Bedroom Make Over

Since finishing my degree in Textile and Surface Design I have been dying to see some of my work in a real life situation. As our bedroom was ready for decorating it seemed like the perfect  opportunity to showcase some of my work. I started with a collection of cushions that I had submitted as part of my Final Major Project, which was based on the theme of Evolution. After visiting lots of museums I had a good selection of drawings of fossils that became the basis for several fabric and wallpaper ranges and so I used some of the imagery again to design some boxed cushions, which I embellished with sparkle using fabric paints and the embroidery threads I had chosen as part of my Madeira sponsorship.

The difficult bit was choosing a wallpaper to coordinate as there were so many but I short listed two. The first was based on some amazing fossils called Phacops Strenbergii that I had produced in sombre reds and greys but I decided to change the colours to match some of those in the cushions.

Original colourway

 

New colourway














I was all ready to send this off for printing when I had a change of heart. I wanted some plain grey curtains but struggled to find any fabric that toned with the background colour. My friend Jackie has her own curtain making business and has supplied some amazing fabrics in the past so I searched her sample books and came up with a Villa Nova fabric that I thought would look good.

Samples of fabric, carpet and paint

This made me look again at my wallpapers and I decided to change to another wallpaper that I had had a length printed of for my degree show and New Designers in London. Once again I changed the colours to blend with the cushions and this time I had it printed.
 

Original colourway

 

New colourway

It's all very exciting and Darren the decorator is putting it up as I type.

Darren hanging the first few strips of paper.

 

The first roll I've had printed

 I will post a blog showing the before and after when its all finished.