Its all about Balance- Decorating with Vertigo
August 21, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
Reminiscent of the sharp geometric wallpaper designs of the 1940s and 50s, the Vertigo range is a perfect fabric choice for the increasingly popular eclectic design style which tastefully and skilfully incorporates a broad mix of nostalgia, contemporary design and design classics. The colour range perfectly complements the retro angular style, including lots of daring [...]
Good Things Don’t Have to Come to an End
July 31, 2009 by katie.barrett · View Comments
As with fashion; some things within the history of interior design should remain tucked away in people’s distant memories. Some things however should be held high and mighty to stand the test of time. Some classics such as the Chesterfield, chandelier and rocking chair have been consistently modernised and bought to life decade after decade. [...]
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. [...]
Balance Shelving
June 22, 2009 by katie.barrett · View Comments
Whether it is one floating shelf or a wall of bookcases nearly every house requires some element of shelving. For many, however, shelving is seen as an over practical piece of furniture destined to be unattractive, cluttered and domineering. This however does not have to be the case. Created by design genius Sir Terrance Conran [...]
Mod Style Décor – Mid Century Modern
February 16, 2009 by katie.barrett · View Comments
For every new and innovative product or style introduced in interior design there will still always be a group of people who are loyal to timeless fashions of the past whether it be the swinging sixties or flower power seventies. Sitting at the cross roads between the contemporary and the retro; mod style introduces and [...]
Fashionable 40’s Decor
February 13, 2009 by kelly.duggan · View Comments
Nothing ever really goes out of style; it merely stops being the fashion. That is until it is rediscovered, dusted off and introduced again years later with a modern twist. Nothing could demonstrate this quite like interior trends, and in this case the Fashionable 40s.
Although half of this decade was disturbed by war time, there [...]
Items of Desire- The Work of Roy Lichtenstein
January 15, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
With retro style at an all time high, the demand for wall art to match the sixties furniture remakes has soared. Andy Warhol is the obvious name to drop when looking for such work but if you want to remain one step ahead of the crowd why not bag yourself some reprints by the [...]
Sideboards- Where Have You Been?!
January 5, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
A sideboard is the perfect way to add that luxurious feel to an empty hallway, dining room or living room. Not only are they decorative extremely versatile in terms of where they may be used but they are also amazingly practical and functional, providing lots of drawer and cupboard space. For a long time the [...]
Redemption For The Decade Fashion Forgot
December 10, 2008 by james.brennan · View Comments
To the sane minded the 1980’s was a period of time that fashion didn’t just forget but actually never met- a particularly bad hair day or dodgy photograph we want to hide at the bottom of the pile. The follicle sin against mankind that was the Perm was huge- and women’s hairstyles were no [...]
Objects of Desire
November 25, 2008 by james.brennan · View Comments
During the 1950’s, enterprising furniture companies began to forge productive and long lasting partnerships with the leading designers of the day. In the USA one company stood out above all others: Herman Miller. Their relationship with Charles and Ray Eames –two of the greatest designers in American history- would lead to the creation and production [...]
