Personality Counts
September 27, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
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 [...]
Make A Point – Introduce a key colour to pull a room together
July 26, 2009 by katie.barrett · View Comments
Whether you have a traditional or contemporary home the importance and effect of colour within your interior design is equally important. From passionate reds and purples to calming greens and blues people use colour to create mood, atmosphere, character and interest. Unless experienced at working with colour many people are apprehensive about this area of [...]
How to Co-ordinate Colours within Your Bathroom
July 25, 2009 by katie.barrett · View Comments
The bathroom is one of the most practical rooms in the house generally crammed to the rafters with appliances and storage. However fundamental and necessary these elements are this practical streak of a bathroom should not mean it can not also be attractive and reflective of your personality. Because of the bland and neutral range [...]
Accessorise to Maximize
June 30, 2009 by katie.barrett · View Comments
The Eye is in the Detail’: a saying that sits very true to the principles of interior design. From simply taking the time to ensure the elements within the room all coordinate to adding small additions such as napkin rings, door knobs and candles to finalise and round off your design scheme. Whatever your design [...]
Outside Inside – Bring the Outdoors into Your Home
June 28, 2009 by katie.barrett · View Comments
As the heat rises and the weather gradually improves people begin to drawer back their curtains and welcome in the outdoors. This summer why not make this a permanent move and bring some long term outdoor themes in to your home. From a vase of flowers to a complete design scheme this article takes you [...]
Thrift Chic!
June 23, 2009 by katie.barrett · View Comments
It does not need to be said that over the last six months to a year our purse strings have got gradually tighter as warnings of falling house prices, redundancies and hard to attain credit surround us. This has touched every part of our lives from the supermarket to utility bills to holidays to savings. [...]
Ethical Living – Fairtrade Products for the Home
June 17, 2009 by katie.barrett · View Comments
From Greenpeace to Gordon Brown there is an increasing awareness and drive towards a fairer and more sustainable way of living. This has seen an abundance of campaigns, new legislation and products being introduced claiming to help us live a greener and more ethical lifestyle. One area which has seen a particular surge is [...]
Size Matters – Making the most of property downsizing
May 26, 2009 by katie.barrett · View Comments
Whether for economical, practical or personal reasons there will come a time in everyone’s lives where they downsize from a large property to apartment, bungalow or smaller house. Although this is likely to save you money and maintenance time, stress can be caused when set with the challenge of trying to reduce or constrain your [...]
Not So Mellow Yellow
May 12, 2009 by katie.barrett · View Comments
It is well known that trends in interior design move closely inline with all that’s fashionable on the catwalk. This season we have seen an influx of bright vibrant colours and bold eighties style patterns and shapes. Similarly, within interior design, flashes of vivid colours are seen in furniture and accessories for kitchens, living rooms [...]
Stylish Kitchen Accessory Designs
March 17, 2009 by katie.barrett · View Comments
Whether you have recently renovated your kitchen units or are simply looking to update your current set, purchasing a contemporary or simply stylish range of kitchen accessories can be an economical and highly effective way to add some design wow to the room. From a modest coordinating set of cutlery to a complete set of [...]
