Hatty's Home Tour: Living Room

To me a living room needs to be warm, cosy and comfortable. I inherited this amazing sofa from the lobby of a block of flats my friend lived in, it was there for months, don't worry I didn't just wander off with someone's sofa! I also found a swatch of beautiful Annie Sloan fabric in a local Annie Sloan stockist shop and thought it would be perfect to re upholster the sofa in. I then based the whole room around this beautiful piece of furniture.

Again, I painted the walls brilliant white and warmed the room up with accessories. 

I love old trunks and suitcases. So there are lots of these piled up around the house as well as lots of books! 

I created a little gallery wall above the sofa which great because I'm looking forward to constantly adding to it. 

I have wanted a cocktail cabinet for a while and looked at some amazingly cool 1970s ones but didn't have much space, I found a bit of a rubbish cabinet in a charity shop for £15, it was the perfect shape and size, I painted it Annie Sloan grey, same as the fire surround and I'm so pleased with it, it works so well, the bottles are cover up on the bottom by solid sliding doors and the glass sliding doors displays all my pretty glasses and cocktail bits really well. 

We don't watch much tv so our tv isn't much of a focal point, I prefer to huddle around the fire, unfortunately we only have a gas fire and seen as we rent I'm not planning on spending the thousands it would cost to but an open fire back in or even better a log burner, but in a dream world...