13:53 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://meanniebee.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cropped-MABFav-32x32.png interiors Archives : Me, Annie Bee. https://meanniebee.com/tag/interiors/ 32 32 125685776 Big ideas and little humans. https://meanniebee.com/2018/10/30/big-ideas-and-little-humans/ https://meanniebee.com/2018/10/30/big-ideas-and-little-humans/#respond Tue, 30 Oct 2018 12:52:37 +0000 https://meanniebee.com/?p=7130 I feel like I’m constantly decorating this house, like the Forth bridge the painting never stops. For some reason, we have chosen to have ‘safe’ neutral walls, with a bright feature wall of course. Unfortunately, we have also chosen to have children who just can’t resist constantly touching the walls with grubby hands, driving cars along them or even drawing on them. We’ve even had drinks spilled down and food dropped up the walls. Don’t ask me how, it shouldn’t even be possible but my kids clearly have skills. It is rare these days that I can even find a clean bit of wall to create the perfect Instagram backdrop – can you even imagine?! It is entirely my fault for choosing neutrals, why do I do this? Especially given that I’m such a colourful character! I think my main worry that if I choose bolder colours I’ll get bored of them quickly for my attention span is that limited.  Then again, I’m constantly redecorating so it makes no odds if I get bored as long as I’m not insisting on a new couch every time! I may as well risk something bolder. I’m also pretty convinced that bolder walls and colours will hide the muck more. I love big, bold retro prints – think Orla Kiely. Alas, I can’t convince Rory that £60+ for a roll of wallpaper is ‘worth it’ because ‘it looks pretty’. Brick interiors are a bold move at the moment too. No, not like Hilda and Stan had in Corrie, though that WAS delightful. I’m thinking those brick slips you can get to bring a bit of an old fashioned yet post modern vibe to my interiors. Throw in some of those fancy rustic, wrought iron lights that are bang on trend and a few units made from reclaimed railway sleepers and the look will be complete! Not only will it hide the muck and create an ambience but I’ll be able to create some of those ‘laughing joyously with my family in front of a fancy brick wall’ pictures that any influencer worth their weight does, from the comfort of my own living room. We wouldn’t even have to leave the house! It could be a win win situation. Alas, like the Forth bridge, my ideas are too big so, for now, we’ll stick with our neutrals and hand prints. But a girl can dream. This is collaborative post.   

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]]> https://meanniebee.com/2018/10/30/big-ideas-and-little-humans/feed/ 0 7130 Decorating with Wall Murals https://meanniebee.com/2018/06/04/decorating-with-wall-murals/ https://meanniebee.com/2018/06/04/decorating-with-wall-murals/#respond Mon, 04 Jun 2018 15:07:16 +0000 http://meanniebee.com/?p=6435 Decorating our house is like painting the Forth bridge, it feels like it’s never ending! I’m looking at Seth’s room and thinking it could do with a bit of a touch up. In all honesty, he drew on the wall about two days after I decorated it last time so it’s been needing doing since then! At the minute, his room is blue with vehicle wall stickers, it’s cute and cosy but, with him having the smallest room, I’d like to make it more exciting for him so I’ve been looking at bigger wall stickers and murals. There was a time when I would guffaw at the idea of a mural inside a house. The idea always bought to mind Hilda Ogden’s scenic seascape in Coronation Street or some terribly drawn cartoon characters like you see on the travelling fairground rides. You know the ones, where they don’t have permission to use the image so Mickey Mouse often takes on a more sinister pose… These days, however, I’m a convert. Unfortunately not quite converted enough to find the time or inclination to paint my own mural. Luckily, ready made wall murals are increasingly easy to come by these days with specialist sites like Wallsauce offering hundreds, literally HUNDREDS of designs to choose from. Heck, if you can’t find the design for you, it’s even possible to upload your own picture to create a completely unique mural. Imagine, your face filling your living room wall! If that’s your kind of thing – no judgement here. There is a huge selection of murals for childrens rooms, from Enchanted Forests to mountains, sharks to world maps and everything in between. The Wallsauce murals are made to measure which is a great idea, if you have a smaller wall you don’t need to lose out on any of the image by cutting it down. They are available as a ‘wallpaper’ (complete with paste) or peel & stick. Although it’s slightly more expensive per square metre, I prefer the idea of peel & stick, it’s perfect for taking your mural with you if you move or are ideal if your landlord doesn’t want you to make more ‘permanent’ changes to the decor. I absolutely love the dinosaur mural for Seth’s room, it’s nice and light and near as dammit matches his current bedding. It would also mean I only have to paint three walls… As happens when I start thinking about decorating, I had a really good look through all the murals I’m pretty sure I could choose one for every room in my house. I’m not sure I can get Rory on board to waking up to a beach view in Leeds every morning – maybe if I remind him it’s cheaper than waking up at the actual beach every day…   This is a collaborative post, my face would look good on your wall though! 

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