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[Opposite, clockwise from
top] The bed’s headboard
and valance use a Claremont
fabric, with a cashmere throw
from Alex Begg & Co on top,
and a rug from a second-hand
shop in Paris on the floor; the
seat of this Clock House chair
is covered in fabric from Tissus
d’Hélène; the paintings were
found at the Open Eye Gallery
in Edinburgh; a detail of the
bedroom’s Lelièvre curtains
and their Claude Declercq
braid. [This page] Neutral
tiles and sanitaryware make an
ideal backdrop for Pierre Frey’s
Espalier wallpaper and blind

spaces. I love distinctive and unusual fabrics. But combining lots of different
patterns and textures can freak people out – until they see it being pieced
together. I think it works brilliantly, and gives a classic, timeless design.”
Instead of seeing the small space as a disadvantage, she has made a feature
of it: “The bathroom is extremely small. To counteract this tiny wedge of a
room, I decided to have the walls and ceiling decorated using the very pretty
Pierre Frey wallpaper Espalier, with matching fabric for the roman blind.”
With so much nature on the walls and ceilings, there was no need for
elaborate sanitaryware. The tiles are a pale sandstone, to set off the simple
white pieces supplied and installed by Edinburgh firm Boscolo Bathrooms.
The kitchen, also small, is designed around one appliance that, for
Lizzie, is an essential: “A very large double-door fridge-freezer, which acts as
my drinks cabinet and ice bucket.”
With that in place, there was little space for anything else. “The room
needed lots of help to make it appear bigger,” she admits. “I mirrored an
entire wall, and under the cupboards, to reflect as much light as possible.
I fell in love with a large-scale red gingham wallpaper, which once again I
carried over the ceiling. The contrasting floral fabric used for the roman

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