As of the August bank holiday we have been in The Nest for a year (where has the time gone!) From the minute I moved in I knew that I wanted to have built in wardrobes for the master bedroom as it is the best way of utilising the space with the slanted roof. So finally the day arrived when we could start building! The plans had been drawn up and measurements taken and checked, and finally we have our beautiful new space for storing our clothes!
I can take some credit for the design but none for the building, and I am so pleased with the outcome! It has given us the perfect area for clothes storage and although I was worried about the fact that it might take over the room, it looks like we have more space than ever!
Before - We bought two square storage boxes from IKEA originally to store clothes in and incorporated these into the design as they were the perfect size for the items that we had
After...but not quite finished! - The wardrobe was divided into four to give us maximum space and a show section was installed at the end to neatly tidy away all of my shoes! There are still some under the bed but we won't mention those...!)
To finish off the wardrobes we discussed doors but this was going to be too much work, so instead we have decided that curtain will be the best solution. I love fabric shopping and from the Phonebox Magazine that gets delivered to our door every month, I found out about a fantastic fabric shop in Northampton called The Millshop Online. They have an amazing range of fabric from craft fat quarters to Next upholstery fabric, gorgeous Harris Tweed to Liberty cotton, and all at fantastic prices. I was like a kid in a sweetshop when we went to visit and found it hard not to get samples of every piece of fabric they had! The minute I saw these gorgeous little birds I knew they would be perfect and I can't wait to see them in all their glory on my wardrobes. We found a couple of other samples but in the end nothing came close!
This combination was my second choose, however when I held the samples up, it did look a little bit like something you would find in a corporate hotel, and the cute little birds have so much more personality!
We have been busy doing a couple of other bits too and The Nest is slowly taking shape. I love the fact it's never feels done, and I'm already sketching out plans for the next project, watch this space...!
The shelf is now up in the spare room so I can have my glass ribbon jars displayed, along with my lovely Poppy Treffry embroidered sewing machine picture.
I have had this Parlane tea towel for ages, and I'm so glad it's now framed and in pride of place at the top of the stairs before you go into the kitchen.
The picture wall up the stairs is slowly taking shape with the latest addition of an illustrated The Sound of Music movie poster.
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