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hen it comes to decorating and furnishing her home, interiors influencer Isa Chadborn (@life_of_isatu)’s number one design rule is that it needs to feel restful. ‘I’m all about being calm at home,’ says Isa. ‘No matter what sort of day I’ve had, when I walk through my front door I feel relaxed and calm.’ Isa has developed a strong signature style: a gentle palette of Scandi-inspired neutrals, simple patterns and layered textures, that’s key to creating her elegant, laid-back look.
Isa’s daughter recently bought her own home, and Isa wanted to make her old bedroom as welcoming as possible for when she comes back to visit. It will also offer a cocooning space for overnight guests, and a blackout blind in Huxley Sandbar makes for a restful stay. Isa is always looking to incorporate sustainable choices into her home decor, and the Huxley Sandbar textured plain is made from 100% recycled polyester so it ticked that box for her.
Freeing up the original spare bedroom meant that Isa could repurpose it into the ultimate zen den – a yoga room. The perfect treatment for the windows in this room of relaxation was an electric blind. ‘When the advisor visited, he mentioned that Hillarys do electric blinds and I thought it sounded like a brilliant solution,’ says Isa. ‘I can just press the remote, and the blinds open smoothly to a lovely, hopefully sunny day.’
When Isa was reworking some of the spaces in her home, she turned to her advisor at Hillarys to guide her through the process of choosing window treatments. ‘Working with Hillarys took a lot of the pressure off me, and helped me make the design decisions,’ Isa says. On her Hillarys advisor’s first visit, he took her through the options she could have for each space, making the process of choosing the perfect window dressings for her home easy.
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How Hillarys helped interiors influencer Isa Chadborn choose window dressings that complement her love of calm Scandi style
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When the advisor visited, he mentioned that Hillarys do electric blinds and I thought it sounded like a brilliant solution. I can just press the remote, and the blinds open smoothly to a lovely, hopefully sunny day
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ISA CHADBORN,
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Creating a sanctuary
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With Hillarys’ help, Isa opted for a layered solution for the patio doors in her living room – her favourite room in the house. ‘I chose a double track for this room, with the Echo White voiles for summertime and the Harper Almond curtains for an extra layer in winter to make the room feel cosy,’ she explains.
The voiles and curtains are on ceiling-mounted tracks to give them an elevated, designer look. The double track means that Isa can use both the voile and curtain independently of each other, depending on the mood she wants to create. The voiles frame the view out to the garden for indoor/outdoor living over the summer months, and then the curtains offer a layer of warmth when the temperature drops. ‘We’ve never had curtains in this room,’ says Isa. ‘I can’t wait for winter so that we can shut the curtains, get cosy, light the fire and just chill out.’
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Isa is not afraid of a bit of DIY, but she jumped at the chance for the professionals to step in and fit all of her chosen blinds and curtains. ‘My advisor was so helpful,’ she says. ‘He went through all the design options and fabrics, and then he came back to fit them for me. I can’t imagine trying to fit those tracks in the living room myself. I watched them doing it and I would never have tried to do it myself. Definitely a job to leave to the professionals!’
And without the advice of Isa’s Hillarys advisor, she wouldn’t have thought to add a blind to the downstairs bathroom. ‘Don’t forget about the small spaces,’ says Isa. ‘We’d just decorated our downstairs cloakroom and Hillarys helped me with a solution for that window, too.’ Her advisor recommended a faux wood venetian that is water-resistant and wipeable so it’s easy to keep clean.
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ISA CHADBORN,
The voiles frame the view out to the garden for indoor/outdoor living over the summer months, and then the curtains offer a layer of warmth
when the temperature drops
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