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Why choose quartz worktops for your new kitchen?

February 23, 2021 by Catherine Leave a Comment

This is a collaborative post in partnership with CRL Quartz. Are you planning on updating your kitchen?  It’s a major home project that lots of us would love to tackle, and when you do decide to take the plunge, you naturally want to get it right first time. When it comes to choosing a new kitchen, worktops are definitely a key element to prioritise. As well as performing a crucial role in your kitchen, worktops can add real wow ...

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Filed Under: Kitchen & Dining Tagged With: Interior Design, Interior trends, Interiors, Kitchen, kitchen design, Kitchen worktops, Quartz worktops

How to add character to any room with flowers

February 5, 2021 by Catherine Leave a Comment

Flowers are an easy way to brighten a place up, and they can quickly create a welcoming and warm atmosphere. If you use them in the right way, a floral arrangement can also add character to any room. We all love to use flowers to create a 'look' in venues for important events, and you can use the same principle within your home. Whether you’re looking to add a bit of colour to a room, or you'd like to highlight a specific aspect, flowers are ...

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Filed Under: Interior Design Tips Tagged With: cut flowers, Floral gifts, Flowers, Interior trends, Interiors, Top Tips

Great ways to bring more natural light into your home

November 23, 2020 by Catherine Leave a Comment

Collaborative post Does your home have enough natural light?  It’s a key element to get right in interior design, and can make all the difference to how a room feels and functions. There’s a very good reason why we all enjoy natural light.  It’s a powerful mood booster, with the ability to aid production of the happy hormone, serotonin.  Natural light also helps our bodies produce vitamin D, which in turn can help to ...

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Filed Under: Interior Design Tips Tagged With: Bifold doors, Home, Interior Design, Interior trends, Interiors, Natural Light, roof windows, Soft furnishings, Top Tips, windows

How to embrace the wall tapestry trend

November 9, 2020 by Catherine Leave a Comment

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Collaborative post When it comes to wall art, have you ever considered using a wall tapestry instead of a traditional print? If the answer is ‘no’, here’s why wall tapestries might be a great option for your home. What is a wall tapestry? When we talk about wall tapestries, you’d be forgiven for thinking of heavy, woven textiles decorating crumbling medieval homes.  But wall tapestries have come a long way. These days they’re a ...

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Filed Under: Interior Design Tips Tagged With: Home, home accessories, Interior Design, Interior trends, Interiors, Wall art, Wall tapestry

Simple ways to embrace botanical decor

November 1, 2020 by Catherine Leave a Comment

Collaborative post Have you embraced the popular botanical trend in your home decor? It’s a trend that has been around for a while now - pantone even chose greenery as their colour of the year in 2017 - and it’s not hard to see why.  Bringing the outdoors into your home is a great way to add colour, texture and interest to a room, not to mention the fact that interacting with nature can have powerful psychological benefits. If you’d ...

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Filed Under: Interior Design Tips Tagged With: Botanical, Bringing the outdoors inside, Decor, decorating, Family home, Home, home accessories, Interior trends, Interiors, wall stickers

Gallery walls made easy with Desenio

September 8, 2020 by Catherine Leave a Comment

This is a collaborative post in partnership with Desenio With the kids back at school, and the urge to spend more time indoors, autumn is often when we turn our attention to interiors projects. I've certainly got a big to-do list for tidying up our home after months of intensive use from the whole family! One project that has been on my list for a while now is a gallery wall for our lounge. And I've finally tackled this with wall art from ...

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Filed Under: Interior Design Tips Tagged With: Desenio, Gallery wall, Home, home accessories, Interior trends, Interiors, Wall art

Why bifold doors are a great choice for your renovation project

August 28, 2020 by Catherine Leave a Comment

Collaborative post If you’ve watched any home renovation shows over the last few years, you’ve probably noticed bifold doors featuring in lots of room designs.  Bifolds are certainly a popular choice for renovation and extension projects, and there are lots of reasons why. What exactly are bifold doors? Bifold doors are essentially multiple door panels that fold back on themselves in a concertina pattern.  They’re a popular ...

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Filed Under: Interior Design Tips Tagged With: Bifold doors, Bringing the outdoors inside, Home, home improvement, Home renovation, Interior Design, Interior trends, Interiors

8 home improvements that add value to your property

June 8, 2020 by Catherine Leave a Comment

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Collaborative post Do you have any home renovations planned at the moment?  Whether you’re making home improvements with a view to selling, or just looking to revamp your living space, chances are you want those projects to add monetary and practical value to your home. You can give the value of your property a boost with lots of different home improvements, but some projects add more value than others.  Here’s a list of eight ...

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Filed Under: Interior Design Tips Tagged With: bathroom, Conservatory, decorating, energy saving, Garden maintenance, home improvement, Home maintenance, Home renovation, Interior Design, Interior trends, Interiors, loft conversion

What types of flooring are best suited to your kitchen?

April 8, 2020 by Catherine Leave a Comment

Collaborative post Are you planning a kitchen renovation project in the near future? Or have you recently moved to a new home where the kitchen is a bit worse for wear? If the answer to either of these questions is yes, you'll probably be considering replacing your kitchen flooring. The kitchen is arguably the most functional area within any home, so it stands to reason that you need to choose the correct type of flooring from a ...

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Filed Under: Kitchen & Dining Tagged With: Family home, Flooring, Home, home improvement, Home renovation, Interior trends, Interiors, Kitchen, Laminate flooring, Top Tips, Vinyl flooring

Bedroom trends 2020

January 30, 2020 by Catherine 1 Comment

Collaborative post Is a bedroom revamp on your list of interiors projects for 2020? If you’re making changes to your bedroom this year, chances are you’ll start the project by doing a spot of research into the current bedroom trends.  I always find that browsing interiors trends in magazines and online is a great way to explore ideas and find inspiration. In particular, Pinterest is my best friend for this kind of research - ...

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Filed Under: Bedroom Tagged With: Bedroom, Beds, Furniture, home accessories, Interior Design, Interior trends, Interiors

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