Paisley, Renfrewshire
Interior design in Paisley
Paisley has everything from Victorian terraces and tenements to post-war semis and new estates, so there is no single Paisley look. Interior design here starts with the house you have and how you want to live in it.
Older homes: working with the proportions
In Paisley's older properties, high ceilings and big windows are an advantage if the colours and lighting make the most of them. Darker colours can work well in these rooms, and lighting at different levels stops a tall room feeling empty in the evening.
Post-war and newer homes: adding depth
In lower-ceilinged rooms the aim is usually the opposite: making the room feel bigger and giving it a focal point. A media wall, fitted storage, panelling or a change of flooring can do that without any structural work.
One plan for the whole house
When several rooms are being done, the biggest benefit of design is consistency: flooring, doors, handles and colours that carry through the house so it feels like one project rather than a series of separate jobs.
Before & after
Building a Media Wall With Lit Display Niches
A blank living room wall became a full-height media wall with eight lit niches, a recessed TV and an inset fire, with every cable buried before the plasterboard went on.