Tips for Fabulous Front Doors
Tips for Fabulous Front Doors For some reason I have been obsessing about great front doors lately and pinning lots of pictures on Pinterest! I know, interior designers focus on strange things! First impressions [...]
Why Nearly Every Bedroom Should Have An Upholstered Headboard
Why Nearly Every Bedroom Should Have An Upholstered Headboard I love upholstered headboards. I would even go as far as to say that every bedroom should have one. A bed without a headboard is [...]
Top Tips for Designing Your Laundry
Top Tips for Designing Your Laundry As any family knows, the Laundry is a very busy area of the house and one that you want to make as efficient as possible, to limit the [...]
Objects of Desire – Tom Dixon’s Iridescence Collection
Objects of Desire - Tom Dixon's Iridescence CollectionWelcome to my first Blog of 2016, I have been a bit later starting up again than I had intended but it has been a wonderfully busy start [...]
Ceilings – The Often Forgotten Tool
Ceilings - The Often Forgotten Tool Generally, I am a strong advocate of light and fresh white (or a version of white) ceilings. Stud heights of the standard 2.4m, as a rule of thumb, [...]
Objects of Desire – Blackboards and Whiteboards
Objects of Desire - Blackboards and Whiteboards Not the subject you would expect for an Object of Desire blog! While black and white boards may not be a glamorous topic, they are brilliantly useful. [...]
OBJECT OF DESIRE: Designer Boys 2016 Collection
OBJECT OF DESIRE: Designer Boys 2016 Collection A new piece of art can transform the look and feel of a room. Whether it is a new painting or a framed print, selecting the [...]
Difference between Curtains and Drapes.
Difference between Curtains and Drapes. Many people use the terms curtains and drapers interchangeably. Even though they do have similarities and primarily they have the same purpose, they do have some distinct differences. Generally [...]
Paint Colour Trends for 2017
Paint Colour Trends for 2017 Both Dulux and Resene have recently released their colour palettes for 2017 (and beyond). It is always interesting to look at the colour directions, new paint colours and new [...]
Before and After Case Study – Dining Room
Before and After Case Study - Dining Room This is the Dining Room in a family home; the brief from my clients was to: Source a new dining table to replace the existing square [...]
Battle of the Dining Room
Battle of the Dining Room Do you ever have different ideas from your partner or other family members about decor in your home? I am currently having a battle with my very male dominated [...]
Five Interior Design Ideas on How to Warm Up Winter
Five Interior Design Ideas on How to Warm Up Winter Now that winter has really settled in, you may be looking for some interior design ideas to warm up your home. We tend to [...]