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5 Must-Have Storage Pieces You Need in Your Home
Posted on January 28 2019
For many of us, the new year is a great time to get our homes organized. Clearing out the clutter clears our minds and allows our homes to finally breathe again. It's also a great time of year to invest in new pieces of storage for your home. While boxes...
How to Use Pantone's COTY 2019: Living Coral
Posted on December 13 2018
Each year, Pantone's color experts gather to determine not just the zeitgeist of the world around us but a color that represents where we are in the world today. This year, it is the turn of Living Coral, a warm energising peachy-orange with a 'life-affirming' golden undertone. Image source:...
Four Winter Color Combinations to Inspire Your Decorating
Posted on November 19 2018
One of the most exciting parts of starting a redecorating project is deciding on colors for your room. Will you go airy and bright? Or cozy and calming? With an almost infinite amount of colors to choose from, it may be difficult to narrow down your choices and come up...
The Home Design Pieces You Should be Investing In
Posted on October 23 2018
While decorating our home, most of us are working to a budget of some kind and few of us have complete carte blanche when it comes to buying the pieces we hope to love for a very long time. There are a few items in the home, however, which I believe...
5 Ways to Create a Cozy Living Room
Posted on September 13 2018
There's a nip in the air and the leaves are starting to change. With temperatures only set to drop further, it's time to start preparing your home for the inevitable change in season. Creating a cozy living room is more than just adding that knitted throw to your sofa (although...
7 Fall Colors You'll Want to Embrace This Season
Posted on August 23 2018
There's little wonder that in a world where technology reigns supreme, we look to nature to inspire the spaces we live. Letting the outdoors in grounds us and gives us an organic connection to our ancestral beginnings. Everything outside is coming indoors - from houseplants being the hottest home accessory...
The 6 Accessories You Need to Finish Decorating Your Room
Posted on July 27 2018
The flooring has been newly laid, the walls have been painted and you've finally given a wave goodbye to the plumber, electrician or builder you've practically been living with for the past weeks or months. You may have even upgraded your furniture and moved it into the space. While it...
How to Style Your Bookshelves
Posted on June 21 2018
Have you heard the new phrase "the shelfie"? If not, this is essentially a picture shared on a social media platform of your bookshelf styling. Is it a real word? Well, Collins Dictionary has it under review so while it may not officially be part of the English lexicon, it is most...
Trend Watch: Pink Interiors
Posted on May 28 2018
If you hadn't noticed, pink is big news in interiors these days. More and more of us are choosing a touch of pink for our interior design to create a soft backdrop, a pop of warmth or to make a bold statement in our homes. No longer the mainstay of children's rooms,...
How to Bring the Outdoors In this Spring
Posted on April 25 2018
We're finally saying goodbye to the coldest months of the year and temperatures are finally rising. One of the most enjoyable things we can do to our homes at this time of year is to let the outdoors influence how we decorate indoors. With the trend for adopting more organic...
How to Create a Timeless Look in Your Decor
Posted on March 20 2018
Being constantly surrounded by the latest trends in interiors, I admit my head is often turned. No sooner have I decided I will definitely get that deep green velvet sofa, will I see a beautiful aged leather one that I simply must have. It's tough keeping up because trends are...
Trend Watch: Pastels
Posted on February 20 2018
With Spring on the horizon, our thoughts often turn to those colors that remind us of the fairer weather. Soft pastels nearly always reign supreme at this time of year and give our homes a welcoming, light and airy look. If you are considering adding pastels to your living spaces, here...
Rethinking the January Blues
Posted on January 19 2018
January is often considered one of the most difficult months of the year. The festivities are over, the weather is bleak, we are all back to work, money is tight and our energy is a little low. It's enough to give anyone the 'January Blues'. Well, today we're rethinking what...
Why Velvet Is the Perfect Fabric for Your Winter Home
Posted on December 05 2017
I've loved velvet in my interiors for years. I have not one but two velvet sofas (one large, one small), velvet curtains, a velvet headboard and a myriad of velvet cushions. There's something about the fabric that is so luxurious and so tactile that surrounding myself with it just feels...
8 WAYS TO CREATE A RESTFUL BEDROOM
Posted on August 23 2017
Everything we read tells us that sleep is the ultimate restorer. Want to improve your concentration? Get more sleep. Want to look younger? Get more sleep. Want to feel motivated? Get more sleep. Want to improve your circulation, improve problem-solving abilities, be more productive in your day? Get more sleep. There's...
