When Lara moved in, the kitchen units were only a few years old so she updated them with new doors and added solid-oak worktops.
1/10 Kitchen-diner
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Ikea
2/10 Dining area
The kitchen was tucked away at the back of the house, but Lara opened up the space to create a large kitchen-diner.
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Dunelm
3/10 Kitchen-diner wall display
Lara asked her dad to mix up the lovely warm mustard emulsion paint in the kitchen-diner. She got the idea of the wall display from a magazine and created it using picture frames.
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Ikea
4/10 Hallway display
A printer's tray is perfect for making a wall feature in your hallway. Use it to display your favourite things.
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eBay
5/10 Living room
The rocking chair in Lara's living room belonged to her husband's grandmother. She had it reupholstered in a fab striped fabric, which adds a hit of colour against the grey walls. Lara found the retro coffee table on Gumtree.
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Farrow & Ball
6/10 Main bedroom
Lara likes to go to car-boot sales and antiques markets to pick up bargains. It was at an auction that she found this gorgeous vintage dresser for her bedroom.
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eBay
7/10 Nursery with wall stickers
For an inexpensive way to add character to a child's bedroom, Lara used colourful butterfly wall stickers, bunting and bright accessories.
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Spin Collective
8/10 Child’s room with bed canopy
Lara hung a cute canopy above her daughter's bed and teamed it with a bold-patterned duvet set for a pop of colour - perfect for a child's bedroom.
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9/10 Bathroom
The bathroom in Lara's home needed some plumbing work, which meant she got to redecorate it exactly how she wanted, with practical travertine flooring and brick-style wall tiles.
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Topps Tiles
10/10 Exterior
Lara loved this Victorian end-of-terrace house when she first saw it. Although it was habitable, the interior needed quite a lot of work to update it.
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