Using Textiles To Personalise Your Home 5: Home Office Space
February 25, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
Our home offices maybe provide some of the most confusing and conflicted design elements of our homes. The home office usually exists for more practical than desired reasons. If we work full time from home, it is quite likely it is because we work at a profession which simply allows it and thus can offer [...]
How To Get This Year’s Looks – Art Deco
February 20, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
In this least post of our mini series we’re going to take a look at a trend which never seems to go out of fashion. Although predominately a trend for last year Art Deco remains hugely popular on the interior design scene. So how do you create this gorgeous look? Read on and we’ll tell [...]
Bedroom Decorating Ideas 5: Cool Boys’ Bedrooms
February 11, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
There are some parents who tend to think more about how they will design their girls’ bedrooms than their boys’ bedrooms. This is done subconsciously, of course, based upon the notion that girls are “higher maintenance” than boys. But ‘cool boys’ bedrooms are really just as important to boys as ‘trendy girls’ bedrooms are to [...]
Bedroom Decorating Ideas 1: Tips To Choosing Mater Bedroom Curtains
February 7, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
Here at Terrys Fabrics we’re asked for ideas for the most suitable window dressings for bedrooms; so, this week we’re going to give you some interior design ideas with the emphasis being placed on window dressings. To begin this mini series we start with the master bedroom.
Your master bedroom is your room for rest, rejuvenation, [...]
Green With Envy 7: Home Offices
January 16, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
Hope you are having a wonderful Sunday…we bring our final post on Green With Envy and hand out some inspiration for going green in the home office. I think that green is a great hue for the home office as it can be both inspiring and will soothe any complex thoughts; depending on the intensity [...]
Green With Envy 5: Dining Rooms
January 14, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
Not only should you be making sure that you are eating plenty of greens, but you should be digesting some of our green dining room ideas and inspiration too! Now we know that the warm colours of red, orange and yellow are supposed to increase our appetite, but with so many green tones being inspired [...]
Last Minute Christmas 4: Speedy Christmas Accents!
December 9, 2010 by Helen Green · View Comments
Sometimes it is all in the details, a relief for those of us who just don’t have the time to complete a large-scale makeover before Christmas. We have some speedy Christmas accents for you to think over – each of them small projects that will effectively take your décor from ‘everyday’ to ‘fabulously festive’ in [...]
Keeping Up Appearances 3 – Sleek and Shiny Living Spaces
July 28, 2010 by Helen Green · View Comments
It is impressive how much textures can change the look and feel of an interior – rough or smooth, muted or sleek and shiny. If you go with sleek and shiny you have a room that is very sophisticated, a little glamorous and supremely trendy. High gloss or metals such as gold, silver, copper and [...]
Style Revival – Part 1 – 1920’s Art Deco
June 14, 2010 by Helen Green · View Comments
Art Deco was a movement that came about in the 1920’s and became an instant favourite for interior design. So loved was this decorative style that it was still seen in homes throughout the country until the 1940s. Over the seventy years, the beautiful style has seen many comebacks (particularly in the 1980’s) and for [...]
Computer Addled Design
April 27, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
The arsenal of an interior designer is an impressive and ever growing box of tricks. What once consisted of nothing more than a drawing board and a few pens now relies heavily on a multitude of CAD or Computer Aided Design packages. So whilst the kit is getting easier to carry, it now requires many [...]
