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 [...]
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 [...]
Summer’s New Looks 1: Living Rooms
May 7, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Spring is here and summer is only just around the corner, it is perhaps the time of year that most English people enjoy, summer is the time that we all look forward to, and want to make the most of. If you are considering decorating your living room, then you will not have to do [...]
Home Office Interior Ideas 4: Maximising Light
May 1, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
When it comes to working in an office, there is nothing better than making the place feel like home. Yet one thing infinitely better than that, is to actually have your own home office! While a lot of people do not have the luxury of being able to work from home in their own home [...]
Home Office Interior Ideas 2: Using Wood
April 25, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Your home office needs to be a space that is uniquely your own. By tailoring it to your exact needs and requirements – you can be sure to have your perfect work space. However you need to look beyond just the pure functionality of the room. After all, a home office has many advantages over [...]
The Glamorous Side Of Pink 5: Hot Pink Dining Rooms
January 21, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Let us be honest now – if you are going to use pink in the dining room, you might as well go for full impact with a hot pink! These following dining rooms show you how to be brave when it comes to using colour and not forgetting that there is an emphasis on glamour [...]
Man Up! Masculine Décor 3: Lounges & Dark, Rich Colours
December 31, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
In terms of colour, masculine details are achieved through the use of dark, rich palettes; think black, browns, deep shades of blue and purple. To be fair though, every hue on the colour wheel has a dark and rich tone – even yellow can be masculine with a mustard tone or a very earthy orange [...]
Man Up! Masculine Décor 2: Bathrooms & Natural Materials
December 28, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
It is the natural materials of wood, stone and other organic fibres that symbolise the outdoors and rustic living; which in turn have a link with masculine décor. This relationship with nature can be used throughout the home; let us take a look at the use of natural materials in bathrooms, resulting in a timeless [...]