 |  |  | |  | | | | Room: | | Living Room | | | | Colours: | | Brown; Orange; | | | | Style: | | Modern; | | | | Budget: | | Low | | | | Programme: | | Changing Rooms | | | | Designer: | | Linda Barker; | | | | Feature: | | Jali fretwork; Suedette banners | |
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Draw on influences from around the globe to create an ethnic, yet contemporary living room.
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| | Walls
Paint the walls in burnt orange and treat with scumble glaze, mixed with a deeper orange for a glazed weathered effect. Project Indian henna designs (drawn onto acetate) onto the wall and paint giant duplications in khaki brown. | | 
| | Fireplace and cupboards
Remove any brick fireplaces and replace with cupboards, finished with fretwork doors. Paint the cupboards in water-based eggshell and add Indian ceramic handles. Build a similar pair of full height freestanding alcove cupboards from 18mm MDF. | | 
| | TV table
Construct a TV table using 18mm MDF and a garden bamboo screen. Cut five pieces of MDF to size. Out of each of them, cut a large square hole, and place pieces of bamboo screen on the inside of the holes, creating a 'framed' effect. | | 
| | Floors
Rip up any existing carpet and stain the floorboards using wood dye. Make two rugs out of a length of scarlet red carpet, using a blow torch to stop them from fraying. | | 
| | Lighting
Replace existing lights with a pair of brass and amber glass Moroccan lanterns. Cover a poster tube with suedette and place it over a simple small lamp base. Cover a basic drum shade with the suedette and decorate with large Indian-style sequins. | | 
| | Banners
Make a pair of suedette banners with brown organza inlays. Using an ornate paisley stencil and fabric paint, cover the organza with an ornate design and highlight the outline with beads and sequins. | | 
| | Blinds and cushions
Hang Taipai rattan blinds. Make curtains using stripes of cream, taupe and orange silk, decorated with stripes painted with fabric paint. Make cushion covers from silk, organza and a fretwork cut suedette. Use cream silk as a runner for the table. | | |
 | | | | | | | | | | | Products | | Paint | | Brand | | Dulux | | | Details | | Jamaican Ginger 3 emulsion 80YR 24/569. Mexican Mosaic 2 emulsion 53YR 17/504. Pebble Mosaic 2 emulsion 10YY 17/140.. | | Cost | | | | | Supplier | | Any good DIY store | | | | | | | Web/tel | | | | | | | | |  | | Products | | Doors | | Brand | | Jali | | | Details | | Fretwork doors | | Cost | | | | | Supplier | | Jali | | | | | | | Web/tel | | 01227 833333 | | | | | | | | | Products | | Fabrics | | Brand | | | | | Details | | Brown organza for banners. Cream, taupe and orange silk for blinds. Suedette for cushions and lighting. | | Cost | | | | | Supplier | | A-One Fabrics | | | | | | | Web/tel | | 020 8740 7349 | | | | | | | | | Products | | Sequins and beads | | Brand | | | | | Details | | Indian style sequins and beads | | Cost | | | | | Supplier | | Any good DIY store | | | | | | | Web/tel | | | | | | | | | | | Products | | Fabric paint | | Brand | | Pebeo | | | Details | | Setasilk fabric paint | | Cost | | | | | Supplier | | Pebeo UK | | | | | | | Web/tel | | 02380 701144 | | | | | | | | | Products | | Blinds | | Brand | | Rufflette | | | Details | | Taipai rattan blinds | | Cost | | | | | Supplier | | Any good department store | | | | | | | Web/tel | | | | | | | | | | | Products | | Stencils | | Brand | | | | | Details | | Ornate paisley stencil for banners | | Cost | | | | | Supplier | | The Stencil Library | | | | | | | Web/tel | | 01661 844844 | | | | | | | | | Products | | Wood dye | | Brand | | | | | Details | | Dark Oak wood dye for the floor | | Cost | | | | | Supplier | | Any good DIY store | | | | | | | Web/tel | | | | | | | | | | | Products | | Scumble glaze | | Brand | | | | | Details | | Scumble glaze for the walls | | Cost | | | | | Supplier | | Any good DIY store | | | | | | | Web/tel | | | | | | | | | | |  | |
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