How to Use Tangerine Tango in Your Child’s Bedroom
January 15, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
You may not fancy orange in your bedroom, however, it’s a great colour choice for a child’s bedroom – bridging the gap between stereotypical pink for girls and blue for boys very nicely. This bold, vibrant colour offers a cheerful bedroom which has a natural warmth and glow, furthermore it can be used as the [...]
How to Use Tangerine Tango in Your Living Room
January 10, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
Today we’re going to jump straight in with ways to use tangerine tango (orange) in your living room. This bold colour is the ideal contrast to natural wood tones and creams in all styles of homes. If you don’t fancy going all out and painting at least one wall tangerine then use your accessories, such [...]
Interior Design 2012 Official Colour – Tangerine Tango
January 9, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
This year Pantone has given Tangerine Tango the thumbs up for colour of the year. Bright orange certainly packs a punch to brighten up our homes, so we thought we’d share with you some ideas on how to use this colour in your home.
Those of you who love retro will be delighted to see this [...]
Be a 2012 Trendsetter – Use Colour Blocking
January 7, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
This interior designer concept isn’t new; people have been successfully using it for many years, however, some interior designers forecast that this year it will see a revival as an effective way to add splashes of colour into our homes, particularly for those who don’t like patterns per-say.
You can use colour blocking in any room [...]
Be a 2012 Trendsetter – Use Various Window Dressing Styles
January 6, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
In the olden days, sheer fabrics on the windows were considered taboo mainly because these were the equivalent of flaunting sheer lingerie in public at a time when women dressed in dress with long hemlines and sleeves! Fortunately, we live in a time when barely-there lingerie and bikinis worn in public places is a commonplace [...]
Be a 2012 Trendsetter – Tie It Up
January 5, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
Nowadays, home owners are smarter with their money especially when it comes to matters related to interior design. It then comes as no surprise to know that home owners are willing to pay top dollar for good-quality window treatments considering that windows can make or break the ambience in a room.
Instead of straight lines borne [...]
Be a 2012 Trendsetter – Travel Back in Time
January 4, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
Who says that trends in interior design must always look forward to the future? You will observe that the last trend for 2012 actually looked backwards in time. In this vein, the most popular trends in window treatments are:
• Colonial – Blinds and shutters are the dominant features with fabrics like lace and other sheer [...]
Be a 2012 Trendsetter – Play with Damask
January 3, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
Being a trendsetter also means playing with ideas that others have overlooked. Be the trendsetter in your circle of friends by playing with unconventional fabrics as well as by using non-traditional methods of hanging these fabrics on the windows.
The most innovative use of unconventional fabrics in window treatment relate to damask. It is a luxurious [...]
Wonder Walls
July 18, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
Dating back to the ancient Chinese who invented paper, wallpaper had humble beginnings as simple rice paper sheets. During the middle ages in Europe, small but colourful sheets of paper were popular with royal courts and lead to the founding of paperhanger guilds. By the 1700’s London had become the hub of wallpaper fashion, eventually [...]
