Colorful Victorian with DIY Inspiration from Living Etc

Colorful Victorian with DIY Inspiration
from Living Etc

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We love the look of colorful painted staircases, but don't love slipping down the stairs. We were totally smitten when we learned that the runner in this Victorian home was a DIY. This is the home of British textile designer Chrissie Probert Jones, who created the rainbow runner by sewing six IKEA rugs together.

The home is basically a white canvas with pops of color that come from the accessories. It's a great reminder to renters that you can still live in a colorful space, even if you can't paint! The key is to coordinate the colors so that the look doesn't feel random. Even though Chrissie has a lot of colors in this space, she's focused on shades of red — ranging from bright red to pale pinks.

Many of the textiles in the space come directly from Chrissie's textile company, Stitch Designworks. Her detached Victorian house was profiled on Living Etc, which has nearly a dozen additional photos of the colorful space.

Comments (8)

Hot damn! Love it!

posted by Suzyn on March 26th 2009 at 1:06pm
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this is a fabulous space. i love the combination of white vivid colors sunlight.

the runner idea? fantastic!

posted by abigailbelle on March 26th 2009 at 1:41pm
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Even the boots and slippers match the decor!

posted by SherryBinNH on March 26th 2009 at 2:18pm
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about a year ago, i bought 10 cheap woven bath rugs from target, because i needed a cheap rug runner that would be exactly the size of the staircase in our duplex apartment. We needed this because my dog is afraid of wooden stairs! I adhered it with double-sided foam tape, but it doesn't stay very well with my dog's aggressive running on the stairs.

any suggestions on how to adhere, but easy enough to come off?

i love this idea, only takes a few hours to sew them all together with embroidery thread!

posted by s2k on March 26th 2009 at 2:30pm
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These are delicious!!! Color me jealous :)

posted by medusa12120 on March 26th 2009 at 2:43pm
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This is a great idea, but I would worry about having to clean the fabric. The IKEA rugs pictured are, I think, made of cotton, and cotton picks up dirt really easily. I love the look and considered it myself, but after thinking it over I went with a wool runner.

posted by zoo on March 26th 2009 at 3:07pm
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the boots and slippers may just be staging accessories. i consciously remind myself of that whenever looking at someone's home profile. sure it's very nice but they brought in a stager, then the magazine showed up with a staff stylist.

posted by Lady J on March 26th 2009 at 3:32pm
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these pictures make me happy!

posted by knickknack pattywhack on March 27th 2009 at 1:08pm
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