Give your living room a floral makeover

Keep it simple

 
When using bold colours and large-scale pattern in a scheme it's important to keep the shape and style of your furniture unfussy. A modern console table looks stunning flanked by two simple, fabric-covered occasional chairs.

Tiga console table, £349, Marks and Spencer. Tall lidded pot, £29.95; wide lidded pot, £35; both Parlane. Lamp, £70; Gemma lamp shade, £20; all John Lewis. Photograph frame, £10; vase, £15; both The Pier. Dining chairs, £190 each, The Dormy House. Chair covers made up in Chester Fuchsia fabric, £29 a metre; Cushions made up in Chester Cleedon fabric, £29 a metre, both Jane Churchill, piped in Montreal, £24.50 a metre, Villa Nova. Oriental watercolour framed prints, £158 each, Arc Prints