Decorating ideas please

As you'll all know, we've refurbished a 1974 bungalow and made it into a house. Internally it's now very modern with lovely oak and glazed doors like this. This is the double door to the sitting room



The ick p1ss green paint was under some equally hideous wallpaper, this is about the only wall that wasn't replastered.

And this is the front door



Sort of gives you an idea... we have laminate floors everywhere, velux windows upstairs at the front in a sloping ceiling, big picture windows facing south west at the back.

Kitchen is cream unts with red/brown/green tiles, like this:



This is the view from the sitting room into the den:



This is the fireplace in the sitting room. That's the messy kitchen you can see, too:



Nearly finished sorting all the boxes!!!!

So... decorating ideas required please. Colours? Lots of glass faces south-west so in summer there will be lots of light. Strong colours anywhere or white throughout? One wall wallpapered? Is coving fashionable? Blinds or curtains?

Ideas gratefully received...

Coving is a no no IMO if your after modern, feature walls still popular, magnolia or very light brown still work especially with what you have there Ed.

[MisterTommyH]

I don't like all this papering one wall lark. I think you want one colour throughout. Probably a magnolia, but towards the whiter end.

IMO coving won't go with the fairly modern effect doors you have,.

Originally Posted by specialone

Coving is a no no IMO if your after modern, feature walls still popular, magnolia or very light brown still work especially with what you have there Ed.

Listen to old lawrence there....

All good advice.

[L3nny]

I got coving and it looks ok, it's not your cheap polystyrene tosh its plain and made from plasterboard.

It's great for hiding cables and the like behind.

Originally Posted by speedplay

Listen to old lawrence there....

All good advice.

Rob I go into a lot of peoples houses and I know what works and what don't

For the record I have coving in some rooms in my house .

Originally Posted by L3nny

I got coving and it looks ok, it's not your cheap polystyrene tosh its plain and made from plasterboard.

It's great for hiding cables and the like behind.

Exactly why I have it here.

Got cables running under it I couldnt hide any other way.

Seems fine to me, just buy loads of cheap prints & a bag of nails.
SORTED

Originally Posted by speedplay

Exactly why I have it here.

Got cables running under it I couldnt hide any other way.

Yeah but the poor bugger who changes the coving in the future will have a pain with it especially if the adhesive is set around and intwinned with the cables , I'm talking from experience here btw.

Originally Posted by specialone

Yeah but the poor bugger who changes the coving in the future will have a pain with it especially if the adhesive is set around and intwinned the cables , I'm talking from experience here btw.

Who cares?!


It wont be me

Oh and plenty of adhesive so it doesnt have to be pinned or filled along the edges