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What are some rules you stick by?
Have you bucked the trend in any way?
I don’t have rules and I do not follow
trends. I love to create individual styles They shared a room for a few years and
that suit the space and client’s brief. now they have gone back to single rooms. 5. Spotlight
Overall, I just have fun with it and if you So of course, I repainted their rooms to
love something, it will always work. suit their ages and personalities.

Cheap ways to help transform a room? Any painting tips?
1. PAINT! There is so much you can do, Always do your prep work and don’t take
whether it be painting one or four walls, shortcuts. Painting is the easy part!
half a wall, paint shapes on the wall, even Also, wrap your brushes and rollers in
paint the ceiling if you dare! Get creative! cling wrap so you don’t have to wash them
2.Affordable artwork that you can between coats. Save on washing and
download and print at Officeworks - Etsy wasting paint.
has some great DIY printable artwork.
Five places/brands you love to
How often do you redesign a room? shop from?
I redesign a room as it needs it. When we 1. FB marketplace
moved into this house five years ago it 2. Kip & Co
was 50 shades of beige and NO colour in 3. Castle & Things
sight. I have been slowly painting my way
through the house and I still have a few 4. Society of Wanderers
rooms to go.
The only rooms I do tend to redesign are
the kids’ rooms. I change them depending INSTAGRAM: lizzyhigham_interiorstyling
on their sleeping arrangements.

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