Weekend decorator

Paint it in four hours

Pale yellow paint can revive a room in an instant. Use an emulsion paint – cut in with a small brush and then finish off with a roller. Apply two coats for even colour.

Walls painted in Twighlight Sun 1-13P vinyl matt emulsion, £25.75 per 2.5ltr, Sanderson. Sofa, armchair, cushions and rug, all as before. Oslo sideboard (H50 x W180 x D45cm), £973.83, Heal's. On sideboard: American milk green glass pitcher, £25, RE Found Objects; pink glass carafe, £35, pink glasses, £15.95 each, The Conran Shop; Filofax Breast Cancer personal organiser, from £21.50, John Lewis; Afternoon Tea teapot £12, sugar bowl with lid, £5, teacups with saucers, £6 each, all Bhs; Leaf vases, £25 large and £8 small, House of Fraser; Blomster yellow vase, £5.86, Ikea; white table lamp, £19.99, T K Maxx. Framed prints (on wall), from a selection, Habitat.

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