‘It’s bright LOUD & PROUD
‘Painting the interior of this cupboard has completely transformed it’
COME ON IN!
ABOUT ME I’m Helen Brookes, an instagrammer (@40plusnot givingupyet), 44. I live with my husband Robin, a project manager, 45, our daughters Lola, 11 and Poppy, 10, and my nephew, George, 15, in a four-bed, detached 1950s house near Haywards Heath. We moved here in June 2014. THE CHALLENGE The bathroom was a great size but the layout wasn’t working hard enough. We wanted to add a walk-in shower and lots of organised storage. MY WISH LIST We’re all tall, so we wanted the biggest possible shower area as well as a large, freestanding bath. I love colour so it was really important to me that the room was bright and happy.
96 | MARCH 2020
COLOUR CONFIDENCE
‘Stencilling the tile-effect design took several days, but it was worth it because it brings me joy every day’
