Spatial planning, as it’s known in the business, has to be one of my favourite processes when redesigning a space. This stage ultimately comes after you’ve assessed and scrutinised the brief. (A rooms purpose, who is going to use it, and how). It’s brainstorming and coming up with the best solution to utilise the space to its utmost best and I love it! It’s worth investing time at this vital planning stage, and the best thing is you don’t have to…
Last weeks post Alternatives to Tiling Your Bathrooms, saw us swooning and coveting the Italian brand, Wall and Deco’s wall coverings. If you enjoyed that post, you’re in for a real treat today. In fact it’s even more swoon worthy as we talking all things Italian. Heal’s are celebrating 100 years of Italian Interior Design, and I’ve been kindly asked to tell you all about it. Not that I really needed asking! Heal’s First up, I thought you might like a little background to what has…
Bite Size Design Tip – Decorating in One Colour
March 24, 2017There’s no doubt that the Georgians were probably the best at creating the perfect homes to live in. Their success was born about by their attention to scale, proportion and symmetry. Whilst we may not all be fortunate enough to live in a Georgian property, we can utilise a popular trick of this era, and that is to choose ONE colour to paint our rooms in. So today, we are embracing this strategy to decorating our homes as it provides a simple, but effective…
#10 Ways to Add Personality To Your Bathrooms Most of us play it safe when it comes to the bathroom. The reason behind this may be to do with what we think rather than going with what our hearts desire. It’s only natural for us to get lost in our thoughts when considering redesigning our homes, from saleability, to what our friends or family may think. Or it could just be that we are scared of doing something different? Ultimately, though it often boils down to…
How are we all? If you managed to get through Dry January without a drop, well done to you!! Personally, I’ll be raising a mug or two of coffee to the arrival of February as I’m currently feeling under the weather, but still, here’s to Spring knocking at our door…… Cheers! Right, let’s get down to business with today’s post…… #Recycled Paper Lights – Sustainable Living It’s becoming easier to adopt an eco-friendly approach to decorating our homes as designers are providing us with…
Hello, readers old and new. As it’s a Wednesday that I am posting this, and for some of us the weekend can’t come fast enough, I thought I would treat us all to some lovely furniture eye candy. If you adore and appreciate great design, then you’re going to love today’s Design Crush – The Beetle Chair. Ready for some Beetle mania? The Beetle Chair, By GamFratesi For Gubi. You may have come across this elegant Beetle Chair when flicking through interior magazines such as Elle Decoration. And if…