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January 26th, 2012
All this week Marianne Shillingford, Design Director at the Dulux Design Service, has been offering her tips on detoxing your home.
Vintage is a key trend that’s been around for a while now and is set to continue to be popular over the coming seasons.
It’s a style that’s sure to appeal to the many hoarders out [...]
January 24th, 2012
Texture is a key trend for the year ahead that you may have begun noticing towards the end of 2011. Exposed brick and stone work, stripped floor boards and open beams are perfect for adding interesting texture to a room. Set off with chunky knits – throws and cushions – textured blinds – we have [...]
December 6th, 2011
Have you got a theme for your Christmas decorations this year?
Getting your home ready for Christmas sounds straightforward enough. Sort out a tree, add a few twinkly lights and a wreath plus maybe some more shiny bits dotted here and there and that’s it – nice and easy.
Of course there’s so much more to it [...]
December 1st, 2011
Advent calendars seem to have been in the shops for what seems like months now. If, like me, you’ve put off buying yours until ‘closer to the time’ you’re probably having a slight panic now because, of course, you’ve only gone and forgotten. But don’t worry! Enter our competition instead.
Every day between now and 24 [...]
November 24th, 2011
Times are increasingly hard at the moment with household budgets being squeezed to the limit. So you’re probably like me and on the lookout for money saving tips, and if these can be super stylish too, all the better!
Woodburning stoves are currently experiencing a resurgence in popularity. This is in part to do with the [...]
November 8th, 2011
Now the evenings are really drawing in and the leaves are pretty much gone from the trees, spending time indoors is fast-moving up my list of things to do! Yes, I’m not ashamed to say that one of my favourite pastimes during autumn and winter is getting warm and cosy indoors, enjoying evenings snuggled up [...]
October 31st, 2011
The clocks went back yesterday, which means even darker evenings and the feeling that winter has well and truly arrived. If you’ve not thought about it yet, now’s the time to turn your attention towards getting the inside of your home all cosy and inviting.
So where to start?
How about the walls? Choose a rich colour [...]