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 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.
Whatever period, or style, of property you live in, if you are embarking on an interior design project and you have a large wall space, Nicky Percival Interior Designer will demonstrate how there is nothing more striking and eye-catching than adding a beautiful, hand-painted mural to make a perfect ‘showcase’.
The focus of my brief for a client’s house in Tonbridge was to make it more comfortable for family living and bring an overall sense of cohesive design throughout the whole house. We used soft furnishings and found key pieces of furniture, lighting and accessories to tie everything together, blending with, offsetting and adding to an overall palette of blues, greens and neutrals.
During the pandemic and lockdowns, people were spending more time at home than ever. Whilst most building companies were happy to return to work once lockdown rules eased, supply chain issues and rising costs caused unexpected delays and some budgetary problems. I was working on three projects in particular which were affected in various ways.
