There’s now a truly warm welcome
Underwhelmed by the bland and uninviting entrance to her new home, Lisa Johnson pumped life into the hallway with lashings of colour
Feature Dilly Orme
Creating a dramatic feature wall up the stairs has given Lisa’s hall a real injection of vibrancy. She has added further colour with the retro turntable and kooky shelving with orange and lime green fronts
GOOD IDEA Wallpapering one wall creates a feature without being too imposing
TOTAL £418
My room...
Photos Tamra Cave
A bit about me
Hi, I’m Lisa Johnson, andI live in a two-bedroom house in a converted school with my husband, Sam, and twins, Finnian and Albert, four, in Egham.
Before
My problem hall
Everything felt wrong – the hallway and the whole house beyond was bland and tired. It hadn’t been updated for 15 years, since the original conversion, and was in real need of freshening up. Overall it was so cold and dark, especially the hall, which had no natural light.