Stripes, Spots, Sunflowers or Stars – How to Decorate Your Room Using Pattern
October 21, 2009 by katie.barrett · View Comments
From a beautiful forest to a bustling supermarket pattern is everywhere we look. Whether it is the soft veins along a long leaf or the checkerboard of vinyl tiles the forms, lines and variation in colour of a pattern are often what gives an object or area interest, texture and its identity. When it comes [...]
Design for Busy People – Decorating in a Weekend
October 13, 2009 by katie.barrett · View Comments
When balancing work, children, friends, family and household chores the prospect of decorating can be all too much. The upheaval, mess, work and energy involved with decorating adds extra chaos to your already jam packed lives. Contrary to popular belief, however, decorating can be a relatively quick and moderately disruptive process that can be completed [...]
Get Back to Nature with Floral Patterned Curtains
September 10, 2009 by katie.barrett · View Comments
Floral or botanical inspired patterns have been a regular and much loved feature in design, fashion and interiors for hundreds of years. Their graceful yet exciting forms and beautiful array of colours lend themselves perfectly to decoration and have been modified and adapted throughout the years to suit the latest tastes and fashions. During the [...]
Wonder Walls
July 18, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
Dating back to the ancient Chinese who invented paper, wallpaper had humble beginnings as simple rice paper sheets. During the middle ages in Europe, small but colourful sheets of paper were popular with royal courts and lead to the founding of paperhanger guilds. By the 1700’s London had become the hub of wallpaper fashion, eventually [...]
A Va Va Vooom Room.
July 12, 2009 by kelly.duggan · View Comments
Everybody wants something in their home to make others go ‘wow’. Something different to give real visual excitement to your room and with the current trends around there is many ways that this can be achieved.
Colour is probably the first thing that many people notice in a room. With trend currently being in favour [...]
Colourful Credit Crunch
June 24, 2009 by kelly.duggan · View Comments
2009 will always be remembered as the year of the mighty Credit Crunch, and in the interior world as the year of the colours. Although these may seem unlinked they are actually quite synonymous. This year is the year of staying in, and the living room has become the place to be, grab the [...]
Absolutely Timeless
June 18, 2009 by james.brennan · View Comments
When brand strategist Mark Hampshire and designer Keith Stevenson came together to form Absolute Zero, they did so with very little fanfare, six years on and it’s a very different story. Ever since the release of their, now classic, “Swallows” wallpaper catapulted the company into the limelight, this jack of all trades design partnership has [...]
Get Spring in Your Step – Fabulous Floral Finishes
June 5, 2009 by katie.barrett · View Comments
Floral no longer has to mean chintzy. Floral no longer has to mean drab. Floral is now in fact a very contemporary and fashionable addition to your design scheme. The key to introducing floral effectively however is placement and scale. From a small cushion to complete lounge suite this article takes you through when [...]
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 [...]
Featured Colour Combo – Yellow and Black
April 22, 2009 by katie.barrett · View Comments
As the sunshine slowly but surely shows its face and the British nation builds its hope for a good summer; citrus colours such as yellow and lime are being launched as hot trend for interior design this spring 2009. Whether it’s a bright buttercup yellow or softer lemon sorbet, yellow brings an energetic, fresh, clean [...]
