We have just moved to a 90s 4 bed house which is great but all the decor, carpets, textured ceilings haven’t been updated in 25 years!
I’m 37 weeks pregnant and had an initial burst of energy before Christmas - we have painted a bit - the hallway, stairs, landing are dulux timeless, lounge / diner is dulux summer linen.
Big jobs like bathrooms, our bedroom, ithe kitchen and downstairs flooring I’m leaving until after baby is here - but I really want to get the guest room nice! Somewhere for my Mum to stay or DH if he needs some rest.
We’ve stripped the wallpaper and had the ceiling smoothed and painted, I’m just at a loss for paint colour / carpet / curtains / everything! I’m worried to paint it the ‘wrong’ colour and it look terrible - or be difficult to match a carpet, curtains etc.
I wondered if any of the wonderful people on her could point me in the right direction? I’m not bold enough for anything dark or any feature wall. The room is 2.7 by 3.7m and east facing with no interesting features. DH has vetoed anything gray, and doesn’t want green walls (but happy for green accents). I don’t think we are fussy, I guess a neutral / boho vibe would be nice, something light and airy. I’m worried of doing the whole house too white / beige. We’ve lived in rentals moving most years since uni so have never decorated before.
We will probably put our bed in there eventually which is quite simple oak, otherwise we also need all new furnishings as our things are hand me downs which have been though half a dozen rentals with us!
Anyway - thank you for reading! Any suggestions on where to start (or just tell me what paint to buy!) would be so welcome.
Our budget is dulux / ikea / cheap carpets but we could afford to go above that for a few bits of the job.