Mills Interior Design

The cork-lined sitting room.

Warm cork walls, a glowing alcove of records and books, and a rug that carries every colour in the room.

Room
Sitting room
Location
[Location]
Scope
[Full design / styling]
Completed
[Year]
A sitting room at night: cork-lined alcoves lit from below, a cream fire surround, string shelving and a striped rug

The brief

[One sentence on what the clients asked for, in Camilla's words.]

[Two or three sentences: who uses the room, what wasn't working before, and what had to stay.]

The fireplace and shelving at dusk, with a striped rug in the foreground

Low light from behind the shelves.

A striped rug in berry, navy, ochre and cream on a pale sofa

The rug that started the scheme.

The approach

Cork on the walls for warmth you can see and hear.

[Two or three sentences on the key decisions: colour, materials, lighting and how the room is used day to day.]

A cork wallcovering sample beside a terracotta paint swatch

The details

Black string shelving against cork, holding speakers, records and a turntable
Shelving built around the music.
A dark metal toggle light switch on a terracotta wall
Toggle switches in dark metal.
Glass domes with beetle prints lined up on a shelf against cork
Small objects, carefully lit.
A cream fire surround beside a cork-lined alcove and terracotta wall
A white turntable below three white bear figures on a dark shelf, lit against cork

Records within reach of the sofa.

A white bookshelf speaker on a dark shelf against cork

[A line from the client about living in the room.]

[Client name or initials]

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