Autumn Decorating Preview 2 – New Colour Trends
August 31, 2010 by Helen Green · Leave a Comment
A new season is a great opportunity to change the colour scheme in your home and to help transform the mood within each room. With autumn on the horizon, now is a good time to start thinking about the possibilities of colour change and to look at the hues that will set the scene in [...]
Mission Possible 4 – To Update Your Home Office On A Budget
August 26, 2010 by Helen Green · Leave a Comment
Special Agent TF, your mission is to update our home office on a budget. After spending a large bulk of our decorating funds on every other room in the house – our home office has been left until last and we must find budget ideas all the way!
Creative Ideas For Displaying Reminders and To-Dos – [...]
Top Interior Design Tips For August – Using Summer Colours
August 5, 2010 by Helen Green · Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Keeping Up Appearances 3 – Sleek and Shiny Living Spaces
July 28, 2010 by Helen Green · Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Broaden Your Horizons – Part 6 – Be Inventive In The Study
June 26, 2010 by Helen Green · Leave a Comment
Not everyone has a designated study room and not everyone needs a dedicated study room. What about those of you who do? Studies don’t get half as much attention to detail as other rooms in the house and for those of us who rely on our study to inspire or spark creativity – it is [...]
Boxing Day Celebrations
December 26, 2009 by Helen Green · Leave a Comment
It’s finally over for another year and Christmas is now done and dusted. Boxing day is a day to recover from eating too much and perhaps having one to many glasses of wine! It’s also another perfect opportunity to spend time with the family. You could also choose to ‘brave’ the Boxing Day sales, which [...]
Preparing For The Festive Season – Dining Rooms Part 1
December 2, 2009 by Helen Green · Leave a Comment
Preparing your dining room ready for the festive season can begin, now by thinking of the overall ambience, colour and style you are going to want to bring to your festive table.
The traditional festive season colours are red and green, which is fine if you have green or red curtains in your dining room as [...]
Preparing For The Festive Season Lounges Part 1
December 1, 2009 by Helen Green · Leave a Comment
Although many people will be putting up their festive decorations today take a minute to stop and think about how you can arrange furniture to accommodate the people who are spending the holidays with you.
A table placed at the back of a sofa is a great idea as you can use it to put out [...]
Make the Best Use of Lighting in Your Home
October 18, 2009 by katie.barrett · Leave a Comment
Often ignored or unconsidered lighting has a huge effect on the appearance, atmosphere and look of a room. The distribution, intensity and style of lighting can make a room feel bright and spacious or cosy and romantic. Consequently it is advised that when designing a room or changing a furniture layout you consider the supply [...]
The Perfect Guestroom
September 30, 2009 by james.brennan · Leave a Comment
Have you ever noticed how most of us love playing host but generally don’t like being guests quite as much? The reason? Guest bedrooms! In our own homes we get the best of both worlds- no travelling, a night with our friends or family, food and music WE like and at the end of it [...]
