Let's Talk…

Menu
  • Home
  • Beth Shehata
    • Small Brand Support: Working With Instagrammers
    • Creating Your Media Kit
  • Gin
    • The Perfect Gift for your G&T Loving Friend…
    • Gin Reviews
      • On The Bar: Mclean’s Something Blue
      • On The Bar: Bareksten Gin
      • On The Bar: Micro Bar Box – Cocktail Box
      • On The Bar – Warner Edwards Elderflower
      • Summer Gin, what should be in your basket?
      • On The Bar: Hepple Gin
      • #onthebar – Forest Gin
      • On The Bar: Hayman’s London Dry Gin
    • Cocktails
      • Mulled Gin
      • Quick Ways to Improve Your Drinks
      • A Guide to Gin and Cocktails
      • Wildcat Gin: Bramble Cocktail
      • Wildcat Gin: Mulled Gin
      • Wildcat Gin: A Classic Serve
      • Wildcat Gin: Gin Jam Fizz
  • Interiors
    • House Tours
      • Tête-à-tête: Sandrock House
      • Tête-à-tête: Barn Conversion Blog
      • Tête-à-tête: Dapper Franks
      • Tête-à-tête: Victorian Adventure
      • Tête-à-tête: Oxfordone
    • D.I.Y
      • Brick Slips: Creating an Exposed Brick Wall
      • How to paint a Composite or uPVC Door
      • How to makeover a concrete slab patio/path for under £40
      • How to Repair Grout Floors
      • Ellie Tildesley: A Guide to Painting Your Stairs!
      • How to makeover a Court Yard Garden
    • Buying A New Build
      • Buying A New Build: Your Options Meeting
      • Buying A New Build: Putting Down Your Reservation
  • Travel
    • Things to do in Iceland
    • Things to do in Edinburgh
    • Things to do in Prague
  • Eat, Drink, and be…
    • Places to Eat
      • File Away Friday: The Woodman’s Arms
      • File Away Friday: Camino!
      • The Mill House – Birtley
    • Spa Breaks
      • File Away Friday: Bannatynes Darlington
    • Places to Drink
      • File Away Friday: Revolucion De Cuba
      • File Away Friday Bealim House
  • Mental Health
    • MHA – Anxiety
    • Mental Health: Assumptions
    • 2018: A Review
    • Mental Health: Seeking Help
    • Guest Blog Post – Mental Health Dr Emma Svanberg
  • Skincare
    • Let’s start at the very beginning…
    • A real glow-getter
    • Protecting Your Skin from the Sun!
    • Sky High Skincare
    • My (sensitive) skincare routine
    • In a Spot of Bother
    • My Everyday Winter Skincare Routine
    • Skincare products you need in your make-up bag
Menu

Tête-à-tête: Oxfordone

Posted on May 7, 2019April 28, 2019 by bethshehata

This post has been a long time coming, but it’s one of my favourites (mainly becaue it’s with one of my favourite humans!) I have followed Lissi (@oxfordone)  since I first set up my Instagram account, her energy, creativity and kindness never fails to make me smile, just like her home. With a whopping 62k+ Instagram followers, clearly you all feel the same too!

Hi Lissi, for those that may not have been fortunate enough to have met you yet can you start by telling me a little bit about you?

That’s so kind think you! I’m Lissi, Mummy, Wife, Primary School Teacher and lover of home interiors and DIY.

And how about your house?

We bought this house almost 6 years and have renovated and extended the back of the house to create our open plan living space. It was originally a barn conversion and the house had been rented as two dwellings when we moved in so we had two kitchens, living rooms, bathrooms etc. Over time we have reconfigured these spaces to work much better with our family life. The layout is unusual and it is mostly on ground level with an upstairs guest bed and bath.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Lissi (@oxfordone)

It’s no secret that you are the queen of colour – nobody can look at your home and not feel happy! Have you always decorated so boldly?

Ahh I love that thank you! No, not at all. Before we bought this house we had rented for years, this was the first house we owned, the one where we could actually paint walls and not just talk hypothetically about it. I think we were so overly concerned with what other people would think of our new house we overlooked what we actually wanted and liked and played it very safe in order to quickly put our initial stamp on the place and delete the magnolia. Over time, we began buying our own furniture where previously this had come with our rented flats and this started to shape our taste for more colourful and quirky surroundings.

You always have such quirky pieces in your home (I have such a soft spot for Geoffrey) – Where’s your favourite place to shop?

I’m glad you like Geoffrey too, he’s definitely a marmite piece! For the most unique finds I love to trawl antique markets and charity shops, I love instagram for finding independent businesses like Audenza and Luxeology to mix in with pieces from the high street such as Zara home, H&M and IKEA.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Lissi (@oxfordone)

How do you plan decorating a room?

I tend to start with a colour combination either from a piece of artwork, wallpaper or collection of objects then plan a mood board around that. I like to see how a room is going to come together but almost always make changes along the way! 

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Lissi (@oxfordone)

Do you have any interior décor regrets?

Yes, not ‘going for it’ when we first decorated! I had always said I wanted a home that made people talk and then we played it so safe and did quite the opposite, I wish I’d been braver!

I know you make or upcycle a lot of pieces; what’s your favourite one and how did you do it?

I love pieces with history and a story to tell and am forever spraying and repurposing pieces but i think my most triumphant upcycle is the kitchen, which was tiled in lime and black tiles when we moved in with light wood cabinets. I painted over the tiles with white tile paint and then the cabinets in a darker shade for the bottom units and an off white for the top. It transformed the space on a budget and has given us a few more years before needing to replace the whole kitchen.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Lissi (@oxfordone)

Lastly tell us a secret, what’s your next project?

The next project is the only room we haven’t touched since moving in which is our shower room, Mr Oxfordone has claimed it as his so expect something with less pink than the rest of the house! 

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Lissi (@oxfordone)

Thank you so much to Lissi, if you want to be inspired to add colour to your home, and make some fabulous pieces please check out her account!

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)

Related

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Find Something

I'm not sure this site is using cookies, but just in case it does by continuing to view my site you are consenting to their use. If you'd like to know more about them you can see the policy here: Cookie Policy

By date

January 2021
M T W T F S S
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
« Nov    

Subscribe to Blog via Email

I'd love it if you subscribed to my site below. Just pop your e-mail address in and I'll send any new posts to your inbox for you to read with a cuppa :)

Follow Us

© 2021 Let's Talk… | Powered by Minimalist Blog WordPress Theme