July 2009
Voiles
July 21, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
I know what you’re thinking – “What is James doing writing about the solo piano compositions from Claude Debussy’s first book of music preludes?!” – I don’t mean THOSE types of Voiles silly! Happens every time! No, I’m talking about the very lovely lightweight-woven-fabric-usually-made-of-100%-cotton-or-cotton-blends-including-linen-or-polyester type Voiles. Voile is a French word literally meaning veil, and [...]
Summer is Here
July 20, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
Say it quietly but I think summer is here. And with the warming of the weather you will no doubt want your home to reflect the sunny season with an interior that is fresh and uplifting. A room that looked cosy and warm in December will probably be feeling fairly stuffy at the minute. So [...]
Refresh Your Home For Less
July 19, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
With the many discount home stores and websites around these days refreshing your home for less has never been easier or more affordable. But these aren’t the only ways you can save some pennies whilst rejuvenating your nest this summer, here we take a look at some of the many other ways you can cut [...]
Wonder Walls
July 18, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
Dating back to the ancient Chinese who invented paper, wallpaper had humble beginnings as simple rice paper sheets. During the middle ages in Europe, small but colourful sheets of paper were popular with royal courts and lead to the founding of paperhanger guilds. By the 1700’s London had become the hub of wallpaper fashion, eventually [...]
Design Differences & Grown-up Discussion
July 17, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
Often when writing these blogs I’m asked by the big guy upstairs (no, not that one) to touch upon certain topics. With this topic I think he was reading my mind! Me and my fabulously beautiful but design clueless better half are currently in the middle of extremely tense negotiations regarding the future of our [...]
Coat Hangers to Match Your Interior Designs!
July 16, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
Since setting up in 2004, specialist coat hanger design company HookPegSupport have made something of a name for themselves as the mavericks of their chosen field. Their now somewhat iconic coat hangers have been features of many national and international magazines and publications including The Times Newspaper, Grand Designs Magazine, Vogue Bambini, Urbis, Easy Living, [...]
Be Cool This Summer
July 15, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
We generally think of winter as the time of year that costs us the most money in terms of our energy bills. However, a particularly warm summer can be just as pricey when you tot up the cost of using fans, de-humidifiers, getting constant baths, air-conditioning and a whole new summer wardrobe of mankinis- come [...]
Choosing Blinds
July 14, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
With so many different types of blinds on the market today it can often be difficult to decide which ones to choose. Amongst the most popular nowadays are Roman, Venetian, horizontal, vertical, wood, fabric, roller, wooden and metal blinds- more than enough to make your head spin as you blink in disbelief and try to [...]
Tab Tops and Tie Backs, Windows that stand proud!
July 13, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
In 1894 the Building Act changed the regulations, so that windows no longer had to be flush with the exterior wall. This enabled windows to stand proud from the facade. The late Victorian and Edwardian period took advantage of the change in new building regulations and now presented their windows in bays. Medium and larger [...]
A Va Va Vooom Room.
July 12, 2009 by kelly.duggan · View Comments
Everybody wants something in their home to make others go ‘wow’. Something different to give real visual excitement to your room and with the current trends around there is many ways that this can be achieved.
Colour is probably the first thing that many people notice in a room. With trend currently being in favour [...]
