Kitchen Window Dressing Inspirations 10: Country Charm
January 31, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
In our last post of this mini-series on kitchen window inspirations we take a look at country charm and a more traditional style of window dress which suits this style of home down to a T.
Option 1: Curtains:
Country cottage or larger country homes are suited to floral chintz curtain fabrics and standard styles of ready [...]
Kitchen Window Dressing Inspirations 8: Bistro
January 25, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
Most of adore the little bistro styled cafés we see on our holiday – with home-made food and welcoming atmospheres it’s a great idea to emulate this style of kitchen window dressing to bring a quaint touch to our windows which is practical, functional and very stylish. Today we take a look at bistro styled [...]
Kitchen Window Dressing Inspirations 3: Casually Chic
January 10, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
Today we turn our attention to casual window dressings. Sometimes you don’t need anything too complicated or overly fussy to dress your kitchen windows. We remember that ‘more is less’ and more often than not the simpler things in life speak for themselves in terms of chic styling. Casual kitchens are those that automatically make [...]
2012 Trends for Window Dressings 5: On-trend Brights
December 29, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
For this post we’re going to turn our focus onto using brightly coloured blinds! Gone are the days when you could only get blinds in white, cream or wood – not that there’s anything wrong with these colours, far from it sometimes they are the colours which are most suitable for a room; however, brightly [...]
Practical Window Dressings 5: Kitchens
December 11, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Kitchen have a slightly different agenda when it comes to choosing a practical window dressing. They need not only to be practical and easy to open and close, they also need to made from materials which can withstand the daily rigours of kitchens.
As the vast majority of kitchen windows are above the sink they need [...]
Practical Window Dressings 3: Dining Rooms
December 8, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
It can’t be emphasised enough that a window dressing has to suit the style of your home as well as your interior design style and colour scheme. You have some great choices available to you for dressing dining room windows, however, if you also have patio or French doors in your dining room it would [...]
Practical Window Dressings 2: Children’s Rooms
December 5, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Our attention turns to children’s room today, as we take a look at suitable window dressings from tots to teens. Safety is a major part of choosing a tot’s or young child’s room, over the last few years there has been some controversy over the use of blinds in children’s room due to the risk [...]
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 [...]
