Are orange interiors a good idea? How can we use this powerful colour to best effect? Colour Psychology expert Karen Haller reveals all.
Interior Design Trends
Flooring
Celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
It’s been a lovely weekend here in Devon and we had a delicious tea party yesterday afternoon to honour the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. I must say I felt pretty sorry for those soggy souls lining the Thames as I watched the festivities from the comfort of my living room. However, the unsurprisingly diabolical British weather
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Colour
Colour Psychology: Using Magnolia in Interiors
Colour psychology expert & consultant Karen Haller gives advice & tips on successfully using magnolia in interiors, including what colours go with magnolia
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Interior Accessories
Adorable owl cushions from Red Lilly
I spotted these adorable owl cushions the other day after gaining a new follower on Twitter. Red Lilly is an online gift & interiors boutique specialising in home accessories and when I headed over to the site to check it out I came across these lovely little cushions.
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Flooring
Flooring & wallcoverings by Anthony Hughes
Anthony Hughes is a young surface designer and trend forecaster who has recently graduated from Huddersfield University with a BA Hons in Surface Design for Interiors & Fashion. He was selected to exhibit at New Designers this year and his work was shown at Part I. Whilst I was unable to go see Anthony’s work
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Kitchen
Playground kitchen by Elmar Cucine
Kitchen’s don’t come much cooler than this! The Playground collection was designed by Roberto and Ludovica Palomba for Italian kitchen brand Elmar Cucine. Presented for the first time at Milan Design Week this year, Playground is a modular kitchen, which allows planning freedom and customisation for domestic spaces, whilst at the same time bringing a
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Colour
Colour Psychology: Using Grey in Interiors
Applied colour psychology expert and colour consultant Karen Haller gives advice and tips for creating grey interiors
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Artwork
Personalised art for your home
The trend for personalisation has been gathering pace over the past few years as consumers react against standard issue products and search for something that is more tailored to their own personal needs or that will allow them to express their own personal style. As people seek out more unique ways of decorating their homes
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Furniture
Vintage industrial furniture & lighting from Bubbledrum
Last week I had a lovely email from Caroline over at Bubbledrum introducing me to her lovely site. It is not an exaggeration to say that I was in awe of all the lovely products that they stock and I just couldn’t understand how I had never come across this fabulous little shop before. Owned
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Flooring
Once Upon a Tile by InterfaceFLOR
If I were to ask you what is being advertised here what would your guess be? Mine would be the latest haute couture collection from one of the world’s top fashion houses. Don’t you agree? To me this looks like a fashion shoot straight from the pages of Vogue, ELLE or Marie Claire. To a
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Bathroom
Private Space by Ellenberger Design
Photo credit: Alexander Fanslau Burgeoning urban populations have led to city dwellings becoming increasingly smaller and as a response many designers are seeking to create furniture that has a smaller footprint, is multi-purpose or that can be folded away for easy storage when not in use. With his Private Space furniture collection German designer Jannis
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Colour
Colour Psychology: Using Yellow in Interiors
Colour psychology expert and consultant Karen Haller offers her tips and advice on how to make the most of using yellow in interiors
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Colour
Pantone’s Colour of the Year 2011
A few weeks ago I interviewed Leatrice Eiseman, colour expert and executive director of the Pantone Colour Institute, for INSIDE, the monthly newsletter produced by WAN Interiors. I asked her all about her prediction for colour of the year 2011, her advice on how best to use this new hue and how she goes about
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Trend
Wallpaper goes big on birds
I’ve been meaning to write a post about the proliferation of birds in interiors for some time now. And today I have finally got round to it. I was going to make the post quite broad and include fabrics, decoration and soft furnishings but when I started collecting images I realised that there were more
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Furniture
Furniture & interior accessories made from recycled tyres
Have you ever wondered what happens to all those old tyres once they have worn thin and are discarded by motorists? Well, they’re made into a funky range of eco-products for your home apparently. Or at least that is what one innovative company does with them. Tread employs talented artisans who use their traditional crafts
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Trend
Knitted Room Wallpaper by Surface View
In a recent post about the trend towards knitting in interiors I featured some great furniture, flooring and lighting. Since that post I have come across quite a few more knitted homewares like the hand-crafted wool rugs and poufs by Gandia Blasco and this amazing wallpaper by Surface View, which takes the knitting
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Trend
Leather wallcoverings from Studio Art
Recently I came across these gorgeous padded leather wallcoverings by Italian company Studio Art and I fell in love at first sight, especially with the range above. Admittedly, it is quite a masculine look and quite dark, but I think when used sparingly the effect could be quite dramatic. For example, I think this would
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Trend
Interview: Victoria Redshaw explains the interior trends for 2011
What can Victoria Redshaw, a leading trend forecaster, tell us about the interior trends for 2011 and into 2012?
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Events
Imm Cologne 2011
So unfortunately I am not at Imm Cologne at the moment, as much as I would love to be. But I still intend to cover it in as much detail as possible from the comfort of my teeny weeny home office here in Bristol. As I logged onto Facebook this morning I was excited to
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Trend
Trends 2011
Having recently rediscovered the ability to embed videos into my blog I thought that these films may be of interest. There are two short clips from Deutsche Welle’s Trends 2011 series. The first one is about the interiors and architecture trends we can expect to see in 2011 and the second is about furniture and
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Flooring
Hand-Crafted Wool Rugs and Poufs
Following my previous post on the trend for knitting in interiors I couldn’t resist posting a follow-up when I came across these fantastic wool poufs and rugs by Spanish company Gandia Blasco.
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Trend
Burlesque makes its mark in residential interiors
The sumptuous decadence of burlesque interiors incorporates many cabaret-inspired products for a gorgeously sophisticated decor.
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Trend
Graffiti themed interiors
Many people may not think that graffiti constitutes art and I’m not going to get into that debate here. I personally am a big fan of graffiti, but only when done creatively. I certainly do not agree with the mindless vandalism caused by people simply spraying their tags all over the city. There is nothing
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Furniture
Customise your Ikea furniture
One of the things that is so great about IKEA furniture, apart from its reasonable pricing, quality materials, and ease of assembly is its “hackability”. The furniture is mostly quite simple or minimalist and so lends itself to being adapted and modified to transform it from flat-pack furniture into something far more bespoke.