April 2010
Bring A Touch Of Spring To Your Windows – Part 5 – Graceful Voile Curtains
April 29, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Metallics are amongst this year’s hottest interior design trends. Using the lighter metallic colours such as silver and light pewter provide chic colour scheme which enhance natural light beautifully.
These light colours are ideal for coordinating with white to make a room feel light and airy. Large windows look refined and elegant when dressed with full [...]
Bring A Touch Of Spring To Your Windows – Part 4 – Using Cool Colours
April 26, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
It isn’t only lounge windows that can benefit from having a fresh spring look, as children, especially young teenagers, spend a large proportion of our their time in their bedrooms these can also be decorated to reflect spring.
As the warmer weather approaches and hopefully warm and sultry nights arrives it can be difficult to get [...]
Bring A Touch Of Spring To Your Windows – Part 3 – Adding Vibrancy
April 23, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
We typically associate spring and summer with bold, bright colours which radiate warmth and cheerfulness.
There are many colour combinations which represent spring and summer, however if you’re not into yellow, the usual spring colour, why not bring your home alive with bursts of citrus orange to take into right through spring and into summer?
Use different [...]
Bring A Touch Of Spring To Your Windows – Part 2 – Natural Beauty
April 20, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Neutral shades and tones create a beautiful natural palette from which to base your interior design. They look stunning on their own or can be used as the backdrop for adding injections of an accent colour if you wish.
As we saw in the last post green is the colour that is predominately associated with spring, [...]
Bring A Touch Of Spring To Your Windows – Part 1 – Playing With Pattern
April 17, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Pattern plays a fundamental part of creating successful interiors. Whether you opt for big bold patterns or more subdued ones, there are patterns all around our homes whether they are put there intentionally or simply occur due to light filtering through curtains and making shadow patterns on the walls, furnishings or floor.
This year big bold [...]
Sharing Designs Styles – Lounge – Bedroom
April 14, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
The age of having an extra bed built into a sofa for unexpected guests, or if you’re lacking a spare room, is not a new conception. In fact many bed-sit rooms have sofa-beds to make the most of space.
What is new is the acceptance of having a sofa-bed or a bed which can be discreetly [...]
Sharing Designs – Open Plan Living
April 11, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
The concept of open plan living continues to be a popular way to enjoy modern lifestyles, providing ample space for family living and whilst many believe that the changes aren’t always the best ways to live, a good example being the decline in the number of families who sit down around a dining room table [...]
Sharing Design Styles – Bedrooms – Bathrooms
April 8, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
One of the hottest contemporary interior design styles is to have a bath or bathroom incorporated within the master bedroom.
This very stylish interior style is not for the shy or the faint hearted! Whilst having a hand basin in a bedroom is nothing new, think back to the days of B&B hotel before everyone insisted [...]
Sharing Design Styles – Lounge – Diners
April 6, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Many of today’s modern home maximise space by having large lounge-diners rather than two separate rooms. Older styled homes are also made to appear larger and maximise space by knocking down the wall between the lounge and the dining room. However, if you do want to do this make sure you’re not knocking down a [...]
Sharing Design Styles – Kitchen-Diners
April 3, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Many people have homes where two rooms are made into one, such as kitchen-diners. This is not a new trend but it does continue to be a popular way to make the most of available space in modern homes.
On the other hand people who live in older styled homes also undertake major re-designing and knock [...]
