Step inside this family friendly conversion

For a similar paint colour, try Farrow & Ball's Pitch Blue.

In the bright living room, pale walls, an oversized mirror, muted fabrics and splashes of colour are used to maximise the sense of light and space. Choose designs that complement each other and hang them at slightly different heights for impact.

Graham and Green sells Morroccan accessories. Find colonial-style armchairs at Lombok.

To create a relaxed, almost unfitted feel, the owners combined white units with open shelves.

Roundhouse sells white units like this. Get a stainless-steel worktop at John Lewis. Argos has similar kitchen trolleys that can be painted.

In the kitchen, Hans Wegner Wishbone chairs and a Bauhaus table sit happily alongside naive three-legged stools, slubby linen sofas and traditional ball and claw armchairs.

Aram sells Wishbone chairs by Hans Wegner. Find a similar table at Laura Ashley. Lifestyle Bazaar sells a range of table and pendant lamps.

Painting a garden wall in an intense hue is a great way to add colour outdoors. It also creates a striking backdrop for lush green plants.

Head to Dulux for mixed-to-order coloured masonry paints – Venetian Blue 2 is similar to this.

The owners kept it simple with a feature wall of wallpaper, white bed linen and simple wood pieces.

The wallpaper is Aquarium by Neisha Crosland.

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