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Colour Inspiration in Interior Design

  • Flooring

    How to Choose the Right Colour for Painted Floorboards

    June 30, 2025June 30, 2025

    Lighting by Kes Lighting Painted floorboards always look so alluring in photos. They offer an opportunity not only to refresh a room but to add personality underfoot, transforming a practical surface into a design feature in its own right. If you are lucky enough to have floorboards in your home, deciding what to do with

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  • Colour

    Unlocking the Secrets of Interior Design Psychology

    February 9, 2025February 9, 2025

    Discover how interior design psychology shapes your space. Learn how colour, texture, and home windows influence mood, light, and well-being.

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  • Colour

    How to Embrace Colourful Materials in Interior Design

    February 5, 2025

    Discover how to embrace colourful materials in interior design with terrazzo, tinted concrete, and vibrant tiles for a bold and stylish home.

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  • Trend

    Living Room Decoration Trends That Will Dominate in 2025

    November 18, 2024November 18, 2024

    As we approach a new year, it’s time to take a look at some of the living room decoration trends we can expect to see in 2025 and beyond.

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  • A living room in earthy colour palette with large windows to promote home health

    Biophilic Design

    How to Improve Your Home Health in 11 Simple Steps

    September 23, 2024October 3, 2024

    A home should help improve our physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. What actions can we take to improve our home health?

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  • Furniture

    How to Take Your Living Room to the Next Level

    July 24, 2024July 24, 2024

    These living room decor ideas will help you to take your living room to the next level and make it your favourite room in the home.

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  • A dining table laid up in a minimalist japandi dining room

    Furniture

    5 Simple Tips For Decorating A Dining Room

    June 17, 2024June 17, 2024

    Dining rooms are popular again, but what do we need to consider when decorating a dining room to make sure they are used fully and enjoyed

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  • Woman sat on a leather sofa in a green room holding a pink cushion

    Interior Accessories

    How to Create a Home You Love Living In

    June 14, 2024June 18, 2024

    How can we create a home we love living in and increase our happiness at wellbeing at home? Let’s look at some simple tasks we can do today.

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  • An interior designer runs her fingers across material samples

    Interior Accessories

    How to Decorate Like an Interior Designer

    May 6, 2024May 6, 2024

    Here are 12 tips and tricks to help you decorate like an interior designer so your home looks like those you see in magazines and on Pinterest.

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  • Furniture

    9 Easy Ways to Make a Rental Property Feel Like Home

    January 19, 2024January 23, 2024

    Check out these simple ways to make a rental property feel like home so you can be happy & feel good where you live even if you don’t own it.

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  • Colour

    Peach Fuzz: Pantone Colour of the Year 2024

    January 19, 2024January 25, 2024

    What is the Pantone Colour of the Year 2024, why was it chosen and how can we use it effectively in our own homes?

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  • productive home office with wooden desk and green walls

    Furniture

    How to Choose an Interior Design to Make a More Productive Home Office

    October 23, 2023October 30, 2023

    If you work or study from home, you need a productive home office. Here we share some important tips to help you create a productive space.

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  • Colour

    Dulux Colour of the Year 2023: Wild Wonder

    October 13, 2022October 13, 2022

    Dulux has announced Wild Wonder as its Colour of the Year 2023. It is inspired by the warm tones of harvested crops with an upbeat glow connecting us with the cycles of life.

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  • Colour

    Dulux Colour of the Year 2022 – Bright Skies

    September 23, 2021September 23, 2021

    The Dulux Colour of the Year 2022 has been announced as Bright Skies, an airy and fresh blue tone that breathes new life into any space.

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  • Colour

    Autumnal Hues to Spice up Your Home

    October 9, 2020October 9, 2020

    Create warmth and comfort with autumnal hues in interiors this season. Think terracotta, russet, burnt orange, ochre, mustard, and blush pink.

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  • Dovetail Oxford Flooring from Harvey Maria in a kitchen in the Pantone Colour of the Year 2020 Classic Blue

    Colour

    Classic Blue : Pantone Colour of the Year 2020

    February 12, 2020March 3, 2020

    Pantone Colour of the Year 2020 is Classic Blue. Here I show you how you can use it in your own home and round up some beautiful home products in this elegant shade.

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  • Colour

    The Transformational Power of Colour with Karen Haller

    November 28, 2019February 17, 2021

    I met Applied Colour Psychology Expert Karen Haller in Bristol to discuss her new book, the Little Book of Colour and how we can use colour to transform our lives.

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  • HouseOf Lighting Collection

    Lighting

    Introducing HouseOf Lighting Collection

    May 31, 2019May 31, 2019

    The HouseOf lighting collection features a range of minimalist lighting designed to help consumers bring more colour and personality into their homes.

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  • Darlings of Chelsea - Stirling Midi Sofa - Oscar Velvet Vintage Green

    Colour

    Autumn/Winter 2018 Colour Trends

    November 5, 2018April 18, 2019

    October is turning out to be really lovely. I don’t know about where you are, but here in Devon it’s been pretty sunny and dry. It’s still really cold but I don’t mind that so much as long as it’s not wet. And can we just talk about all the beautiful colours that we’re seeing

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  • How to Design your own happiness -Reading on the bed 1

    Books

    How to Design Your Own Happiness

    October 14, 2018June 20, 2024

    Happy by Design is a book by Victoria Harrison tthat examines the ways that we can make changes to our homes in order to boost our health & well-being.

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  • Dulux Colour of the Year 2019 - Spiced Honey (9)

    Colour

    Spiced Honey : Dulux Colour of the Year 2019

    October 1, 2018October 15, 2018

    How is it October already? Was last month a blur for anyone else? September is such a hectic month, both in the design world and in the real world. I was so busy last month that my head is now spinning and I’m barely managing to keep up. The kids started pre-school and reception, and

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  • Hampshire Barn by deVOL purple kitchen

    Colour

    Trend : Colourful Kitchen Cabinetry

    July 25, 2018July 13, 2023

    Colourful kitchen cabinetry is a big trend on the home design scene at the moment with bright and bold colours becoming increasingly popular

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  • DFS House of Colour - helping the British public create more colourful homes

    Colour

    DFS House of Colour : Creating Colourful Homes

    May 31, 2018May 29, 2018

    This is an exciting post to write. Just look at these images! Aren’t they beautiful? As soon as I saw these images I knew I had to share them with you. They were styled by blogging friends Kate Watson-Smyth and Pippa Jameson along with interior designer, stylist and TV personality Sophie Robinson. These super talented

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  • Colour

    2018 Colour Trends for your Home

    January 5, 2018April 26, 2018

    I have a really weird obsession with trends. I follow them very closely and I love to write about them and drool over them in magazines and on blogs and on Pinterest. However, I don’t always buy into them and bring them into my own home. Not unless I deem them to have longevity and

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