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Interior Design Ideas: Bedroom Colour Revivals
May 14, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
Cast your mind back to the 1960’s and you’ll remember that pale lilac was the colour to have in your bedroom. Within a few years the most popular colours for bedrooms were blue and green, usually coordinated with magnolia. Today we are seeing a return to soft and gentle lilacs in bedrooms, the pale tones [...]
Interior Design Ideas to Decorating a Rental Property – Living Rooms
March 18, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
The heart of the home, living rooms are one place to really call home if you’re to feel comfortable and relaxed. To help stop you worry about any possible damage to landlord’s furniture or choosing furniture for you new home we have some great interior design ideas to help you.
We start by looking at furnished [...]
Interior Design Ideas to Decorating a Rental Property – Accessories
March 14, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
Today we turn out attentions to accessories as these can be a real liver-saver if your rented property has less than desirable décor and soft furnishings. We’ve already discussed window dressings and flooring and now we look at some simple soft furnishings you can use to bright up the dullest of rooms and help make [...]
Love is in the Air: How to get a Romantic Shabby Chic Bedroom
February 13, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
Love is in the air this week! Valentine’s Day brings out the romantics by the score all lavishing flowers, chocolates, champagne and love to their partners. So, why do we celebrate Valentine’s Day? Up until 1969 Valentine’s Day was the day which Catholics observed the saint of romantic causes and of course was named after [...]
Beautiful Winter Whites: 4: Living Rooms
February 9, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
Today we take a look at white living rooms. One of the positive aspects of using white in a living room is that it can be used for all styles of homes – traditional, modern and contemporary. We can be inspired by other countries, including Scandinavia and France. A typical French bourgeois home with include [...]
Spring Interior Design Ideas for Bedrooms: Go Global
January 30, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
This week we’re going to help you to banish the winter blues by bringing you some fabulous interior design ideas to brighten up your bedroom. We’ll be including some of the latest interior design trends to help you make your home a beautiful place to be despite the gloomy economy – after all if you’re [...]
Interior Design Ideas: Enter the Dragon into Your Bathroom
January 28, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
Spa experience bathrooms are changing the way we view our bathrooms. Today the humble bathroom isn’t a cold and dingy room that’s solely used for washing and bathing – bathrooms have been transformed into havens of peace and tranquillity in which we can relax and unwind at the end of the day, as well as [...]
Interior Design Ideas: Enter the Dragon into Your Bedroom
January 26, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
It’s easy to get a Chinese style look in your bedroom. As red is a favourite colour for good health and good fortune in the East, here in the West we often use red in the bedroom as a symbol – intentional or not – of romance and love. Incorporate the two and you have [...]
Interior Design Ideas: Enter the Dragon into Your Living Room
January 24, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
Today we take a look at ways to bring a touch of the orient into your living room. As we discussed yesterday the colour scheme for the Year of the Black Water Dragon is predominately oceanic blues and greens, red, black and gold, with stripes to create dynamic interiors that will suit all styles of [...]
Interior Design: Enter the Dragon
January 23, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
Today marks the start of the Chinese New Year. This year is the year of the dragon, or to be more exact the year if The Black Water Dragon. Before you think that dragons are all about children’s story tales the Chinese hold their year symbols very highly – more especially as their dragons aren’t [...]
