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Budget blue living room

Now you can redecorate your living room on a budget of just £500 without compromising on original style. We set ourselves the challenge to do just that, using bright paint, fabulous fabrics, coordinating accessories and clever space-saving ideas.

Published February 2009

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Liven up a room with bright walls.

Walls in Sky Blue matt emulsion, £11.99 per 2.5ltr, Focus. Floor in Brilliant White gloss, £11.99 per 2.5ltr, Dulux. Klippan two-seater sofa, £117.45, Havbro rug (W133 x L200cm), £73.40, Vivan curtains, £6.84 for two, all Ikea. Striped curtain borders (from top): Larkfield braid JM13E-13, Romany braid JM19E-05, from £9 per m each, Jane Churchill; plain silk ribbon, £3.65 per 5m, John Lewis. Cushions on sofa (from left): pillowcases, £4.88 each, Dunelm Mill; Tea Towel, £1.26 for three, Ikea; Ashbourne flower fabric, £6.84 per m, Dunelm Mill; wide-stripe Tea Towel, £1.26 for three, Ikea; blue, £8, Matalan. Suedette cubes, £15.65 each, in Ashbourne flower fabric, as before, piped in Bahia Plain Royal, £6.84 per m, Dunelm Mill. Premium TV table, £7.89, Dunelm Mill, painted in Brilliant White matt emulsion, £13.99 per 2.5ltr, Dulux. On table: lamp, £25, Matalan; Pergola teacup and saucer, £15.99, Rörstrand at House of Fraser. Lillberg rocking chair, £83.20, Ikea. Cushion pad, £13.50, in Pastorale fabric, £11.50 per m, both John Lewis. Ribba frames, £6.45 each, Ikea. Notebooks, find similar at Paperchase. Hyacinths, from a selection, Netherlands Flower Bulb Information Centre.