calling all amateur interior designers

[shellybelly]

we are extending in the summer and i'm going to decorate (well pay someone else to) every room in the house, our lounge currently has no lights in it?!?!?!? sure countess dracula live here prior to us (not CD who post on here i should add ), sooooo we will also be needing new fixtures ie lights, pics, and furniture which i have some ideas for, anyone wanting to offer some advice re colour schemes and anything else design related (not promising to use it but i'll consider anything) except in your face colours (like diy SOS the other night)

What sort of style do you like? \link{http://www.dwell.co.uk/\Dwell} are quite good for contemporary style stuff at fairly reasonable prices. But no good if you prefer something a bit more traditional.

contempory i think, i also spend too much time when dd is napping watching 60 min makeover, don't move improve ooh and i did like selling houses (was great when he told estate agents off)

due to the fact we don't have much light downstairs we will being going neutral, upstairs again fairly neutral but maybe one wall a contrasting colour (love the dulux website)

Some lovely stuff \link{http://www.theperfectpad.co.uk/\here} too, but rather expensive!

what is house like - age / style etc?

In a nutshell, am a fan of dead flat neutral emulsion on walls. Farrow & Ball String colour, for relaxing rooms (living & bedrooms), a slightly yellowed white for spaces that need brightening (hall stairs landing), and a creamy yellow for v dark rooms (eg our small-windowed northfacing spare bedroom). One wall wallpaper also v cool in (eg) bedroom where you don't have to look at it too much.

its a new build, about 10yrs or so old