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Lizzie Ravn May 6, 2020 My House

ORC Week 1 | Mood Board | Eclectic Living Room

It’s time for another One Room Challenge makeover. This time around, I’m redesigning the living room in our Edwardian home in Southwest London. If you’re not familiar, the ORC is a biannual event where interior “influencers” each transform a room over (usually) six weeks, posting progress deets every week. This time round, we get an extra couple of weeks, because of the Corona situation. So much amazing interior design inspiration comes out of this event, and I’ve loved swooning over…

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Lizzie Ravn June 15, 2017 Design Finds

Design Finds | Brass-Inlay Storage & A Pink Bathroom

I’m bringing you a round up of pretty things that have crossed my radar lately, including the cutest pink bathroom, and a fab DIY floating cabinet. Featured // LiteCraft Blogger of the Month First though, I have to say thank you to LiteCraft, who I worked with back on this post. I’m featured as their Blogger of the Month, and they recently interviewed me about my interior design style and upcoming projects in my home. You can read the post…

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Lizzie Ravn January 4, 2017 Design Finds

Design Finds | Love Your Home

I bought a Chesterfield sofa bed from Love Your Home last summer, and I still love it in our living room. So much so that I recommended another one of their Chesterfields – the Charlotte – to a recent interior design client. Love Your Home is now my go-to for high quality seating for clients. They do sofas – and chairs, and chaise longues – very well. Sofas & Other Upholstered Seating So pretty. They have a huge range of fabrics,…

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Lizzie Ravn December 22, 2016 My House

Low-Key Christmas Decorating

I like to keep it simple when it comes to Christmas decorating. I use the same decorations every year, and generally only add to them when I can shop the sales after Christmas. Tree decorating is a whole family affair, so ours is full of cardboard and craft paper creations. It’s even got tinsel on it, at the kids’ request. There are bits with loads of baubles clumped together and other bits that are rather sparse, and the beads are…

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Lizzie Ravn November 25, 2016 Mood Boards

Mood Board | Calm Country Cottage Living Room

I’ve been working with one of the loveliest families in Kent, on a design plan for their cottage living room. They’ve got two gorgeous kids, aged 4 and 2, and they wanted to carve out an adult space free from all the plastic paraphernalia that comes with living with small people. Inspiration The brief was a calm, clean, clutter-free area space with a traditional vibe, “typical of a Country Living feature.” I pulled together a few photos that, I thought, summarised…

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Lizzie Ravn October 9, 2016 My House

Design Finds | Love Your Home Chesterfield Sofa Bed

I’ve had a Chesterfield sofa bed on my wish list for a long time now. And I finally found “the one.” Check out Clementine. Choosing “The One” A lot of time went into selecting this sofabed. I decided on one from Love Your Home over a year ago because they’re solid, great quality, and well priced. I was torn between two models, though – the more traditional, chunky Churchill or the curvier, more feminine Clementine. I went to check out…

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Lizzie Ravn September 15, 2016 My House

Design Finds | Woven Wall Hanging

In my original mood board for my living room design, I’d included a woven wall hanging. Unfortunately, the piece I’d used was basically impossible to get hold of. I’d had a look at other weavings on Etsy, but I wanted something both very textured and very neat, and everything I found was either one or the other. Then I found Anita Meads of By Bella Designs through Instagram (I’m EmmersonAnd15th over there), and totally fell in love with her work. When I got…

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Lizzie Ravn May 24, 2016 Mood Boards

Mood Board | Masculine Neutral Living Room

Look, it’s a blogger mood board! Kilim pillow: check ✔Plenty of plants: check ✔Something mid-century: check ✔White walls: check ✔ I have to admit, I’m very much into the look at the heart of The White Wall Controversy, and I’ve been dying to use those chairs in a mood board for months. So here you go. #sorrynotsorry The overall look leans masculine, with a neutral colour palette and clean lines. But layers of texture and prints in varying scales keeps…

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Lizzie Ravn May 17, 2016 Design Inspo

Design Inspo | One Room Challenge Room Makeovers

There were so many amazing room makeovers that came out of the Spring 2016 One Room Challenge. I worked on a bright, gender-neutral bedroom for my kids, but here are a few of my favourites from the other designers. Featured Designers I’ll stick with my top three of the twenty featured designers. I am head over heels for Waiting On Martha’s new team office – I love industrial spaces anyway, and this one is so wonderfully calm, warm and refined – such…

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