Colour Schemes
Colour Your Home Beautiful 8: Using Red
March 24, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
As a colour, red is an incredibly powerful one. This is primarily because of its use in nature as a warning colour, or to draw attention. It evokes a lot of powerful emotions and can often be very overpowering when used in the wrong ways. This makes a lot of people shy away from the [...]
Focusing On Lounges: Retro
February 21, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Retro design is a very fun element in all aspects of life. Whether it be clothing, hair, vehicles, or in this case interior design, it is a great way to visit the past and reincorporate some very cool and unique elements back into our daily living.
One of the great things about retro is that it [...]
All That Glitters In Gold 3: Stately Lounges
January 28, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Living rooms dressed up in glittering gold are stately and you could even say a tad dramatic! From walls painted in soft gold, furnishings with gilding and textiles that dazzle – there is no doubt that a touch of gold can revamp any interior. Although gold has been used for centuries in interior design, the [...]
Earth Inspired Browns 5: Colour Combinations
December 20, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
With brown being a neutral, it can be combined with all colours on the colour wheel. In a nursery, brown is softer than working with black and it pairs up great with pastel pinks or blues for little girls and little boys respectively. In living areas such as the dining room or lounge, brown is [...]
Earth Inspired Browns 4: Rustic Decorating
December 16, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
If you are a lover of the colour brown, you can even take it as your cue for a decorating style such as rustic, which we wish to look at in more detail in this post. Or if it is the other way around and you want a rustic décor to compliment your rural surrounding [...]
Earth Inspired Brown 3: Lovely Dining Rooms
December 13, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
It is a fact – dining rooms accept brown really well as a dominant colour or as an accent. Earthy browns, as we mentioned in our first post, (Earth Inspired Brown 1: Formal Or Casual?) are versatile in that they can give a formal or casual atmosphere in the home and this is especially true [...]
Earth Inspired Brown 2: Sophisticated Kitchens
December 10, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Brown has become big news in recent years; the days where brown came into décor as a wooden picture frame or other small decorative piece, has now been exchanged for more use of this earthen hue. Now we are seeing a comeback of raw or polished woods for flooring and furniture; we are even seeing [...]
Earth Inspired Brown 1: Formal Or Casual?
December 7, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
When we symbolise colours, it can help to set the right mood and atmosphere in the home; we are going to be taking a look at brown and how this Earth inspired colour can affect our decorating style. This neutral hue symbolises the Earth and represents the feeling of being grounded.
Formal Inspiration For Decorating With [...]
Putting On The Charm 5 – Cottage Style Bedrooms
November 19, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
The last four posts have already charmed the socks off us; but we can’t leave without one last post for cottage style – welcome to cottage inspiration for bedrooms! A great room in the house to decorate in this lovely style, bedrooms can take on a sweet romantic look, a fresh and restful look or [...]
Latest Colour Trends 3 Touches Of Turquoise
August 29, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
If you haven’t heard about it until now, the beautiful and tranquil hue of turquoise is one of the latest colour trends that has been injecting the right vibe into our homes throughout the summer. It looks set to stay around longer too as different colour pairings have made it a flexible and enchanting colour [...]
