North Wales Coastal Home - Kitchen Diner Final Reveal

13 Sep

Interior design dining room and kitchen with teal walls in coastal home

I’m very excited to share my second room reveal for the North Wales holiday home! A while ago, I told you all about the interior design plans for this room, which you can read about here.

*Before - this room was previously used as a lounge*

A really important part of the interior design process is to consider the style and era of the property. This one was built in the 1950s. Unlike period properties which already have lots of character like fireplaces, cornices and deep skirting boards, this room needed an injection of personality to bring it to life. Because of the mid-century proportions of the room, the size and shape of traditional dark oak furniture didn’t work and made the space feel too heavy. While you can get away with using almost any furniture style in period properties, it can be a bit trickier with newer homes. They need smaller pieces with simpler shapes.

Because we were changing the room into a dining room, we didn’t need a fire so we removed the chimney breast to create more space.

And here it is now! The ceilings on the ground floor are only about 2.45m high. If we’d painted the walls dark all the way up to the top and the ceiling white, this would’ve emphasised the low height of the ceiling. Instead, we went with a half-painted wall. The bottom half of the walls (up to about 1.35m high) are painted in Dulux Maritime Teal - a bold but calming colour that’s perfect for the coastal setting of the house - and the top half of the walls are in Dulux Swedish White, the same as the ceiling. Painting them both the same colour means that the line between them is blurred and so the ceiling feels higher and the whole space feels a lot lighter and airier. The half-painted wall also helps to add some much needed character. It’s made such a difference to the space. You can read my blog on how to colour block here.

Vintage stool and printer drawer with half painted walls.

I love the 1940s printer drawer that I found on eBay - it display shells and pebbles from the nearby beaches (we’re still adding to it!). The ‘70s bamboo stool was also an eBay find. Introducing vintage pieces is another great way of adding personality to a newer home.

Colour pop opening from dining room into kitchen transformed by West Yorkshire interior designer

I’ll be showing you more of the kitchen in my next blog post but you can see here how the units, painted in Hicks Blue by Little Greene complement the teal colour in the dining area. The yellow colour pop creates a clear divide between the spaces, adds a warm, fun feel and gives the space a lift.

Half painted wall in teal and white with mid century furniture

If you read my previous blog, you’ll know that this house used to belong to my nanan and ‘Never mind’ was one of her most used phrases! I love to tell the story of a home by adding personal touches.

Rattan wall baskets with mid century furniture in dining room

Incorporating bamboo and rattan accessories throughout the space helps to create a cohesive scheme and suits the coastal feel of the house. The texture also helps to add warmth. These are the Jutlo wall baskets from La Redoute. There’s actually a TV point behind the top basket to allow flexibility for future.

Sitting zone in dining room with lots of texture, sofa and chair

Looking through to the sitting area, we introduced a mix of contrasting textures to add interest - the bamboo coffee table, jute rug, velvet chair and linen blind. I chose a large rug which makes the space feel bigger and also helps to zone it. Having black in the rug grounds the space.