THE GREAT INTERIOR DESIGN CHALLENGE SOURCEBOOK PRAC TICA L A DVIC E FROM SERIE S 1& 2 F OR YOUR TAILOR-MA DE HOME
MARKETING AND PUBLICITY HIGHLIGHTS u Series 1 of ‘The Great Interior Design Challenge’ inspired millions of viewers in January 2014 u Series 2 is poised to reach even more people with 16 episodes at prime time on BBC2 u Official tie-in to series 1 & 2 u Book trails to run after episodes u Review coverage guaranteed in national and regional newspapers, major interior design magazines and monthly glossies u Promotion for the show already underway with trailers and press coverage
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Format: 246 x 189mm Extent: 224 pages Illustrations: over 250 photographs and artwork Binding: Hardback Price: £20 ISBN: 9781909815865 Publication date: November 2014
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THE GREAT INTERIOR DESIGN CHALLENGE In the new series of The Great Interior Design Challenge, 27 talented amateur designers competed over 16 episodes, for a chance to win the coveted title.
Presenter and architectural historian Tom Dyckhoff oversaw proceedings, while judges – President of the British Institute of Interior Design, Daniel Hopwood and interior stylist and magazine journalist Sophie Robinson – decided who had the vision and the skill to be the next big thing in design. In this series the competitors travelled the length and breadth of the country, and also though the ages – from medieval homes to contemporary eco blocks. To ensure a level playing field in each qualifying round, three wouldbe interior designers took on similar rooms in three neighbouring properties. They had three days, £1,000 and the help of a small team to interpret homeowners’ briefs and bring their designs to fruition. The amateur designers came from all walks of life, and included a librarian, a college lecturer, a civil servant and a restaurant manager. All believed they had the skills and creativity required to make it in the world of interior design. But as the designers moved further along in the competition, the briefs and the rooms became increasingly challenging – and the judges’ expectations were higher than ever. In the nine heats the amateurs redesigned rooms in a huge array of buildings: 17th-century cottages in the Cotswolds; 1920s beach huts in Poole; crooked bedrooms in medieval homes; terraced houses in the heart of
London’s East End; colourful fishermen’s cottages in Brixham, Devon; neo-Georgian houses in Welwyn Garden City; 21st-century eco homes in Greater London; Dutchinfluenced cottages in Port Sunlight, Wales; and 1930s apartments built for the film stars of the day. The nine heat winners then went through to the second round, where some transformed bedrooms in Kentish oast houses, others worked on front rooms in handsome Edwardian homes in Wimbledon, while the final group designed reception rooms on houseboats on the River Thames. In the two quarter-final programmes, the designers faced their trickiest rooms yet – one group in doubleheight rooms in an Edwardian school conversion in London, and the other in a 1960s complex in Surrey. The two winners from each of the quarter finals went through to the semi-final, where they all travelled to Scotland to design rooms in Edinburgh’s famous tenements. This time they had a bigger budget of £1,500, so the judge’s expectations were even higher. For the final the two best amateurs battled it out in an elegant stately home in Cumbria. They had £4,000 and three rooms to transform in just four days. It was their toughest challenge yet, but one talented designer overcame the final hurdle to be crowned the champion of The Great Interior Design Challenge.
Tom Dyckhoff ‘Architecture and design doesn’t have to be unapproachable – interior design is something that we can all do to connect to our homes and reflect our character.’ Tom has written widely for publications from The Sunday Telegraph to GQ and has written a weekly column for The Guardian’s ‘Weekend’ magazine for more than a decade. He was also architecture critic for The Times from 2003 to 2011. He is the architecture critic for the BBC’s weekly arts programme, The Culture Show, and has written and presented many documentaries on British television and radio – including The Secret Life of Buildings on Channel 4, Saving Britain’s Past on BBC2 and Room With A View on Radio 4. Tom is currently writing his first book – on architecture and cities since the 1970s.
