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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Stylish Family Bathroom Solutions
When you have kids your priorities and lifestyle change. That’s a no brainer, but what might come as more of a shock is how much paraphernalia is involved in order to assist, entertain and keep your children safe until they become independent adults. And all of this stuff has to live somewhere when it’s not […]
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Gardens Designed for Summer
Using a variety of ground coverings in our gardens not only enables us to break up the space, but also to navigate it more easily. Whether we opt for turf, gravel, slate, pebbles, paving, decking or a combination of several materials, we’re able to create interest and zoning where necessary. The only trouble is […]
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Bright ideas for windowless bathrooms
Windowless bathrooms can feel like gloomy uninviting spaces. But all is not lost if you find your bathing boudoir is lacking in natural illumination. These bright ideas will flood your bathroom with light, be it borrowed, natural or artificial. Upwardly optimistic The most obvious solution for windowless bathrooms is to install a ceiling skylight. […]
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Every inch of the room counts
We’re pretty good at utilising the available space in our homes to squeeze in an en suite here and a wet room there. But one of the biggest challenges has to be how to fit a fully-usable bathroom into a loft space. With sloping roofs and awkward layouts to contend with, it’s not always […]
Read moreShowers that save water and energy
It’s not unusual for us to mention the issue of saving water on this blog. But a recent report made us really sit up and think. We know that many people in the world don’t have access to clean water – currently about 1 in 7; we also realise that water is a limited […]
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Get set for summer
With summer fast approaching we’re keen to hear that decent weather is on its way. So it’s not surprising that we’re easily seduced by the media claims of a possible heat wave, despite The Met Office saying otherwise. We know that weather is unpredictable as a rule, but the optimist in us all is […]
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