Continuing the 'tour our home' series let me introduce you to the Gustavian bedroom.
It's my bedroom and I stencilled it in 1997. Although the walls are scuffed and the room now has a shabby appearance, I am loathe to paint over it....but I will.
I chose the colours to match the view of the garden.
The bed is in the centre of the room and from there I can see the Tyne Valley through both windows.
The idea for this room came from grand Swedish houses during the Gustavian period.
Also, I took inspiration from the botanical wall paintings at Wallington Hall in Northumberland.
You will find the floral stencils in our Garden Room Range. The allover stencil pattern on the floor and the boxes is in the Blue and White collection.
A border stencil of laurel leaves from the Empire Collection frames botanical prints and stencilled panels.
Rachel and Stephen visited Wallington Hall recently. I will show his photographs of the wall paintings in a future post so that you can see the design influence.
The Gustavian bedroom is one of the rooms that visitors see on tours of The Stencilled Home and appears in the book and Dvd of the same name.
As soon as I have plans firmed up for a replacement stencilled room I shall paint over this one and create something else... I hope I will enjoy it as much as this one.
Helen.
A mantlepiece turned into a personalized candle piece? Now that's creative and original! Oh I just love it!
Posted by: dillards bedding | April 18, 2012 at 02:30 PM