Interior Design

I've never been one to follow fashion in any sense but if I see something that appeals to me in certain fashions I will take ideas to use.

I did the pale grey with yellow bedcovers years ago so the grey idea isn't that new. I've also done a north facing dull bedroom yellow and it made the bedroom much brighter and felt warmer. I prefer muted tones as opposed to bright colours and have added tints to achieve a certain shade I'm after.

We had our hall done a couple of years ago and the paint I chose was 'trench coat' by Dulux, I miscalculated the quantity, there were no more tins on the shelf so used the mix and match service in B & Q, same colour, same number, but it was a different shade to the ready mixed and I had to use a tint to get an exact match!

I remember feature walls from the 70's and I'm afraid I still don't like the idea.

I have sunshine yellow curtains and pillows in my blue/cream bedroom and am very happy with them. The cottage windows are tiny and they bring light and cheer into an otherwise dark room. I get fed up with interior designers pontificating, especially when they do a complete about turn months later.

I'm enjoying this programme, especially the crafts. The 're-upholstered' armchair looked ok from a distance, but I'd have hit the roof if she'd treated a chair of mine in such cavalier fashion.

I don't like wallpaper at all; prefer something I can just paint over when the colour goes out of fashion. What I've never understood is why my own taste changes with the fashion, colour wise; as if I'm being indoctrinated in some way. I mean, I once had a brown bedroom and an aubergine bathroom . But I don't think I'll ever be brainwashed into gey. They did say never to have yellow in a bedroom, but one of my favourite rooms was a yellow bedroom; it made me feel all cheerful and happy .

I think Lynn and her client were never going to see eye to eye. He was determined to find fault and she was determined to have her way with the logs which he told her he definitely didn't want. She also had to give in over the brick wallpaper on the fire surround and the mock hessian finish didn't work. I did like the alcove with the desk though.

I think her mistake was not flattering him by incorporating some of his own ideas into her design which is one of the first rules in garden design so probably applies to houses as well.

Grey was the new terracotta about five years ago so I would be heading towards other muted tones now or everything will soon appear dated. I've never like feature walls with ghastly oversized patterns either so I wonder how long it will be before everyone is painting over them?

I think the people with the fitted wardbrobe did say they had plenty of storage elsewhere. It's a pity the winner last night didn't get the house owned by the bloke with the guitars as I think she could have gone to town with the colour scheme; Lynn just didn't adapt to the house owner, whereas the winner changed her colour scheme and adapted. Wil have to watch the Art Deco houses tonight on iplayer [grrr; wish I hadn't said I'd go out as it's also the programme about old family businesses as well]; not sure what people can do with Art Deco interiors .

Seems like we [or most of us] would judge Lynn 1st the man [Steve?] 2nd and the winner [happy lady with curly hair] 3rd place. Think you are right hespian it was predictable that the judges would choose the quirkiest design,but to my mind the winner was more of an artist than a interior designer, and would have been happier with just painting things.Lynn created a lovely subtle light room which was artistic without blobs of paint and all colours of the rainbow.

I thought the table and chairs in the winning room were awful. I would have taken them to the dump. I loved the tree transfer and the room was nice though lacking colour. My favourite was the one that the owner did not like but I don't think he would have like anything other than a freshen up of what he already had.

grumppa, the client said storage was not a problem as they had another room which they used.
I am really enjoying the programme, have set the series to record. Along with the other daily titles saved (Australian Masterchef and Britain's Best Bakery), I find it difficult to catch up on them all!

In programme 1 I was intrigued to see a whole fitted wardrobe vanish and apparently not be replaced by any storage. Had it been standing empty? Was there massive spare space elsewhere? Has the occupier gone minimalist? I think we should be told!

Seems to be very much the luck of the draw which client you get. Unfortunately Lynn got the guy who didn't really want his room decorated anyway [I reckon he just wanted it redecorated for free exactly as it was before].

I also preferred Lynn's room to the others but somehow it was predictable that the judges chose the quirkiest design.

I thought Lynn's room was lovely and much improved especially the alcove with the desk . Her client obviously could not see how hideous his room was !

Good programme. I liked Lynn's room the best, the other one [the man] also did a good job but it lacked any colour at all [maybe what the client wanted] and the winner....... whoooo! I couldn't have lived in that room with those chairs, and the awful table.looked like a student's digs.

I felt a bit sorry for Lyn, whose design went down like a ton of bricks. She didn't really listen to the brief and we hooted with laughter when she insisted, they're not just logs, they're ROUND logs!

I liked the man's design (can't remember his name)

I thought the woman who won was Grayson Perry's mum. Liked all of the rooms and pleased to see that the terraced houses in Salford are still instact. When my ex was at Uni there we thought they were all going to be demolished. Have used old Beano's to cover vases and suchlike in the past and I saved old Observer magazines for years with the intention of using them for collages when I found time to do it. I've just bought a printer/scanner and am having a great time copying things so this programme has come at a good [or bad] time.

It's on every night this week Tegan

DH is wailing in despair.

Thank you. Just in time!!!

BBC2. It's on now.

What channel? Sounds interesting!

It's on again tonight! [thought it was once a week]. Can't wait. Am addicted . Will grey be the 'in' colour tonight?? Is it on tomorrow as well cause I'm supposed to be going out..I need an excuse not to go ....

It is in my wardrobe anno!

Is grey the new eau di nil?

By sheer coincidence I'm reading Annie Sloane's painting techniques book - never heard of her until last week when I found the book on the library shelf now I see her everywhere! - and am very tempted to give it a go. Maybe this programme will give me the inspiration...

Paint then a wax finish is a popular technique used for painting furniture in Provence and is very tough.

Pale grey with white woodwork works well in a dull room. I like this look with bits and pieces of yellow or pale lavendar.

Is the chalk paint quite tough when it's been waxed? I think grey looks good in rooms of that size but in my house it would look like the Black Hole of Calcutta .