Daniel Hopwood
Sophie Robinson
‘You can’t learn about interior design, it has to be in your soul as a passion – passion that comes from going around stately homes at the age of six and loving it, or nicking your sister’s dolls house and re-jigging its spatial planning.’ Trained as an architect, Daniel set up his own interior design company in ’93 which from humble beginnings is now one of the most renowned design studios in London, so much so that his fellow interior designers have appointed him as President of their professional body the British Institute of Interior Design. Occasionally he dips into the world of television, the last time ten years ago as the judge on Channel 4’s Britain’s Best Homes, and again now as the judge for BBC2’s The Great Interior Design Challenge.
‘You don’t have to go into posh houses to see beautiful interiors; you can find them in the most unexpected homes in Britain.’ Sophie Robinson has been in the interior design business for almost 20 years, earning the reputation as one of the industry’s top interior stylists. After studying furniture design at university, Sophie went on to produce her own range of lighting for Liberty. She then moved into journalism, becoming Home Editor for BBC GoodHomes magazine. Since setting up her own business she has continued to write for a number of interiors magazines such as Ideal Home, House Beautiful and Homes and Gardens. She has also appeared on BBC, ITV and Channel 5.
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About the series Presenter profiles Contestant profiles
WORKING FROM THE OUTSIDE IN 12 The exterior 14 Cross-section of a house 16 Caring for exteriors 18
STARTING WITH THE INSIDE BASICS 20 Find your style 22 Period character 23 Global influences 24 The modern approach 26 Your style – making it work 28 Internal layout 30 Zoning and flow 32 Access all areas 34 Floor plans 36 Floors 38 Types of flooring 39 Wood 40 Sheet, stone and tiles 44 Carpets and rugs 48 Walls 50 Ideas for feature walls 51 Wallpaper 52 Paint 54 Tiles 56 Other wall coverings 58 Ceilings 61 Windows 62 Types of windows 63
Window treatments 64 Curtains 66 Blinds 70 Shutters 73 Lighting 74 Types of lighting 75 Lighting room by room 77 Heating 80 Types of radiator 81 Types of heating 82 Types of fireplace 83 Colour 84 The colour wheel 85 Versatile neutrals 86 Appealing pastels and brilliant brights 88 Pattern 90 Types of pattern 91 Texture 92 Varieties of texture 93 Moodboards 94
Storage 96 Hallways and living rooms 98 Bathrooms and kitchens 100 Bedrooms 102 Planning makes perfect 104 Repairs and renovations 105
Doing it yourself 106 Safety 108 Getting the builders in 110 Changing rooms 112 Staying on budget 113 Troubleshooting 114
GOING ROOM BY ROOM 116 Halls, stairs and landings 118 Stairs 120 Types of staircases 121
Children’s rooms 182 Young children 184 Teenagers 186
Living rooms 126 Furniture 128 Adding visual interest 130 Technology 132
Bathrooms 190 Practical issues 192 Bathroom basics 194 Fixtures and fittings 196 Choosing bathroom fittings 198 Finishing touches 200
Dining rooms 138 Furniture 140 Dining room dĂŠcor 142 Dining rooms and offices 143 Kitchens 148 Kitchen layouts 149 Kitchen cupboards 150 Worktops 152 Sink, taps and hoods 154 Kitchen-diner 156 Kitchen appliances 158 Work areas 164 Utility rooms 166 Bedrooms 170 Furniture 172 Wardrobes 174 Other bedroom furniture 176
Details that count 204 Door and window furniture and light switches 206 Soft furnishings 208 Upholstery 210 Accessories 212 Displays 214 Displays in shelves, alcoves and cabinets 216 Finishing touches 218 The handmade revolution 219 Upcycled furniture and accessories 220 Index 221 Directory 223 Credits and acknowledgements 224
MOODBOARDS The process of choosing all the different elements for your decorative scheme can be mind-blowing. Help is at hand in the form of a moodboard – a visual collage – that will help you to pin down the right look.
It’s not always easy making decisions that you have to live with for some time, however, once the planning is over, it’s time to consider flooring, wall finishes, lighting, window treatments and furniture, and then pictures, rugs, decorative objects and lamps. In creating a mood board, you will be grouping all your ideas together; it is an excellent way of foreseeing if your designs and plans can work. With all your ideas in one place, you can begin to edit; it helps you to move forward. Think about the style you want to create – you may want to refer back to earlier pages on style and influences (pages 16–23) and planning stages (pages 24–31). Individual style requires confidence: go for what you like – a moodboard allows you to experiment a little to try and find the look you really want. Nonetheless, always bear in mind a sense of place, what the room is to be used for, and keep the idea of comfort and warmth in the back of your mind. There is nothing relaxing about uncomfortable chairs, even though they may look amazing. Spend most on things that receive the most wear, and then add personality and fashion to those elements that can easily be changed – fabrics, wall colour, rugs and lampshades, for example, it also helps to avoid expensive mistakes.
