Our favourite room

I wrote a little post a couple of weeks ago introducing my home and now I would like to give you a tour, starting with my favourite room.

Our kitchen/family room is where we spend much of our time. In fact, when we were looking for a house, an open plan kitchen/dining area was pretty much at the top of my wish list. A room where we could cook, eat, chat, play and relax – I didn’t think I was asking for much.

The room is an L shape, with a clean design with a cream glossy finish to the kitchen units.  Although our house is a new build, we didn’t get to choose the kitchen as it was already fitted by the time we bought. However, I love it and couldn’t imagine having anything else. We fitted dark wooden laminate floors which run right though the hall into this room, which I love.

Opposite to the kitchen we have a sitting area which includes a cream couch (well it was cream once) and a green stripe chair with matching puffy – we also have a TV on the wall.

The walls in this room are painted white, except for the back wall which is wallpapered with a teapot and teacup print from Next.

We have toys scattered around, including a dolls house and a wooden shop, which gets played with every morning by Harri whilst I quickly tidy away our breakfast dishes, stopping every now and then to purchase a quick something. It is a real child friendly room, there are school/nursery pictures on display and we also have a magnetic notice board which tends to be full of school letters, party invites and a couple of special pictures.

We all naturally gravitate to this room, it is definitely where we feel most comfortable. We start our day here eating breakfast, we come straight here after school for a catch up and me and my hubbie tend to end the week here drinking wine and discussing our week. It is the room I always dreamed of having.

Whilst it is our perfect room, there are still a few items that we would like to change or add. Firstly, I would love a new table, we currently have a rectangle light wooden one which we brought with us from our previous house. I think I would like to go for a round table, which I feel would make better use of the space.

Long term my husband wants to get some sky lights fitted to make the room even brighter and a bit more like a conservatory. The area with the TV and couch extends out beyond the rest of the house and converting this with a vaulted ceiling and sky lights hopefully wouldn’t but too difficult (or expensive).  I was a little unsure of this idea at first, I did like the sound of it but worried whether it would be too bright on sunny days or wouldn’t be as cosy in the evenings. After a little research we actually discovered that Velux blinds offer a variety of blinds for their roof windows. They seem to have such a huge selection to choose from but I personally like the Roman blinds, which look really easy to fit and should hopefully help. An easy solution to keep both me and my husband happy.

But for now, I will continue to enjoy cooking for my family whilst Harri plays shop, Meme colours in and my lovely Man pours us a glass of wine in our happy fun filled favourite room.

Do you have a favourite room?

 

*This is a collaborative post. All words and opinions are my own.