Cosy, Winter Interior Design Ideas 5: Hot Chocolate
October 28, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
What could be nicer than snuggling up with a steaming mug of hot chocolate to bring a warm glow to your face? Well, if you love hot chocolate then why not use it as a colour inspiration for your décor. Chocolate brown is ideal for using in any room in your home. So that it [...]
Cosy, Winter Interior Design Ideas 1: Pile on the Plaid
October 24, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
This winter’s interior design styles are all about mixing colours with natural materials and fabrics to make your home feel cosy and warm. Today we’re going to take a look at using tartans and plaids in all styles of homes.
Use plaids and tartan fabrics for upholstery and window dressing, if you use tartans which have [...]
Timeless Interior Design Themes 4: Country
October 20, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
The key feature of this interior design style is cosy, lived-in comfort, with an emphasis on the use of natural materials, hand-crafted or home-made soft furnishings and accessories, along with a time-worn natural look on furniture.
Shapes:
Soft natural shapes can be used in furnishings and furniture. Cane and hand woven cane chairs or rustic wooden furniture [...]
Add a Touch of Sparkle to your Guest-room
October 14, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
Make your guests feel special by adding a touch of sparkle to their bedroom. You don’t have to go way over the top, but you can add the all important finishing touches to make them feel welcome in your home.
Floors:
Fitted carpets typically reign supreme when it comes to the choice of flooring in guest-rooms. Add [...]
Add a Touch of Sparkle to your Bedroom
October 12, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
In today’s post we’re going to take a brief look at ways you can bring add a touch of sparkle to your bedroom. As many people spend a vast majority of their leisure time in their bedroom adding sparkle is a good way of inexpensively bringing it up to date and giving it a trendy [...]
Interior Design Inspired by a Cocktail of Colours 5: Black Velvet
October 7, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
This cocktail can be made in two different ways – the original is made from stout and champagne or there’s a ‘poor man’s Black Velvet which replaces the champagne with apple cider or perry. The art of this serving either version correctly is to have the bottom layer of champagne or cider with the stout [...]
Interior Design Inspired by a Cocktail of Colours 4: Harvey Wallbanger with a Twist
October 6, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
This popular fruity cocktail packs a real punch with a combination of Vodka, Galliano, orange juice, served on the rocks (ice) and garnished with a twist of orange. Invented in 1952 this cocktail enables you to use an eclectic style of interior design, combining the wonderful vibrant colour with a touch of retro which [...]
Orange Interior Design Ideas & Tips
July 31, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
Orange is typically a very rarely used colour when it comes to interior design. Part of the reason for this is that it simply can be very garish and overwhelming when too bright. On the other hand, dark oranges can look washed out or even dirty – making a room look gloomy or lifeless. This [...]
Yellow Interior Design Ideas & Tips
July 29, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
Yellow is an incredibly popular colour, both in nature and in interior design. One of the first things we think about that is yellow is the Sun, with its blazing radiance. It is also a very common sight in nature, both in flora and fauna. Using yellows when decorating a room, or entire home, is [...]
Blue Interior Design Ideas & Tips
July 28, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
Blue is one of the cool colours and it works well with orange, yellow or red – orange is especially common. So much so that a combination of orange and blue is one of the ’secrets’ of art, especially recently in the film industry. If you look out for it you will notice it all [...]
