September 2009
The Perfect Guestroom
September 30, 2009 by james.brennan · Leave a Comment
Have you ever noticed how most of us love playing host but generally don’t like being guests quite as much? The reason? Guest bedrooms! In our own homes we get the best of both worlds- no travelling, a night with our friends or family, food and music WE like and at the end of it [...]
Create the Perfect Hideaway for your Testy Teenager
September 29, 2009 by katie.barrett · Leave a Comment
Gone are the days of fairies, sail boats and farm yard animals. Now are the days of football stars, girl bands, rappers and WAGs. Teenagers and their tastes are a complicated, ever changing and difficult to identify topic which makes designing their room somewhat of a challenge. To try and create a room that both [...]
Slo Down
September 28, 2009 by james.brennan · Leave a Comment
The Sloliving philosophy is designed to be an antidote to the frenetic pace of modern life by encouraging residents to enjoy the simple things and reconnect with nature. Technological advances have resulted in labour saving devices for the home. Who would complain about vacuum cleaners, electric stoves, hot water systems, flush toilet, or the bread [...]
Personality Counts
September 27, 2009 by james.brennan · Leave a Comment
Take a look around your home and what do you see? Does it reflect your love of all things warm and cosy, deeply traditional or light and bright? Or have things gone out of control so much so that your penchant for minimal clean lines, has created a home that’s the wrong side of chilly [...]
Homemade Comforts
September 26, 2009 by james.brennan · Leave a Comment
Changing the cushions is the simplest way to revamp a room or old settee. You avoid dustsheets, brushes and paint, and if you go off the print you can use the material for something else, hide it in another room, or pop another cushion cover over the top.
You’ll need to source inexpensive material. My top [...]
Mimosa Yellow Tops 2009 Interior Design Colour Charts
September 24, 2009 by helen.green · Leave a Comment
The must have interior design colour for 2009 in Mimosa, a bright and cheerful yellow which denotes change, hopefulness and reassurance. With present economic climate Mimosa is the ideal colour to restore morale and hope into people’s lives and homes.
The colour is also associated with cheerfulness, imagination and innovation, as such this colour is the [...]
Garden Nightlights
September 24, 2009 by james.brennan · Leave a Comment
If you’re looking at ideas for garden lighting, the chances are you’re responsible for a home and, possibly, a family. That makes you also accountable for protecting that home and family – a heavy responsibility to bear, but one that can be lightened, literally in this case, by ensuring that your security lighting is up-to-date.
All [...]
Distressing Design
September 23, 2009 by james.brennan · Leave a Comment
The world of design is an odd place. Ugly is beautiful if it is kitsch. Every year a new colour becomes the “new black”. Brass curtain poles currently represent the cutting edge. And sometimes, the best way to update old furniture is to make it look even older. Distressing furniture is the art of adding [...]
Bright Ideas for Lampshades
September 22, 2009 by james.brennan · Leave a Comment
An inexpensive plain lampshade can be transformed in so many ways. Decorating a lampshade, whether with dyeing, sewing or painting techniques, enables you to match a room’s decor perfectly and to create a one-of-a-kind piece with a personal touch.
Trim
There is a wide variety of decorative trims available in fabric and craft stores that can [...]
Bookcases & Home Libraries
September 21, 2009 by james.brennan · Leave a Comment
A wall of bookcases or home library makes for a really beautiful feature wall in the home. There is something about the idea of having all those words, lives and historical events all contained in one place that is hugely appealing to most of us. When used as a design tool, there is a richness [...]
