The walls are painted in ‘Squid Ink’ from Paint & Paper Library. Roses sit prettily on the bedside desk of inside designer Louise Jones’ bedroom. The vertical strains of a bookcase – holding loads of bedtime studying material – are echoed by the striped wallpaper. The blind and headboard have been made in an identical fabric – a cost-effective trick for including a punch of pattern to a bedroom. A window sill has been turned in to a studying nook with a padded cushion. Since transferring into her husband’s 300 yr old Wiltshire farmhouse, designer Sarah Vanrenen has enhanced its quirky appeal, with an adjusted structure and sudden colors. 

Give your partitions a contemporary coat of paint or apply some wallpaper. Painting the walls a new shade or putting up some wallpaper can provide the room a totally new look. Turn your …