furniture
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5 Ways to Add a Hint of Style to Your Kitchen
Kitchens can be quite dull if we let them, yet they’re also one of the places in the house where we all spend the most amount of time. It’s not just all about dishwashing, cooking, cleaning and oven care, it’s also important to make the kitchen a lovely and fun place where you enjoy to spend time on. A kitchen refurbishment might not be up there on the list of “things to do before the Christmas come around”. Yet that’s not to say you should overlook it, as injecting a bit of style into your kitchen needn’t be too time intensive nor costly. Here are five ways you can add…
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Adding Light To Your Home
Whether you are showcasing your home in order to sell it, looking to increase the sell on value, or just improving the look and style to improve your quality of life, adding light to your home is always a good, positive thing. Dark and dreary rooms can not only leave your home looking in a less than perfect light, they can also affect your mood and productivity.In this post I am going to be looking at some of the ways you can improve the quality of light in your home, both through adding natural light, and through cheats that just make rooms seem brighter. It could be that you already…
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Open Or Broken-Plan? A New Design Trend
Multi-functional rooms have been popular for a long time, they allow you to use your space in a way that suits you, and this seems to be a practical option that appeals. Many of these rooms are open plan. However, once we have opened up our homes from many small rooms to one big one, this can cause problems. One room zoned into specific areas for cooking, dining and relaxing appears to be a dream, but is the reality somewhat different? Together with Harvey Jones, fitters of bespoke fitted kitchens, lets take a look at this new kitchen trend. Living in open-plan spaces When leading a sociable lifestyle, entertaining guests…
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Homes And Interiors: Alternatives To Carpet
Excuse the pun, but where do you stand when it comes to carpet in the home? Do you still have it in your living room, or, like me, is it now banished to bedrooms only? (Please don’t say you have it in your bathroom, perish the thought.) In the 60s, 70s and 80s carpet was a status symbol as well as a key home furnishing, with a thick shagpile being the height of luxury, something to sink your feet into. But now there are many different kinds of flooring that are more suited to 21st century living, where we want the practicality of a floor that is easy to clean,…
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Interior Design Ideas For 2018
If you’re looking for some decoration inspiration, a great place to start is looking at this year’s design trends. This is where design professionals give us an insight into what’s hot, and for 2018 there’s a huge range of colours and styles, from natural, leafy looks, to metallic mixes of coppers, bronzes and silvers. Here are some ideas for different rooms around the house. The Living Room Getting in touch with nature is definitely in this year. Designers are looking to inspiration from plants, leaves and wildlife. Green is a great colour for the lounge as it gives a sense of calm, so you can have the perfect place to…
