Home Living Styles – Part 3 – Retro
March 10, 2010 by Helen Green · View Comments
The retro style provides a vibrant yet soothing colour palette which is one of its key features. Popular retro colours include aqua, turquoise, mustard yellow, Coco Cola red, blue, bubble gum pink and of course black and white.
Chequer board patterns teamed with red and white motifs are timeless classics along with polished chrome, laminate surfaces, [...]
Bespoke and Beautiful – Hand Painted Wall Art
June 18, 2009 by katie.barrett · View Comments
To simply create a unique look or to create a specific design feature; commissioning a hand painted piece of wall art is an indulgent, individual and bespoke addition to your home. From a delicate border or motif to a three hundred and sixty degree mural the effect and impression this has on your design scheme [...]
Size Matters – Making the most of property downsizing
May 26, 2009 by katie.barrett · View Comments
Whether for economical, practical or personal reasons there will come a time in everyone’s lives where they downsize from a large property to apartment, bungalow or smaller house. Although this is likely to save you money and maintenance time, stress can be caused when set with the challenge of trying to reduce or constrain your [...]
Black & White, Classic Combination or Scary Nightmare?
May 25, 2009 by philippa.rowlands · View Comments
Many people are scared of using black when decorating as they think it can enclose spaces and make rooms feel smaller and darker, they are however wrong to think like this. When teamed with the right combinations it creates a classic statement and can in fact open up spaces and capture the room in a [...]
Effective Design within a Rented Property
May 18, 2009 by katie.barrett · View Comments
Especially in the volatile housing market we are currently experiencing, to many, renting is the most cost effective and beneficial way of living. Whether it is an apartment for a young professional or large family home difficulties arise when looking to add your design tastes to a rented property. Dependant on your landlord there are [...]
Not So Mellow Yellow
May 12, 2009 by katie.barrett · View Comments
It is well known that trends in interior design move closely inline with all that’s fashionable on the catwalk. This season we have seen an influx of bright vibrant colours and bold eighties style patterns and shapes. Similarly, within interior design, flashes of vivid colours are seen in furniture and accessories for kitchens, living rooms [...]
Tick Toc – It’s a Canvas Clock
April 10, 2009 by kelly.duggan · View Comments
Everybody needs a wall clock in somewhere in their home. The kitchen, to tell us when dinners done, the lounge so we know we have exactly 4 minutes and 30 seconds to make a cuppa before Corries on, and the hall clock whose sole purpose is to be sworn at daily as we rush past [...]
Rustic Spanish Style for your Home
March 12, 2009 by katie.barrett · View Comments
As the pound plummets and the idea of jetting off to distant shores becomes more of an expensive dream than an annual past time it is still possible to bring some sunshine in to your lives. From a simple lick of paint to a complete design make over why not add some fiery Spanish passion [...]
Decal-orate! The ultimate use of Wall Decals
February 16, 2009 by kelly.duggan · View Comments
STEP AWAY FROM THE STENCILS… put down that bristle brush…and relax! It doesn’t have to be like this anymore. No longer will you have to hide behind the sofa with shame as visitors cock their heads to try and untangle the mysteries of the blotted, smudged, uneven shapes adorning your walls. There are now Wall [...]
Cast Iron and Its Uses in the Home
February 6, 2009 by katie.barrett · View Comments
Cast Iron is an alloy produced by pouring molten iron in to moulds. Because of the production process this metal is an extremely brittle, hard and strong material with exceptional ability to hold and transfer heat and is available in the most intricate and beautiful styles. These hard wearing properties have meant that cast iron [...]
