• 2009-2010 Sample home design style- Enchanted Forest Dining Room


    03 July 2009

    Turn your dining room into an enchanted forest. This design includes a gold frescoed dresser, a tree strung with fairy lights and leaf detail throughout.

    Enchanted Forest Dining Room
    Room: Dining Room
    Colours: Gold; Natural; Turquoise;
    Style: Themed;
    Budget: Low
    Programme: Changing Rooms
    Designer: Linda Barker;
    Feature: Enchanted tree

    2009-2010 Sample home design style-  Enchanted Forest Dining Room

    Wall design
    Paint the walls ivory cream at the base and then graduate the colour up to turquoise near the top. Paint the ceiling turquoise.

    Wall colour

    Enchanted forest
    Make an enchanted forest in your room. Firmly attach tree trunks and branches to one wall, to create the effect of a forest in the room. Drape the branches with fairy lights for an enchanted feel.

    Enchanted tree

    Gold dresser
    Make a dresser for above the fireplace out of 18mm MDF. Spray paint it antique gold and age it using antique wax. Paste Fra Angelico images onto the dresser and blend in with the wax. Complete with flush hinges and wooden doorknobs.

    Gold dresser

    Lighting
    Position a chandelier in the centre of the ceiling to enhance the enchanted feel of the room.

    Chandelier

    Window decoration
    Decorate the window with muslin. Transfer images of butterflies onto the fabric to enhance the enchanted forest theme.

    Butterfly curtains

    Table
    Construct a table and benches from scaffold planks. These should be sanded down and waxed. Dress the table with plates decorated with leaves. Use green paint and a stencil. Decorative gourds add to the theme.

    Table dressing

    Radiator cover
    Make a slated radiator cover from 18mm MDF. Paint ivory to match the walls. To reflect light in the room, position a mirror opposite the window. This can be aged by carefully blow torching the edges.

    Radiator cover

    Finishing touches
    Continue the gold theme in the room by spraying second hand chairs with antique gold spray. Place a leaf deign cushion on top to continue the forest theme. Finally dress the room with church candles.

    Leaf cushion on gold chair

    (BBC home design news)

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