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Hopkins made the curtain from the jungle print and teamed it with a blush-pink lining and a hot-pink tieback. She found the chair in an antiques shop in Wales, but it was in bad condition. “The seat pad was rotten, so I had to re-web, re-pad and re-cover it,” she says. She then painted the chair in a matte Rust-Oleum furniture paint. “I did the bottom layer light gray and added white on top. Then I sanded it slightly to reveal the gray below and give it a distressed finish. I then varnished it with a matte lacquer.”The vintage apothecary unit, which she found on eBay, is useful for storing the tools Hopkins needs for her sewing and upcycling projects.More Key Measurements to Help You Design the Perfect Home Office11 Tips to Get the Creative Space You Crave
Rather than introducing extra storage in the form of a standard cabinet, Hopkins hunted around for something more interesting. She found this shelving unit, which has drawers for labels and stationery, as well as shelves to display books and plants. “The pale gray ties in with the woodwork and ceiling,” the designer says. Hopkins chose to reverse the usual option of painting the ceiling white and went for a pale gray instead. “It gives a soft light to the room,” she says.A bright yellow chair is comfortable and practical, and it adds an extra layer of color to the room. “I was originally going to go for pink,” the designer says, “but the bright yellow breaks up the scheme and gives an interesting look.”Chic Shadow woodwork and ceiling paint: Dulux; yellow chair and shelving unit: Maisons du Monde
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