home and interiors
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Home improvements: Planning For Spring
January is often the month that plans are made for home improvements. We may not actually start them now, it’s too cold to have windows open for painting, or doors open as workmen come in and out, but we do start making the plans, booking the tradesmen and generally working out how we want our homes to look in the year ahead. It is also crucial to look at the big jobs that cannot be ignored, broken or old and ageing boilers, faulty central heating systems and leaky roofs. All can cause terrible issues down the line if they are ignored, so it makes sense to get them checked, or…
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Jazz Up Those Bare Walls
Whether you are in the middle of a room revamp, or have just moved into a new home, one clear way to add style and personality to a room is in your choice of wall art or covering. Many rooms these days are painted in a neutral shade that can match with any colour of furniture, but as these magnolia style shades can be a tad dull, interest is often added, in the shape of art – prints, canvases and pictures, or through the use of wallpaper to create a statement or feature wall, If you are currently looking to add art to your room, here are some ways you…
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Irish Homeware Must-Haves
Your home is your sanctuary. Your place to retreat and relax after a long day at work. Your shelter during long Irish winters and where you spend precious time with the ones you love. Decorating is how we make a place our own and turn a house into a home. Creating spaces that fit our lifestyles and needs. Adding finishing touches that bring us joy and comfort. Here at the Aran Sweater Market we have put together our top Irish homeware must-haves for your home. Irish Sheepskin Rugs Natural sheepskin rugs have adorned the hearths of many homes for generations. But did you know they are also thought to…
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3 Interior Design Mistakes You Don’t Want To Make
Interior design can be both easy and satisfying if you approach it the right way, but it doesn’t take much to turn it into one long, expensive, stress-fest. Good interior design takes a keen and knowledgeable eye, a lot of planning, and for most of us, some shrewd budgeting decisions. If you’re about to start a big home makeover to create your dream home, here are three common interior design mistakes that you need to avoid… Forgetting About Scale Credit: Pixabay One crucial element of interior design that almost every newbie tends to overlook is scaling. When you enter a well-designed room, it should be a tasteful mesh of different…
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Getting Your Home Christmas Ready
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat. And that means this is the time to make sure your home is ready, before you put all those decorations up. At Christmas, we get ready to invite friends and family into our homes, and this can sometimes mean getting those spare rooms ready for overnight visitors. Our spare rooms can often be a little neglected, especially if they are not used much. Sometimes they become little more than store rooms, a place to dump all those things we can’t really put elsewhere. But if you do have guests coming, there are a few simple things you can do to make the…
