Garden ideas to steal from Chelsea Flower Show 2015
Every year Chelsea Flower Show fever hits the UK and now with much TV coverage it is accessible to everyone. Were you inspired to get out in your garden after visiting or watching the show? Do you want to try a complete make-over or just inject some new plants into your borders? Here’s some […]
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Bathrooms: integrating period features
If you’re fortunate enough to live in a house with gorgeous period features, we’re pretty sure you’re reluctant to get rid of them even if they do make updating a room challenging. Take floor-to-ceiling windows for instance. Whilst they look amazing and flood the room with light, smaller rooms such as the bathroom have […]
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Time to enjoy everything about the garden
We know the weather is changeable but with the Chelsea Flower Show and the Chelsea Fringe now in full swing, it’s time to think about the garden. We love the warm weather, being able to potter in the garden and enjoy eating al fresco. Of course the experience is even better with a refreshing, cool […]
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Grayson Perry’s ‘A House for Essex’
Artist Grayson Perry’s A House for Essex recently opened its doors to our scrutiny. The collaborative project by Grayson Perry and Charles Holland of architecture studio FAT was commissioned as part of Alain de Botton’s Living Architecture series of holiday homes. The “pleasurable, decorative and hilarious” creation, as described by the artist in a recent Channel 4 documentary, […]
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Big Brother’s explosive new interior
Tick, tock. The tension is already mounting in the Big Brother house as the 16th series gets underway. Say hello to a new batch of fame-hungry wannabes, a new look interior and a new theme: Timebomb. It’s early days so we’ve yet to see how the new theme will impact on the housemates, but […]
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Water saving tap with added benefits
We’re all interested in saving water and energy and some of us actually practice what we preach. From turning the tap off during teeth brushing to only boiling the required amount of water for a cuppa, we’re well on the way to becoming more water and energy conscious. But are we in the habit […]
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Tackling narrow bathroom layouts
It’s often the quirky features that make our homes unique and grab our attention when house buying. However charming at first glance, non-conventional layouts and awkward spaces can be a real challenge when it’s time to update. Small bathrooms are one thing, but narrow bathrooms are quite another. How do you transform corridor-like spaces […]
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May Design Series 2015
Spring is here and there’s another show on the horizon. Last month all the buzz was around Mobile di Salone in Milan but next week will everyone be talking about the May Design Series at Excel in London? We reckon so. Anyone who is anyone Anyone who is in the trade – that’s designers and […]
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How a little technology could improve your bathroom
Whether you were born in the technology era and go by the tag of Gen Y or the millennial generation, or just find yourself haphazardly navigating your way through it, the benefits of today’s advancing technology really can help to improve our lives. Smart technology, gadgets and gizmos seduce us with promises of convenience […]
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Where’s the toilet roll, Major Tom?
It’s safe to say that we’ve become pretty comfortable with the convenience of modern-day toilets. Whether it’s in the privacy of our own home or a public toilet, we expect a certain amount of sophistication. Certainly early domestic loos in the garden shed are a long way from the swish ones available today with […]
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