Interior Design with an Elegantly Knackered Style: Here's my Process Part 1

[@christineo4934]

This has been so infomative and given me some wonderful tips. Your generosity of spirit and sharing of knowledge is greatly appreciated. Wishing you a wonderful weekend xx

[@elegantlyknackeredstyle]

You are so welcome! It is always fun sharing a passion

[@melindaferreira9879]

Agreed. I love all things interir design but I need a cozy nesty feeling. That sterile perfect look leaves me a bit cold.

[@elegantlyknackeredstyle]

It's all about creating a home for me, not a show home 😊 I'm glad you agree 😁

[@kimgray3440]

This video is fabulous. I can't tell you how much this will help me FOREVER! More like this pleeeeease. I love your videos but when you pick things up from your jaunts I'd love more in depth information on how you will use them and what they will look like in your home. By-the-way I also take great insperation from the way you put your clothes, jewellery etc together. Thank you ❤

[@elegantlyknackeredstyle]

Thank you. Great feedback. Hopefully you will find, the more videos you watch, the more you will see my finds utilised in my home. I will however try to remember to talk a little more about them when I find them.

[@denisehobman7853]

Hi. I’m not sure if you know of the KZbin channel called Madeleine Olivia, but she has recently posted a video showing her painting a bedroom in ‘breakfast room green’. She has a house in Cornwall, and while quite a traditional English scheme with some elegantly knackered stuff, it is different to yours. I thought you might like to watch it as you see a whole room in that colour for inspiration. The video is called English Countryside Bedroom Makeover, green, traditional & cosy. Hope that’s useful and also I love your channel, it’s original, realistic and inspirational.

[@elegantlyknackeredstyle]

Oh thank you. This is a great tip off. I will definitely take a look 😊

[@felicityjacobs9608]

Wow you say you not an interior designer. The most fantastic lesson you have given me today. I just love your style. Cannot wait for your journey in 2024.

[@elegantlyknackeredstyle]

I am so pleased you found it useful ☺️ it's just a process I've made up over time it it seems to suit me ☺️ I think I must be quite a methodical person.

[@Chanett-Edden]

What a great and inspirering vlog. Thank U. Loved every single piece of it.

[@elegantlyknackeredstyle]

That's wonderful feedback. Thank you. I am so pleased you enjoyed it 😁

[@JoanneLaughton-zv6uj]

That picture in the F&B book would be fab in my gable wall!

[@elegantlyknackeredstyle]

It's so beautiful. I wish I'd found it in a retail space. I would have snapped it up.

[@paulaandrews5493]

This is a great video😘 full of lots of tips and very inspirational, thank you❤

[@elegantlyknackeredstyle]

Glad it was helpful!

[@helenbailey8419]

The daffodils are beautiful,so lovely to see the sun.-6 here yesterday in Manchester.

[@elegantlyknackeredstyle]

Oh wow! That's cold. The temperature has just plummeted in Norfolk too.

[@hopesprings7812]

Really interesting to see your planning process, I always find planning the hardest part. Can't wait to see your progression throughout 2024 😊

[@elegantlyknackeredstyle]

Thanks so much!

[@SW-cu6bw]

It is always a delight to see another video appear. Your planning and design inspiration is great. I have never seen a spider chart before but it does provide in depth detail to a room's use. It made me smile when you left the romance bit for the bedroom blank! Resourcing items seems to take so long and it is always a case being in the right place at the right time. In this current cold spell I am always thinking of you and your family having to use the exterior temporary shower room..... Have the most wonderful weekend. Sophie.

[@elegantlyknackeredstyle]

Thank you. I need to give the romance but some extra thought 🤣 I won't tell you Mark's suggestions 🤣🤣🤣. Yes, sourcing things is the slowest part. This cold spell is a little challenging but I know it will all be over in a few weeks - doing is coming and an indoor shower is incoming too 😁

[@MyConsideredHome]

Love, love, loved this video. Thanks for walking through your process. I’m 6 years into my home renovation and it’s time for me to find a better method for consolidating my ideas. Looking forward to trying Milanote. Appreciated your book recommendations.

[@elegantlyknackeredstyle]

Thank you. My coat is from Toast. I'd waited years to find a long denim coat and then I spotted this a few years ago. I love it and it's probably my most worn cost 😊

[@alisonthorne2799]

I know you said you had loads of books but have you seen Anna Spiro’s 2 books. She mixes old with new extremely well 😊

[@elegantlyknackeredstyle]

I haven't. Thank you. I will look into this as I haven't even heard of her 😊

[@gillyjaynes8558]

I'm looking for a Victorian/Georgian corner cupboard for my kitchen. I'll have to hit the local antique shops. Lovely thought.

