New Colours for Summer 7: Hot Pink
June 19, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
You do not necessarily have to adorn everything in bright pink as you often run the risk of creating a girlie, almost childish appearance but when done with creativity, you can create an appearance of sophistication throughout any room in the house.
Pink is actually a wonderful colour to use in the living room and contrasts [...]
Living Room Decorating Trends 5: Personalising Your Home
April 1, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
Interior designers will have ideas of their own about your space, but if you were to hire a professional, they would try to include your family’s personality into the space. While designer living rooms are for those that want to impress, there are some families that have a difficult time separating the multiple functions a [...]
Bedroom Decorating Ideas 3: Hot Pink Curtains Hang in Trendy Girls’ Bedrooms!
February 9, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
Today’s post is all about young girls and in particular those who like to be at the forefront of all this fashionable and on-trend! Read on to get some great ideas…
Pink curtains are making a come-back in trendy girls’ bedrooms. Pink curtains are once again “cool” for girls showing their feminine side. Pink curtains no [...]
Pondering Over Pastels: Pastel Pinks
January 25, 2011 by Helen Green · View Comments
Now that we have got you interested in how beautiful pastels can make a real impact on your home,
today we’re going to focus our attentions on using pinks – before you scream ‘No!- not pink!’ don’t
forget that there are many different shades and hues of pink even within the pastel colour ranges.
Pastel pink can be [...]
New Years Resolutions 4: I Will Find My Colour Palette!
December 23, 2010 by Helen Green · View Comments
With the advice on colour given below, you can easily accomplish the resolution of finding your true home colour palette. Planning is the first major task and for this you will need one of the most indispensable tools of every interior designer – a mood-board. A mood-board will record your developments and interior design ideas, [...]
Last Minute Christmas 2: Choose Your Christmas Style
December 7, 2010 by Helen Green · View Comments
Us last minute Christmas folks are of quite a high number – we are about equal though, to those who breeze through their Christmas planning and have everything complete in the first week of December (if not before). It is this breed of Christmas folk that find decorating and choosing a festive style a real [...]
Unstoppable Colour Trend Grey 5 – In The Dining Room
October 29, 2010 by Helen Green · View Comments
With party season upon us, there will be a lot of talk on dressing up dining rooms and we will certainly be joining in on the banter – just you wait! For the time being, get your dining room décor fix together with this years unstoppable colour trend grey. I am absolutely loving grey dining [...]
Contemporary Interiors 4 – Black Is Black In The Bathroom
August 12, 2010 by Helen Green · View Comments
In contemporary interiors, designers are trying to lift the old clichés in bathrooms by playing around with black – an interesting alternative to white. You might have seen the evidence of this already in modern hotel suites and interior design ideas on the web. Black might not be the first colour you think of when [...]
Top Interior Design Tips For August – Using Summer Colours
August 5, 2010 by Helen Green · View Comments
A change of colour can do wonderful things to your home interior and changing colour schemes with the seasons is a great way to alter the mood and atmosphere of a room. Summer colours are light – white, pastels and sherbet tones for example. Brights are also seen as a good accent for the summer [...]
A Room With A View 7: A Room With A View From A City Apartment
July 18, 2010 by Helen Green · View Comments
How are things looking outside of your window? It is likely to be busy down below in the heaving city – come day or night. You might have to put up with the chaos unfolding out of your city apartment – busy street markets, impatient taxi drivers making use of their car horns, groups of [...]
