Seasonal
Interior Design: 1: New Year Makeovers
December 26, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
We will agree that our homes speak volumes about our personalities, preferences and even aspirations. This is all too true when it comes to the interior designs of our living spaces from the living room, family den and bedroom to the kitchen and dining room. Indeed, how we decorate our homes with furniture and furnishings [...]
Keep Calm & Carry On 7: Interior Design Home Ideas
December 25, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
The ‘big’ day has arrived and you have everything under control! The diner’s prepared and cooking, your home looks marvellous, everyone is happy and full of festive cheer. We bet you’re glad that you took the time to complete quick makeovers in all of your rooms, enabling you to relax and enjoy the holidays before [...]
Keep Calm & Carry On 6: Interior Design Children’s Bedroom Ideas
December 24, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
Christmas is a magical time for most children, excitement and fretful anticipation can lead to stressful times so why not give them a little space of their own and allow them to decorate their bedroom with a little festive cheer.
Store Clutter:
If you want to impress your little guests with your children’s bedrooms, your first step [...]
Keep Calm & Carry On 4: Interior Design Bedroom Ideas
December 22, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
As the ‘big’ day draws ever closer now is the time to give the last minute touches to your bedrooms whether you have guests staying or not. If you’re the type of person who has a ’set day’ to do your chores you won’t want to be doing washing or ironing on Christmas day or [...]
Christmas Indulgences 7: Candy Canes
December 18, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
It wouldn’t be Christmas without candy canes! The candy cane has become an iconic ornamentation in modern festive decoration irrespective of whether there any children present. The tradition of using candy canes has been a long one with various stories (whether they’re true of false I’m unsure) of how candy canes represent a shepherd’s crook, [...]
Christmas Indulgences 6: From the Past
December 17, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
Wouldn’t it lovely and a sheer indulgence to create a grotto inside your home to bring back the magic of Christmas and memories of childhood? Somehow past Christmases always seemed to be better. Maybe it’s the commercialism which has taken the magic out of Christmas for many. The stress and strain of modern lifestyles and [...]
Christmas Indulgences 4: Warming Spices
December 15, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
Rich, warming spices are great colour combinations any time of the year, but especially at Christmas. The wonderful cocktail of colours brightens homes of all styles, from traditional to contemporary and can include an abundance of festive decorations or none at all and still look in keeping with the time of year.
Think along the lines [...]
Christmas Indulgences 1: Rich Pickings
December 12, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
This week we’re going to share some wonder Christmas indulgences with you inspired by food and drinks, along with the festive colours of gold, frankincense and myrrh. We begin in the dining room and take you back in time before Christmas had become so commercialised. A time when the festive table indulgences consisted of home-made [...]
Festive Interior Design Decoration Ideas 7: Scandinavian Style
December 4, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
Today we head off to Scandinavia and take inspiration from our neighbours who are so clever at decorating their homes using a minimalistic approach to create stunning interiors. As we know white is the base colour for most Scandinavian rooms and what better colour to work with as it gives you a blank canvass on [...]
Festive Interior Design Decoration Ideas 6: Inspired by Nature
December 3, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
In this post we’re going to take a look at festive interior design decorations inspired by nature – not an artificial tree, tinsel or bauble in sight! This style of decoration is perfect for those of you who want to opt out of the commercial side of the festive season, but still want to add [...]
