What a year 2016 is going to be! I know, you’re probably thinking how an earth can I state that when we’re only just starting it, but I’m in a very privileged position. You see, I happen to know that 2016 is going to an amazing year for those looking […] Read more »
Levande: Scion’s newest playful and uplifting prints, weaves and wallcoverings
Youthful and fashion-forward British brand Scion has gone all playful and uplifting for spring 2015. Levande (Swedish for ‘living’) is their newest range of vibrant and vivacious fabrics and wallcoverings, designed by Scion Studio’s Hannah Bowen. Hannah won the Harlequin New Designers Award in 2013 and, over the last 12 […] Read more »
QUBIS Design: Award winning contemporary furniture
When it comes to modern homes, space really is at a premium. We look for multi-function furniture to solve our shortage of space and eye-catching designs that will attract attention and provide a great talking point… and Amy Whitworth, designer and founder of Qubis designs give us both! There deceptively […] Read more »
Completing your design scheme with Accessories
One of the most common problems a lot of my clients have is knowing how to use accessories to enhance the décor in their rooms. From choosing the right lighting to the artwork for the walls, the choices that you make will have a big impact on the look and […] Read more »
Bringing style back to your home
You have taken the Christmas decorations down and the room looks suddenly bear and lifeless. Maybe you painted the walls and purchased some new furniture last year hoping that would make your house your home, and yet it doesn’t feel like it. The rooms seem dull and boring, there is […] Read more »
When guests come to stay
Now is the time of year we start thinking about Christmas! Where are we going? Who is coming to us? Who would like to stay over? It can sometimes be daunting to have family and friends to stay over the Christmas holiday, more so than at other times of the […] Read more »
Room to grow
“Children are the flowers of life” Children change – one moment they are a squidgy gurgling bundle of joy, the next they push the boundaries as they fight to keep up with their friends and want time alone. Children, whatever age, manage to get everywhere, whatever space they find themselves […] Read more »
A space of your own
According to new figures 70% of home refurbishments or extensions include the need for a ‘home office’ or ‘study’ or ‘den’. Essentially a space dedicated to ‘work’. That work may be a space to exercise your mind as you study towards exams or learn a new skill, it may be […] Read more »
Outside, Inside – Inside, Outside
Once again our British weather has surprised us and our summer seemingly started in March. I hope for all of us the positive vibes that those rays of sunshine give us continue into the next 4 months of our real summer. With budgets still tight for many families a holiday […] Read more »
Eating happy
Already this year clients are asking me about Dining solutions mentioning that their New Year resolution as a family was to spend more time together and that included eating together. We constantly seem to be dashing from one meeting to another during the day and eating on the hop and […] Read more »