The Interior Design Nook Blog

Welcome to the Interior Design Nook blog. I love writing about interiors as much as I love designing them! Here, you can read about all things colour, neurodiversity, and how to create an authentic, personalised and practical home. I always aim to give you a fresh insight and tips beyond the standard interiors advice you’ll find elsewhere, so dive in and enjoy!

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How To Decorate Kids’ Rooms
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How To Decorate Kids’ Rooms

Decorating a child’s bedroom can be loads of fun, but you have a dauntingly tough client, and if you’re pregnant and designing a nursery, chances are you’re trying to make decisions with baby brain fog! Here’s a secret: when I had my son, I had no idea what I wanted his nursery to be like! 4 years on, I’m brimming with ideas for kids’ rooms! Not least inspired by my 12 years working with children and teenagers and of course my own 2 children, they have become one of my favourite rooms to decorate. In this blog I’ve set out …

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One Scheme, Two Ways
Minnie Claridge Minnie Claridge

One Scheme, Two Ways

How the same colour palette and core elements can be used for both adults’ and children’s rooms

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What to do when your child asks for a themed bedroom
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What to do when your child asks for a themed bedroom

In this blog I’m sharing pro ideas to keep your child happy when they ask for a themed bedroom, whilst also creating a scheme with some longevity than can adapt to their changing tastes as they grow, and fit in better with the rest of your house! A lot of parents struggle with the idea of decorating their child’s bedroom in a way that clashes with the interiors throughout the rest of their house … Rather than buying acres of Disney Princess wallpaper, you can make your child’s room much more exciting and foster their creativity by ‘world building’.

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