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" Tania has ramped up the cozy feel by making a throw for the bed from faux fur.  Who Lives Here: Tania Fallon, an artist and printmaker, partner Simon Weinstock, a photographer, Simon&amp;#039;s daughter Abigail, and Tania&amp;#039;s sons, Max, and Eddie, live in this detached five-bed Victorian house in south London. How did the bedroom look before? It&amp;#039;s a lovely room with generous proportions and a big window with views over the garden, but it was a bit bland with cream walls and a grotty old carpet. When we moved in with Simon two years ago, I was keen to give the room a fresh look. You decided to keep some original pieces though. Very much so. It was more about enhancing what was already there. The built-in his and hers wardrobes are very well made and incredibly roomy, so they had to stay. An antique chest of drawers from Simon&amp;#039;s family fits brilliantly in the space between them and we love this mix of new and old. Changing the curtains for blinds was a must. Where did you start? The inspiration for the room was the grey painted desk, which I bought when I moved in. I like plain, simple designs and was keen to have a monochrome scheme in the bedroom, as I find it restful. So as the desk was an important element of the room we went for black, white and grey to complement it. The wallpaper is stunning. When I was young I wanted to live in a cottage in a forest \u2013 I&amp;#039;ve always loved woodlands. There&amp;#039;s not much chance of that in Streatham, but this was the next best thing. When I typed &amp;#039;woods&amp;#039; into a search engine, this came up and we both liked it. At first I put it on just the wall behind the bed, thinking it would be overwhelming to have too much of it. I did up the bedroom in stages over a month and we were both so keen on the wallpaper that Simon suggested putting it on the wall opposite too. Eventually we decided to be brave and hang it on all four walls. Did you do the decorating yourself? Yes, as an artist and printmaker, I&amp;#039;m quite confident about practical stuff and wallpapering doesn&amp;#039;t faze me. As it&amp;#039;s not a geometric pattern and the trees themselves differ, the paper is very forgiving. I got over the problem of the walls not being straight by cutting out trees from leftover pieces and pasting them in the corners, so it all looks seamless. I also repainted the wardrobes and gave an old discarded mirror a coat of white paint on the frame so it went with the new scheme.  A dark grey desk, which doubles as a dressing table, was the starting point for the scheme. You also carried out some smaller updates. I changed the wardrobe fixtures to ceramic knobs with clock faces for a touch of black and did the same on a bedside table. To tie them in and for a bit of an Alice in Wonderland feel, I&amp;#039;ve hung my grandfather&amp;#039;s oversized pocket watch on the wall. And what about the floor? We chose a good quality carpet. I thought of having white but decided against it as it would have been difficult to keep clean so opted for a soft grey shade instead. Did you buy any other pieces of furniture?  There was nowhere to sit in the room, other than on the bed, so I found two lovely grey chairs, which I&amp;#039;ve placed by the window. When they arrived I was a bit surprised at how low they were, but soon realised that it was intentional and they&amp;#039;re the perfect height for sitting on when pulling on shoes. The accessories you&amp;#039;ve used are very on trend. I wanted to add some cute forest animals and you can spot a deer, a rabbit and an owl dotted about the place. There&amp;#039;s lots of white, from the small bedside lamps to the blind and fluffy sheepskin rug, with an occasional flash of red here and there for contrast and to lift the scheme. I can add other colours in whenever I want, but I like the wallpaper to be the star of the show. This article originally appeared on housebeautiful.co.uk. Words by Stephanie Smith. Photos: Savid Giles.  ----- PLUS 6 Clever Ways to Transform Your Living Room from House Beautiful UK&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt; Beautiful Designer Kitchens&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt; 5 Bathrooms With Subway Tile That All Feel Wildly Different&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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