Walls and Flooring

Paint

Originally, my client wanted to paint the bedroom walls in a pastel pink colour, because it would give a feminine feel to the room.

From this colour palette of pinks, her favourite was a whisper of pashmina because it was pale with just a hint of pink. Below, I have created an image of this colour being used on the bedroom walls. 

However, she changed her mind because she was unsure on whether the room would look too pink with furnishings in pink as well, so decided to go for a more neutral colour on the walls and just have pink as an accent colour for the bedding and curtains. 

She decided to go for magnolia as it is a neutral colour and means that the colour scheme can be easily changed in the future if she wants to by changing the accent colour in the furnishings.

Below is an image I have created to show the magnolia colour on the bedroom walls.

Flooring

My client wanted to find a colour that she could use throughout the house that would match her different colour schemes. It needed to match the pink scheme in the bedroom and the brown scheme in the bathroom. She thought cream carpets would not be very practical, so decided to look at carpets that were fairly neutral in colour. I suggested choosing a carpet that was a pale brown/cream with a hint of pink in, to bring out the colours in both rooms, which she liked very much.

Carpet

created in vectorworks - showing the carpet in the bathroom

For the flooring in the kitchen, my client wanted to have a vinyl flooring, not wood or carpet, and wanted something not too light in colour. She really liked the tiles chosen in the kitchen, so I found a flooring that was very similar, tying the colours of the kitchen together and adding some pattern to the room. 

Flooring

created in vectorworks

Tile Specifications

I have produced a tile specification for the bathroom and the kitchen showing how the tiles are to be placed, and at which height they are to be placed.

 The ceiling height for the bathroom is 245cm, so I have specified that the bottom of the tile border is to be placed 100cm from the ground all the way around the room so that it is level with the bottom of the window frame.

The ceiling height for the kitchen is also 245cm. The cabinets and appliances are 90cm in height, so I have specified the bottom of the tiles to be placed at 90cm, as shown. 

Bibliography

www.dulux.co.uk (viewed 11th November 2011)