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Coastal Interior Design Ideas for Kitchens
March 29, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
When using a coastal theme in kitchens you have, on principle, two directions to choose from. The first being the more classical blue and white colour combinations, the other is to use wood as the basis of the design and build a coastal theme around it.
Wooden kitchen cupboards remain a firm favourite and suit all [...]
Coastal Interior Design Ideas for Living Rooms
March 27, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
Today we turn our attention to living rooms and as promised we’re not going to discuss blue and white stripes or sea shells! Coastal interiors can open a whole world of exploration when it comes down to colour schemes, and apart from the obvious blue and white, we can also use the natural colours of [...]
Coastal Interior Design Ideas for Master Bedrooms
March 26, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
This week we thought we’d share some coastal interior design ideas with you, and this doesn’t mean every room and all the ideas are orientated around white and blue stripes and sea shells! There’s far more to coastal interiors than blue and white, so join us as we share suggestions on how you can create [...]
Spring Interior Design Ideas 7: Sun Rooms
March 25, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
With beautiful weather and a spring in your step, it’s time to bring your sun room or conservatory out of hibernation and make good use of it for the next few months. Sadly many sun rooms are rendered unusable in the UK due to the drop in temperature and inclement weather from late Autumn until [...]
Spring Interior Design Ideas 6: Spring Kitchens
March 24, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
In our penultimate post on Spring interior design ideas we take a look at the ways you can bring a touch of Spring into your kitchen without having to carry out a complete redecoration project. Using accessories and a little ingenuity kitchens can be transformed with minimum expense and maximum results.
Let’s start by taking a [...]
Spring Interior Design Ideas 5: Green Bathrooms
March 23, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
Today we focus on bathrooms and offer interior design ideas and suggestions on how you can transform your bathroom into a room full of Spring colours and natural elements. As we’ve discuss previously (How to Create 5: How to Create an Eco-Friendly Home) ‘going green’ isn’t just about using the colour, although for this post [...]
Interior Design Ideas to Decorating a Rental Property – Kitchens
March 16, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
Many rental properties don’t have very large kitchens, so you’ll need to make it feel bigger and brighter by use of colour and clever storage to reduce the clutter. Let’s start with the windows; start by cleaning them inside and out (if you can reach). The next thing to look at is the landlord’s choice [...]
March Makeovers Using Ethnic Styles
March 10, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
We have come to love ethnic styled interiors over the last few decades and this year’s trend of ‘tribal’ is carried over from last year. With a touch of exotic materials, styles and vibrant colours inspired by African, Asia and the Middle East. With precious and semi-precious gems colours (emerald, ruby, sapphire etc.) also being [...]
How to Give a Quick Boost to Your Interior by Including Patterns
March 4, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
In our last post in this mini-series we’re going to take a look at including patterns as part of interior design. It could be said, and quite rightly, that patterns are everywhere and indeed they are, however, for the purposes of this article we’re going to focus on using patterns on fabrics and soft furnishings.
For [...]
How to Give a Quick Boost to Your Interior Using Fabrics
February 27, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
This week we’re going to share some tips and hints on how to give a quick boost to your home using a variety of different easy techniques and soft furnishings. We begin with the use of fabrics as an effective way to breathe new life in any or all of your rooms.
Sometimes the simplest ideas [...]
