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Personality Counts
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 with nowhere for the kids to mess around; or has your collection of miniature teapots jar taken the cluttered... [Read more]
Homemade Comforts
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 tips are off-cuts in fabric stores or Terry’s discount window curtains, which is very... [Read more]
Garden Nightlights
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 home security experts and police forces agree that lighting... [Read more]
Distressing Design
Though still only young, Chester had endured a hard life. 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 an aged look to a furniture piece.... [Read more]
Bright Ideas for Lampshades
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 be used to decorate a lampshade. You can choose from... [Read more]
Bookcases & Home Libraries
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 to a home library, a refined and learned elegance that is really hard to attain in any other way. The bookcase... [Read more]
Bedroom Bliss
A bedroom is a place where we go to unwind and relax away from all the demands that modern life puts upon us. Therefore whenever decorating or designing a bedroom one should take time to carefully plan just what you want in order to achieve a tranquil and peaceful haven away from the world outside. A bedroom really is a place where you can rest and relax and to share a few quiet moments with yourself... [Read more]
A Whiter Shade of Pale
For a supposed non colour and blank canvas, white when used as the predominant colour in an interior scheme, has the ability to split opinions like nothing else. White is sterile, pure, bright, drab, warm, cold, focused and vague- all things to all men. Whatever you think of white, you certainly can’t ignore it. Another amazing thing about white is that it can be used in so many ways- it may sound... [Read more]
Affordable Quick Fixes
The mention of home decorating usually has most people’s chequebooks running for the hills. It is true that DIY can be an expensive hobby. But not all home decorating ideas require a heavy investment of time and money. If you’re looking for a few affordable home decorating ideas to freshen up a room over a weekend whilst adding just a touch more glamour, why not give these ten a try? Wooden... [Read more]
Aluminium Venetians
For anyone currently looking for a workable alternative to curtains and nets, blinds are a widely varied and user-friendly solution. However, with so many types and styles currently flooding the market, it can be difficult to decide which type of blinds to choose. Aluminium Venetian blinds are the perfect way to maintain some privacy while still allowing light to enter a space, making them perfect... [Read more]
