THROUGH THE LETTERBOX OF
@IKNOWNOTHING ABOUTINTERIORS We are already onto the second
Francesca has beautifully decorated her home
installment of our 'Through the Letterbox of....'
with thought behind the original features. So
feature. Every month we will bring you
what style is she trying to achieve in her period
someone with a passion for interior in the
property?
hope to inspire you and find new muse. Our second edition takes us to a home
'I’ve found it really hard to pinpoint what my style is, I like to think its minimalist and scandi but I probably
which oozes modern features and subtle
have too much clutter for that to be true! So probably
colour. They're not afraid of the odd DIY
cluttered scandi (apart from the kitchen, that’s its own
either. We are with
thing).'
@Iknownothingaboutinteriors.
The women behind the account, Francesca, lives in her first home, a 1880 Victorian Terrace in Leeds. With stunning light, space and original features, Francesca has managed to create a simplistic, modern and somewhat classic home. We caught up with Francesca to discuss the house behind the 'gram and what inspires her in her home. 'I started my account because I was posting pictures of my house on my personal Instagram, but I thought I would make a dedicated account to save people having to see my interior pics that didn’t want to! We've been in our home over a year and now we are revisiting every room. Our big mistake was decorating as soon as we moved in. We hurriedly painted and rushed all of it because we wanted it finished. Now I have a better idea what works in the house, and what we actually like, we are having to redecorate.'
So where does Francesca find her inspiration when it comes to home decor? My main inspiration comes from instagram as opposed to Pinterest. I find a lot of Pinterest stuff is not very attainable, and I like to follow accounts on instagram that have a similar size and /or layout house as mine, because it means that a lot to the inspiration is actually do-able. Don’t get me wrong, I love to follow the big mansions (just to dream a little) but I find it hard to imagine my house looking similar if its 10 times as big! So, let's talk about that kitchen, it's stunning and it's a DIY job! Was painting your own kitchen a risk? We did take a huge risk on our kitchen. I'm not necessarily a fan of bold colors but we went with painting our kitchen pink and green. Since we were painting the old units, and we knew it wouldn't be a long before we buy a new kitchen, it meant we were more prepared to take a bit more of a risk. It massively paid off though because I love it and it's so different to the rest of the house.
