The Dining Room Colour Scheme
October 8, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
Bored with your plain white dinner service that seemed like a good, sensible idea at the time? Are you tired of being so level-headed and want to inject some serious fun and colour to your dinner times? Use this helpful colour guide to create just right mood for your next dinner party or indeed any [...]
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 [...]
Sophisticated and Modern Dressings for Bay Windows
September 13, 2009 by katie.barrett · View Comments
Bay windows offer a unique expanse of window to maximise the feeling of light and space within a room. Their unique shape creates a natural focal point and a beautiful area for seating, dressing tables or a simple console table. Although a charming feature in any home, difficulties do arise when looking to dress the [...]
Incorporating Bright and Bold Curtains Into Your Designs
September 11, 2009 by katie.barrett · View Comments
Just as bright and whacky neon has hit the fashion catwalk this summer, gone too are the days of safe and subtle cream and coffee interiors. In stark contrast, we have reverted to bold, bright and abstract colours and patterns inspired by the retro sixties and seventies and eastern design. However refreshing this new daring [...]
Modern Touches
August 25, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
We constantly talk about the kitchen being the hub of the home but c’mon now, the living room has the comfiest seats and is also where the TV is for Pete’s sake! If yours had a fridge in I’m willing to bet you’d convert the kitchen into guest bedroom or start parking your car there. [...]
Use bold colours to liven up your neutral living space
August 7, 2009 by kelly.duggan · View Comments
Go on, be bold! You’re looking at the neutral tones in your home and wondering how you can add a little sparkle and reflect your own personality. Use your creativity with colours and you can transform your tired, neutral room into a different space altogether!
Vibrant colours are big business in interior design at the moment [...]
Del Monte Orange or Seventies Settee Beige?
August 3, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
With every new range of increasingly ridiculously named paint that hits the shelves of our DIY stores, the (should be) simple task of choosing tin in a colour you like becomes ever more difficult. If you have attempted to do this lately, you will know exactly what I mean. Those geniuses in marketing no longer [...]
Making Colour Work
July 24, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
Using bright, bold colour has long been a way to make a room interesting and full of life. But doing it the wrong way can really cause a problem if you don’t know how to match them together. Follow these colour-decorating tips to get a colourful space that will leave guests envious of your surroundings.
Accents
Bright [...]
Design Legend – Rose Cumming
March 10, 2009 by katie.barrett · View Comments
“In real decorating, there are no precedents.”
Throughout the last decade we have seen a massive resurgence of bold and vibrant pattern within both fashion and interior design. The use of reds, oranges, purples and pinks alongside damasks, botanical and abstract pattern is a far cry from the fashions of ten years ago where all was [...]
Childrens Bedrooms on a Budget
February 17, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
Your children’s room is more than just a place where they lay their heads at night. It’s a place that they can call their own and from one day to next, can be anything from a pirate’s layer to princess’s castle. Decorating your kids bedrooms needn’t cost the earth- such strong imaginations really do [...]
