Sorting out the Library/Study

I had this area above the staircase which was an odd shape and a bit sad looking, i thing it was just used as landing but it is a decent sized room and i wanted to utelize the space.

I decided that it would make it into a study and started thinking about how to go about this...

The first thing i did was sort out the plain walls, i found this wonderful fabric paper which i used to paper the walls on the back and the left hand side. It was a nightmare, i cut it perfectly but as we put it on it stretched like crazy and i got really annoyed with it. You can see at the back left hand side where it stretched too long and then stuck like cement to the beam and i couldn't get it off to cut... so i left it... very naughty.

 The next step was the floor, i HATED the floor it just didn't look like parquet flooring, i thought it would look cool with a copper flooring to match the copper trim i put around the bay. I went to B and Q and found a small sheet of aluminum coloured copper with a beaten pattern. PERFECT! I cut it to fit and i think it looks very dapper.

I received the bookcase for free from a very kind lady who was getting rid of some of her miniatures, it was a shop cabinet which was too high so i cut it down to fit the space and painted it brown. (all the items on the shelf were from the lady too!)

The next step was this Hideous banister, it had been handmade from very thick wood and had very crude shapes cut from the middle. I tried to re-carve these into a rectangle but the wood started splintering and my patience didn't last. I chose to go the easy way out.

I went into my stash of cheap wallpapers and found this nice grey paper with a nice border, there wasn't enough for a wall even so this was the perfect use. I cut some 300 GSM card to the correct width and height and covered it with the paper. Then i glued it round the existing banister.

I think that looks a million times better!

Trying furniture in place - i definitely need a desk as the kitchen table is far too wide, but the chaise looks great there, a lovely spot for reading a book!

Ignore the lamp - it's getting replaced but it came with the house. I next spent 3 days making books from Fimo, i will when i get round to it do a tutorial for these. The rug i had another bargain (50p!!!!) As you can see i trimmed the bookcase in gold as it looked so dark back there. The lovely Egyptian dog was a charity shop find for £1! The desk was bought at a fair, yesterday with the chair ( i still need to paint the chair obviously) The papers were printies which i also got from that kind lady for free!

 The pillar is a cake pillar with an amazing hand turned vase ontop made by 'al-turn-ative miniatures' who i have fallen in love with, they also made the umbrella stand and the canes and umbrella inside.

I trimmed the desk and drawers with green leather effect paper which i think really adds something!

Nearly finished!!!

Much Love
Freya xxx