5 Ways to Pair Blinds and Curtains

January 27, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Blinds are an ideal window treatment for any room in your home. However, if used as the sole window dressing they can look a little clinical, therefore we suggest pairing them with different types of blinds to suit the style of your home and you budget.

1. Pair Sheer Voiles with Micro-blinds:
Sheer curtains can look stunning, [...]

5 Practical Kitchen Window Treatments

January 24, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Choosing the right type of window dressing for a kitchen can be challenging. You need to chose something which is aesthetically pleasing to the eye, suit the style of your kitchen and has the ability to withstand the everyday rigours of dirt and splashes. We have 5 practical tips to having the best of both [...]

3 Energy Saving Window Dressings

January 18, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment 

If saving energy is high on your priority list this year we have some inexpensive, yet effective ideas to help you save heat loss via your windows, which in turn can help lower your energy bills. If you want to ‘go green’ you’ll need to think beyond the colour! Being ‘green’ is all about helping [...]

Interior Design Ideas for Dressing Bay Windows 4: Blinds

November 27, 2011 by admin · 2 Comments 

Bay windows lend themselves to be dressed with treatments which emphasise the bay, as such various styles of blinds can be used depending on the room in which your bay window is located.

Roman Blinds:
Roman blinds offer a soft and informal bay window dressing. The concept is simple as you hang an individual Roman blind in [...]

15 Creative Window Treatments – Part 4

November 1, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

I hope that you have been enjoying all of our wonderful and creative window treatments – you will probably never look at a pair of plain curtains in the same way again! Part 4 brings with it another three beautiful ideas to giving existing or prospective curtains some more character and individuality. We look at [...]

Using This Year’s On-Trend Colour Turquoise – In The Living Room

April 2, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

This year’s on-trend colour will add vibrancy to your living room, however don’t go overboard or you may end up with a room which has no focal point and is too bright on the eyes!
The secret is to use the colour as an accent colour which teams beautifully with crisp, fresh white to give a [...]

Dressing Beautiful Bay Windows

January 3, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Bay windows have been used in homes for many centuries. In Regency times bow windows with a beautiful curves were all the rage, fine examples of these can be seen in Regency terraced housing.
However, bay windows are not solely used in lounges, or parlours, they can be seen in modern housing in lounge diners and [...]

Christmas Interiors From Around The World – Northern American

December 14, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Christmas is celebrated throughout the world, with each country having it’s own traditional colour schemes and interior design styles which reflect the idiosyncrasies of their particular country.
Of course with the prolific use and ease of the internet many people are emulating other country’s decoration ideas to ring the changes, whilst others are vehemently stuck to [...]

Winter Warming Colour Schemes

December 11, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment 

It’s easy to create wonderful interior designs using the latest colour schemes. As the days get shorter and the nights get longer beat the winter blues by using winter warming colours such as grape and soft greys.
The colour you use in your home not only reflects your own personality but also can alter the way [...]