HOW TO REFRESH YOUR HOME FOR SPRING
Posted on March 01 2017
After what may have seemed a very long winter, spring is finally making its appearance. The days are getting longer, the sun is higher in the sky and you can finally feel the warmth on a particularly sunny day. While we may only just be at the very start of...
HOW TO STYLE A HOME OFFICE
Posted on January 25 2017
We are a nation of entrepreneurs, of start-ups and home workers. More and more of us are working out of our own homes these days and for good reason. Sitting in a featureless office cubicle day in and day out can be a bit soul-destroying and so being able to...
Pantone's COTY 2017: HOW TO USE GREENERY IN YOUR HOME
Posted on December 22 2016
Pantone, the color experts, recently announced the latest trendy hue that will be coloring 2017: Greenery, a bright citrus green, that evokes the first bursts of Spring and reminds us to reconnect with nature. Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director of the Pantone Color Institute explains, “Greenery bursts forth in 2017 to provide...
HOW TO CREATE THE PERFECT GUEST BEDROOM
Posted on November 28 2016
With the holiday season upon us, we may find ourselves welcoming more overnight guests into our homes. Whether it's friends traveling in from another state, extended family from overseas or a friend who's had one too many at our festive cocktail party, ensuring your guest bedroom is a welcoming space...
HOW TO CREATE A COZY NEUTRAL LOOK FOR WINTER
Posted on November 01 2016
With the colder weather finally here and looking to stay awhile, you may be wondering how to create a warm look in your home to carry you through until the warmer months are here again. For me, the best way to have a room read as 'warm and cozy' is...
WHY GOLD IS THE METAL OF THE MOMENT
Posted on October 03 2016
The inclusion of brass and gold in interiors is nothing new. From centuries past, gold was seen as a marker of wealth - that of kings and those in power - because it was so impossible for the common people to attain it. While happily, times have moved on so...
How to Style a Coffee Table
Posted on August 26 2016
While a coffee table may just end up being a repository for coffee mugs, magazines and the various remote controls you may have, it really can be so much more. Your coffee table, in a prime position in front of your sofa, can be the perfect location to share a...
GET THE LOOK - MODERN BOHO
Posted on July 28 2016
If there's one look that's very 'hot' right now (well, it is summer after all), it's the modern interpretation of bohemian style. We've had boho style since the late 1800's - the look of transients, artists, poets and those who wished to live unconventionally. In the 1970's, we had the...
HOW TO CREATE A PERFECTLY STYLED BAR CART
Posted on June 25 2016
With retro all the rage for the last few years and a love of 60's and 70's design infiltrating both fashion and home, having a stylish bar cart has not just become a sign of any self-respecting socialite, it's practically de rigueur for anyone wishing to have a trendy home. While...
HOW TO STYLE A BUFFET OR SIDEBOARD
Posted on May 27 2016
One of my favourite pieces of furniture, often overlooked, is the humble sideboard or buffet. In a dining room, it's often overlooked by the star of the space, the dining room table, but it's a master of practicality as well as aesthetics. With either drawers or cabinet doors, it can...
5 SMALL CHANGES THAT MAKE A BIG IMPACT IN A ROOM
Posted on March 07 2016
If you are looking for a way to refresh your space but don't have the time, budget or inclination to do an entire redesign, then you're going to love my post today. There are certain shortcuts you can take that make a big impact in a room without having to...
5 DECORATING RULES THAT ARE OKAY TO BREAK
Posted on February 22 2016
If there's one thing I always say it's that you must learn the basic rules of interior design before you can go ahead and break them. There are of course certain things we hear by various design experts, bloggers, the media - and hey, even our parents! - but if...
HOW TO CREATE DRAMA WITH DARK PAINT COLORS
Posted on January 29 2016
Moody hues. They've been on our radar for quite some time now but 2016 looks to be the year that dark paint colors become much more mainstream than a trend just adopted by the design-saavy. I'll be honest with you - when I first saw black walls becoming a 'thing'...
How to Use Accessories to Warm Up a Space
Posted on January 14 2016
Ahh yes, it's January. Once the seasonal decorations come down and your homes is stripped back to it's former state, you may be feeling as though your house is lacking a little lustre. And while this may be the case, it might be too cold to venture outdoors at this...
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