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Practical Window Dressings 1: Lounges & Living Rooms
December 2, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
We’re going to be taking a look at practical window dressings, starting with lounges and living rooms – offering advice on styles, colours and the window dressing choices that are open to you.
To begin with you need to choose a window dressing which suits the style of your home and your interior design style. In [...]
Cool Attic Rooms for Kids 5: Using a Theme
November 29, 2011 by admin · 1 Comment
Having a theme is a great idea when choosing the style of a kids room. You could generalise, for example use a coastal theme or focus solely on a specific hobby, TV character etc. Throughout this mini-series we’ve focused on attic rooms which have skylight windows, however, not all attic rooms require these, many, especially [...]
Cool Attic Rooms for Kids 1: Folksy Charm
November 17, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Having the attic as a kid’s room is a great way to give them their own space which can be decorated to suit their personal style. In today’s post we’re going to take a look a folksy charm as not all kids want a theme or a stereotypical style.
Folksy charm does lean in favour of [...]
Shabby Chic Interior Designs Ideas 5: Dining Rooms
November 14, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
As we’ve seen throughout this mini-series Shabby Chic doesn’t mean clutter or shabby cheap – you have to know when to draw the line between which furniture and furnishing are acceptable and which are not. We’ve also seen that within the interior design tag of Shabby Chic there are also different approaches to how to [...]
Shabby Chic Interior Designs Ideas 1: Living Rooms
November 2, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Shabby Chic interiors are a great way to add a new look to your home without having to spend a fortune of furniture and soft furnishings. Typically Shabby Chic conjures up twee interiors, usually in white, which are filled to the brim with an eclectic mix of furnishings and paint scuffed furniture. However, to get [...]
Freshen-Up Your Bathroom on a Budget Using Black and Red
October 4, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
If you’re looking for a completely new look in your bathroom and are fed up with white then go dramatic and choose red and black colour combinations. This bathroom needs plenty of space if you’re going to pull it off successfully, as black can be gloomy and enclosing when used in small bathrooms.
Flooring:
Dark polished wood [...]
Budget Decorating Basics 4: Be A Savvy Shopper
September 1, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
We all know that times are tough and many people don’t have excess money to splash out on complete refurbishments, however, you can easily update your home simply by being a savvy shopper. In this post we’re going to take a look at 9 ways to revitalise your home with fresh new looks that don’t [...]
Tips to Furnishing an Apartment Hallway
July 4, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
In this final post of the mini-series offering ‘Tips to Furnishing an Apartment’ we’re going to look at halls and entrances. You may have your own hallway into your apartment, however there will also be a communal entrance which is decorated and maintained by a landlord or contractors if you life in an apartment block [...]
Influenced by the Catwalk 5: Safari
June 4, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
In the world of fashion design, designers have long since used the safari as a source of inspiration in the clothing they have created, and perhaps the best known clothing, whose influence you can still see today is khaki clothing. Maybe you have been lucky enough to have experienced a safari, or perhaps are about [...]
Summer’s New Looks 4:Dining Rooms
May 16, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
It doesn’t matter if the dining room in your home is a formal one, or one that sees use on a day-to-day basis. The dining room in any home is a very functional and important room, and more often than not it is used in many instances not just for eating. If you make use [...]
