Spring Interior Design Ideas for Bedrooms: Colour Block
January 31, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
For today’s bedroom inspiration we turn our attention is to using blocks of colours. This interior design trend has been around for many years, and this year it is forecast to become one of the biggest trends. It’s easy to achieve and you don’t even have the problem of trying to coordinate colours. Big and [...]
Interior Design Ideas: Enter the Dragon into Your Guest Room
January 29, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
In our final post celebrating the Chinese Year if the Black Water Dragon we turn our attentions to guest rooms. Sometimes these rooms can be lacking identity and purpose as it’s all too easy to turn a guest room into a dumping ground for anything which doesn’t have storage space or needs to be hidden [...]
Interior Design Ideas: Enter the Dragon into Your Bathroom
January 28, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
Spa experience bathrooms are changing the way we view our bathrooms. Today the humble bathroom isn’t a cold and dingy room that’s solely used for washing and bathing – bathrooms have been transformed into havens of peace and tranquillity in which we can relax and unwind at the end of the day, as well as [...]
Interior Design Ideas: Enter the Dragon into Your Dining Room
January 25, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
It has to be said that many Chinese adore antiques, especially in their dining room. Ornate dining room tables and chairs, along with sideboards and cupboards are much sort after, along with antique diner services, plates etc. Many of the genuine Chinese antiques command very high prices, as such the revival of antiques has gathered [...]
Interior Design Ideas: Enter the Dragon into Your Living Room
January 24, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
Today we take a look at ways to bring a touch of the orient into your living room. As we discussed yesterday the colour scheme for the Year of the Black Water Dragon is predominately oceanic blues and greens, red, black and gold, with stripes to create dynamic interiors that will suit all styles of [...]
Turning Over a New Leaf in Home Office Interior Design
January 22, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
To end this mini-series we’re going to include home offices as they have become an integral part of many people’s homes. You may not have a room dedicated to being a home office, however, you can turn over a new leaf this year but making your office corner or space looks like a planned and [...]
Turning Over a New Leaf in Bathroom Interior Design
January 20, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
This year bathrooms are seeing the continuation of space saving ideas and cost efficiency. Bathrooms are also continuing to lean towards a personal spa experience rather than just a place to wash and clean your teeth.
Colours Inspired by Nature:
Light colours which reflect the natural light are ideal for bathrooms with hints of leafy green, or [...]
Turning Over a New Leaf in Living Room Interior Design
January 17, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
As we saw in yesterday’s post turning over a new leaf encompasses a number of different interior design aspects and concepts. Today we turn our attention to living rooms and offer interior design ideas that you can include in your living room to bring it up to date.
Colours Inspired by Nature:
Earth tones remain on trend [...]
How to Use Tangerine Tango in Your Dining Room
January 11, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
Today we focus on using orange in the dining room. This rich, warm yet vibrant colour is ideal for stimulating taste buds as well as interior design. You can adopt a 1980’s revival approach and recover dining chairs in a zesty orange to add impact to the room. If this all seems too much splashed [...]
How to Use Tangerine Tango in Your Living Room
January 10, 2012 by Helen Green · View Comments
Today we’re going to jump straight in with ways to use tangerine tango (orange) in your living room. This bold colour is the ideal contrast to natural wood tones and creams in all styles of homes. If you don’t fancy going all out and painting at least one wall tangerine then use your accessories, such [...]
