I’m on the hunt for a new floor lamp. After decorating the living room and living with it for a few months, we absolutely love it, but I really haven’t included enough lighting in there yet. With the dark walls,…
You’ll know, if you follow regularly that I’m a little bit partial to contemporary styles. I love contemporary furniture of all kinds, and whilst I don’t always want the full contemporary look, this is is essentially the basis for the…
It’s one of the biggest trends there is this Spring, and it’s been gaining momentum for some time. We’ve seen geometric prints and designs in fashion, and they’ve been around in interiors for a while, but we’re really seeing them…
The minimalist look is a design icon and trend that has been around for many, many years; never falling out of fashion, the British public have long been in love with the clean, sleek lines a true minimalist designed home…
Bathrooms are the one place that we tend to neglect when we are decorating. It can be difficult to create the feel or look that we really want when many of us inherit a bathroom suite and often the…
It’s that time of year when we are decorating the home ready for Christmas. And if you have children like me, then you’ve probably done it already. Lots of us like to make changes to our decor, as well as…
After another week away near the sea I’m reminded how much I love the coast. The open space, the sea air and the beautiful colours all leave me feeling peaceful and relaxed. Many of us, me included love to recreate…
Dwell is a modern home living furniture store that I have admired for several years, so I was thrilled to be invited to the Nottingham store to view their current and new Autumn/Winter 2012 lines. Thrilled doesn’t cover it actually;…
After last weeks’ calm and elegant affair, this week I’m back to showcasing something bigger and bolder for our regular Wallpaper Wednesday blog post. This fun quirky print from Harlequin would make an amazing statement in an alcove or on…
If you were given £250 to spend on revamping one of the rooms in your house, what would you buy? Would you add to a current scheme or would you totally change the look of a room. It can be…
I’ve hunted high and low to find a modern butterfly wallpaper for today’s regular Wallpaper Wednesday. Nothing chintzy or twee here, oh no! And here it is… Butterfly Blue Wallpaper by Arthouse available at www.ukwallpaper.co.uk for £7.99 a roll. Also…
Mother’s Day is fast approaching and after my popular post featuring a Mother’s Day gift idea of beautiful glass accessories I wanted to share another idea. This time I’ve been looking at creating a coffee table Photo Book with Albelli…
I think it’s hard to find any kind of inspiration for decorating a bathroom. As a room it needs to be functional and practical and it’s difficult to add any kind of real style outside of the essential bathroom furniture,…
I found this great wallpaper for today’s Wallpaper Wednesday feature that I think you will either love or hate! I would love to know what you think – could you handle it?! I have to say I’m undecided. It’s called…
My wallpaper choice this week features the fabulous Deco Diamond design by Wayne Hemingway for Graham and Brown. It’s a 50’s inspired black and cream diamond pattern on a green background; a real retro design with a modern twist…
It was only quite recently that I discovered the new trend for contemporary wall stickers, and fell in love with them instantly. There are a vast number of websites out there with a huge variety and range of easy to…
The new M&S Spring Home catalogue is out and I picked up a copy free with my latest purchase of a popular home magazine. Now the M&S catalogue isn’t one I’d normally peruse for modern, trendy home interiors. I guess…