[@elegantlyknackeredstyle]

That sounds like great fun

[@cathyhogue9180]

The girl in the picture with red hair favors your daughter Rowen!

[@elegantlyknackeredstyle]

I love that 😊

[@cindiblazer8621]

Thank you for this informative video.

[@elegantlyknackeredstyle]

So nice of you

[@elizabethmcdonald4318]

Thank you for walking us through your design process. It was very helpful.

[@elegantlyknackeredstyle]

Glad it was helpful!

[@suzannebramble6564]

I so enjoyed this video - thank you. I am a visual person and really enjoy looking at pictures, it really inspires me! Green is my favourite colour and when I am planning a new scheme I have to stop myself from having too much green (as well as William Morris wallpaper and bird motifs!). I would love more videos like this and thank you for sharing all the tips and insights. So happy to have found your channel, I am still catching up with previous videos! I hope you are having a good weekend.

[@elegantlyknackeredstyle]

Wonderful! that is such great feedback. Thanks. Obviously I want to post what people enjoy ☺️ I have just bought a teste pot on green. Maybe I'm converted ☺️

[@helenbailey8419]

The leather tape measure is lovely.I received the plastic version at Christmas;great in my hand bag,but I agree,the leather is wonderful,tactile.

[@elegantlyknackeredstyle]

It's very tactile and I do love practical things which are aesthetically pleasing ☺️

[@hindolbittern]

That’s so useful. We’re knocking down our conservatory in the next few months and extending. The kitchen is going in the footprint of the conservatory and the small extension is going to be pretty multi functional (snug, garden room, library, dining room etc). And what will be the ex-kitchen is going to be multifunctional too as the new back entrance, utility room and pantry. Such is cottage life! And then there’s the kitchen. I’ve got it all in my head (plus an initial kitchen design on plan), but I think using your methodology I can get much more organised, plus it will mean D will get an input too, rather than me springing it on him as a fait accompli. And multifunctional can’t mean just muddled. I feel spider charts coming on… In terms of interior books, I’m on a real classic Conran roll at the moment. Over the last few months I’ve bought his House, Simple, and Kitchen books second hand from Abe books. I’m very fond of Scandinavian design and subscribe to Readly, the magazine app, there’s a Swedish monthly interior magazine called Rum Hemma which I adore. I need to actually start organising and populating my Milanote app now. Thank for the tips L!

[@elegantlyknackeredstyle]

Gosh, you have got a lot happening. It sounds wonderful. These Norfolk cottages definitely benefit from a bit of jiggery pokery to bring them up to modern day living standards. Good luck with your planning.

[@dariadunivan6268]

Books or magazines are a great source e of inspiration. It always gets my juices flowing and gets me going. Why don’t you do your bedroom and get that room completed. It will make you feel so good to get a room finished.

[@elegantlyknackeredstyle]

The master bedroom and adjoining bathroom are both top priority.

[@lottiephillips7805]

Really enjoyed watching this video - and learning (always up for that). My favourite interiors book is Perfect English Cottage by Ros Byam Shaw. It never fails to inspire me. Best wishes from Lottie (over the border) in Suffolk

[@elegantlyknackeredstyle]

Morning Lottie. I have a lovely email to reply to today 😊 I was mid editing when it arrived yesterday so couldn't reply but I will today 😊 Thank you. Oh yes, I have that one too 😊

[@gillyjaynes8558]

I must get some interior design books. Thanks for the overview Louisa.

[@elegantlyknackeredstyle]

You would enjoy them, I'm sure. They're a great source of inspiration ☺️

[@janeandclementine]

This was so helpful, thank you. I have a stack of decor books 3 feet high which includes that British Designers book. I also love Pearl Lowe’s 2.

[@elegantlyknackeredstyle]

I have PL's Faded Glamour. It's inspiring ☺️

[@helenbailey8419]

The house looks so different with snow on the roof.Looks like slate

[@elegantlyknackeredstyle]

I thought you might appreciate a snow version 🥶

[@dariadunivan6268]

Also doing a floor plan for bedroom. What about a chair or bench to be able to put shoes on. Just an idea.

[@elegantlyknackeredstyle]

Absolutely! The floor plan comes next. I will definitely be incorporating a chair if I can fit it in 😊

[@SherWittum-uu6xz]

Who sings your intro song? Ty

[@elegantlyknackeredstyle]

Mathilda June

[@helenbailey8419]

The bedroom list..😂😂😂romance

[@elegantlyknackeredstyle]

Mark wants to contribute to that 🤣