Interior designers use moodboards to explain design ideas to their clients.
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HOW TO MAKE A MOODBOARD Creating a moodboard will help to ensure that all the elements you have chosen for a room makeover will look good together.
INSPIRATION AND INFLUENCES Inspiration plays a large part in any creative process, but sometimes you can lose track of what has inspired or influenced you – one of the reasons why moodboards are so successful in any interior project – we all need direction. Try to keep your influences as wide ranging as possible, use interior magazines, brochures and photographs, tear out images that inspire you or print them from the Internet, but also think about your favourite restaurant, a film set or an advertisement. Go window shopping, making notes of likes and dislikes. Take home the largest carpet samples and fabric swatches you can, and live with them in the room you are decorating. Avoid buying anything on a whim. Don’t be worried about taking a rug to a showroom to match a paint colour – it’s important that things go together. Sit in your room with your samples laid out and see if they are working. Take your time, you need to know more about the main elements before committing to them.
PRACTICALITIES Before compiling your moodboard, keep all your objects, samples and swatches together in a ‘mood box’. It can be a good idea to have two boxes: a concept box (to help define your inspiration and style) and a sample box (materials and finishes). Then you can start bringing the two together; a plan of action will gradually unfold and you will soon find out whether things relate to how you actually live. Either use a large piece of card or a noticeboard – cork or felt, or even an aluminium magnetic board – to pin down your samples. For those who love the tactile nature of fabrics and the true colour of actual paint samples, a physical board is ideal. Alternatively, if you are happiest in front of a computer screen then why not use a website, such as Pinterest. com, which allows you to ‘pin’ your ideas onto your own digital page – it’s simple to gather images from retailer’s websites or blogs and put them on your own board. The
site is absolutely vast and ever growing, providing a library of ideas, advice and visual references. Along with such websites, there is a range of apps available to use when you’re out and about. Whatever method you use, by pinning down your ideas you will learn how to successfully create a design-inspired interior.
Moodboards / 95
In a wide hallway built-in storage is an elegant way to provided much-needed storage for the whole family. In this hallway a demi lune table creates a focal point. Decorative items and artwork provide interest in a space that is usually just a thoroughfare.
124 / Going room by room
Don’t be afraid to use colour when decorating your stairs – in openplan spaces it can provide a focal point and link the different areas together.
Halls, stairs and landings / 125
HOW TO COVER A LAMPSHADE
To make a template tie a length of wool around the shade. Place on its side on some newspaper with the wool touching the paper. Mark this point and roll the shade and the wool across the paper, marking its path top and bottom until you have gone through 360º. Add 1cm (3⁄8in) around your finished shape and cut out.
Using spray fabric adhesive, and following the manufacturer’s instructions, spray along the unpressed edge and then smooth the pressed edge over the top for a neat finish. Spray the seam allowance along top and bottom edges of the fabric and carefully fold down over the shade. Then use fire-retardant spray over the entire shade according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
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Place the template on the right side of the fabric and cut out. With the fabric right side down, turn up 1cm (3⁄8in) along both long edges and one short edge and press. Place the fabric over the shade, lining up the seams.
DECORATE RENOVATE INNOVATE Expert tips and insider know-how to help you make your house a home to be proud of In the BBC Two television series, ‘The Great Interior Design Challenge’, 27 amateurs with a passion and flair for interior design competed against one another to prove their design ability. Now it’s your turn. u Packed with interior design tips from experts Sophie Robinson and Daniel Hopwood u Practical information on how to decorate and add value to your home u Step-by-step projects to help you to achieve professional-looking results u With inspiring photography of the best interiors from series 1 & 2 u First episode of Series 2 will TX at prime-time 7pm on BBC2, Tuesday 28th
October and run over five weeks
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