Historic properties are a fabulous source of interior design inspiration and I’m thrilled to share this Victorian house renovation project with you. Not only because the building I’m redecorating is a beautiful example of a Victorian home but also because the inspiration for its new interior design scheme has been inspired by …
This is part two of a blog where Nicky Percival Kent and Sussex Interior Designer is explaining how she renovated and redesigned the interior of a Decimus Burton house from the 19th century. The first blog focussed on the ground floor and in this one she explores how work progressed on the first floor.
Nicky Percival Kent and Sussex Interior Designer discusses why visiting annual design events is crucial to her design work, leaving her brimming with fresh ideas and thoughts around how she can incorporate what she sees into her designs. This blog (Part 1 of 3) focusses on her visit to Focus/23, at the Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour London.
Nicky Percival Interior Designer shares the second part of her blog about remodelling, redecorating and refurnishing of a Georgian Manor House that needed updating to make it suitable for modern family living. The focus of that blog was on the downstairs rooms. In this blog, she will share her ideas for the upper levels of the house.
Nicky Percival Interior Designer is currently working on an interesting and challenging project: the conversion/rebuild of a derelict old barn. But the planning permission has caveats. It was only granted because a building already existed, the client cannot demolish and rebuild from scratch. The only option is to remove and rebuild the old barn in sections.
Do you have any corners in your house that may have been neglected over the years and could do with a new lease of life? Nicky Percival Interior Designer discusses three properties that she has worked on recently with clients who each had their own, subtly differing, tastes. She shows how to give some important corners a character of their own, whilst still allowing them to blend beautifully with the more general feel of the overall space.
Nicky Percival Interior Designer worked throughout the spring and summer 2023 in Eastbourne, for clients who have recently returned from many years living abroad. The clients a couple with almost teenage children asked Nicky to come up with a new interior design direction for the whole house whilst working within a relatively tight budget.
Nicky Percival Interior Designer discusses how works of art can be as important as furniture and objects in their role in giving a home a unique personality. But what if you feel that you don’t know much about art and don’t know what you like? Nicky share some top tips and considerations on how to select the right art for your interior design projects.
Nicky Percival Interior Designer was brought on board to assist with providing a new design direction for a 1960s house just outside Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Her role was to provide ideas for the best use of the space and suggestions for interior decoration, including a new colour palette for the entire downstairs area.
A New Year has dawned and perhaps for 2023 you are considering remodelling or redecorating. If so, you may be wondering what direction the annual colour trends will be taking? Which hues and shades will sit on the top designers’ palettes this year? So in this comprehensive guide Nicky Percival Interior Designer will discuss the colour trends for 2023 leaving you inspired to choose colours, tones and shades for your interior design projects for the year ahead.
Nicky Percival Interior Designer was asked to help design accommodation for elderly parents moving to the UK for the first time. They would be living in newly converted annexe accommodation with their daughter and his family in an ‘arts and crafts’ style property in Kent. This brought about an exciting challenge and opportunity to design the space with the multi generational needs at the heart of the plan.
Nicky Percival Interior Designer was tasked with the design for a listed period cottage which was being renovated and extended. In the first of two blogs on this project, Nicky will share the ideas for each room, and the digital mood boards created which helped guide her clients in choosing the direction for the redesign.
Nicky Percival Interior Designer transforms a dark Victorian cottage sitting room into something light, elegant and comfortable. Although only one room, it needed a complete rethink – a new design direction, colour scheme and interior redecoration, along with new lighting, soft furnishings and suitable accessories.
Nicky Percival, Interior Designer was tasked with creating a Scandi Boho design for a one bedroom apartment in Brighton. The client was in her 20’s and this style suited her personality and her sense of aesthetics. She was very keen to have a ‘Hygge’ house with a simple neutral palette with plenty of storage solutions and an emphasis on texture and comfort.
