Light, bright living room

Oversized pieces

In a small room, choose a coffee table with legs and a storage shelf. It can provide practical storage space and make a decorative focal point, as well as segmenting a small space if it’s a solid block.

Walls in Milk White matt emulsion, £16.99 per 2.25ltr, Crown Paint. Floor in Wool Lustrous 100% wool carpet in Chalk, £81.85 per sq m, Crucial Trading. Sofas (from left): Shannon large (H82 x W191 x D100cm), £1,647, Sofa Workshop, in Lightweight Canvas, £12.50 per m, Ian Mankin; Caruso (H97 x W201 X D104cm) in Echo Pannacotta, £1,444, Sofa Workshop. Ektorp Jennylund armchair in Blekinge White, £116.47, Ikea. Coffee table, find similar at Raft. Oslo desk (H110 x W112 x D50cm), £345, Oka.
Arena dining chair, £225 per pair, Next, in Lightweight Canvas, as before. On chair: Adamascado cushion cover, £19.90, Zara Home. On sofas (from left): white Lilly cushion, £12 per pair, Littlewoods Direct; rice-stitch teal cushion, £25, Debenhams; Coniston cable-knit blue blanket (W135 x L195cm), £73.43, Laura Ashley; Lucknowi embroidered cushion, £52, Lombok; Hove stripe blue cushion (just seen), £25, Ian Mankin; handmade blue stripe cushion, £12.95, Aspen & Brown; Lucknowi embroidered cushion, as before.
On armchair: Remo large stripe cushion, £12.99, Dunelm Mill. On coffee table: white bamboo tray, £15, Rocha.John Rocha at Debenhams; Lorina Sicilian lemonade bottle, £2.39 for 750ml, Ocado; tumblers, £25 for a set with carrier (not shown), Garden Trading; plastic jug, £19.99, Waitrose; blue spotted bowl, £7, Cargo; rattan baskets, £35 for a set of two, Lombok; shells, stylist’s own; Faenza large white jug, £26, Oka. On bottom shelf: blue candle, £10, white gloss bamboo bowl (Dia29cm), £12.50, both Rocha. John Rocha at Debenhams; blue and white balls, from a selection, Lombok. On wall: Fisherman’s lamp, £72.50, Dibor.

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