Design for Busy People – Decorating in a Weekend
October 13, 2009 by katie.barrett · View Comments
When balancing work, children, friends, family and household chores the prospect of decorating can be all too much. The upheaval, mess, work and energy involved with decorating adds extra chaos to your already jam packed lives. Contrary to popular belief, however, decorating can be a relatively quick and moderately disruptive process that can be completed [...]
Roman Blinds- Simples!
September 2, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
Roman blinds really are the plug-and-play window dressing- the blind for the modern lifestyle where you really do just choose your fabric and off you go! Possibly the most difficult part of the process, from entering the home furnishings store to drawing your new blinds to a close, is the choosing of the fabric – [...]
Japanese Themed Interiors
June 26, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
Oriental design is based on principles of serenity and relaxation, with Japanese design in particular being recognizable for its warmth, charm and simplicity. What this means for any homeowner wanting to add a little Japanese flavour to their rooms is that it is actually a very simple thing to do- requiring just one or two [...]
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. [...]
How to Sell Your Home
June 8, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
If you are about to brave the current home sales ice age by putting your house on the market, the thought of DIY is probably the last thing on your mind. But what if I was to tell you that now is in fact the perfect time to do some decorating. While the idea of [...]
Dare to Be Different
May 29, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
Though the housing boom of the last decade has been a great thing for many people, it has undoubtedly had a negative effect on the way we look at our homes and more specifically, the way we decorate them.
The problems started when we started viewing our houses as investments and ways to make a [...]
Finding Inspiration
March 28, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
Design is all about inspiration. An architect or designer without it is like an artist without a muse- he is lost. During the Georgian period of British architecture, people would embark on pilgrimages lasting for years and taking them to every corner of the globe, such was the importance placed on being inspired. Of course [...]
The Best Interior Design Magazines
March 8, 2009 by kelly.duggan · View Comments
On meandering into my local bookstore the other day, I was astonished by the selection of Interior Design Magazines available. Racks and racks as far as the eye could see…..well, there was one rack, a big one…and it was full! I counted thirty plus different magazine titles, some explaining bathrooms, some kitchens, there was one [...]
Outlined & Outlawed- A Guide to Stencilling
January 27, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
While some people don’t see stencilling as the most refined way to decorate walls, when done well it is an art form in its own right, capable of creating the most amazing effects. Stencilling is a great way to add interest and movement to a space without the need for re-doing the entire surface of [...]
Put a Cork in it!
January 12, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
Cork board is a wonderfully versatile and adaptable material for the home that is easy to work with, inexpensive and sustainable and therefore environmentally and economically friendly.
Cork board is a hugely handy material when you are decorating the kids’ bedrooms. Children are fickle creatures, what they like one minute, they loathe the next. This [...]
