A Fresh Industrial Style Bathroom and How to Get The Look
Industrial style doesn’t have to mean hard, cold surfaces and the risk of splinters. It doesn’t have to be heavy metals and a lack of finesse either. This stunning bathroom demonstrates that industrial style can also mean light, bright and rather chic too. It’s all in the choice of…
A Simple Country Kitchen in a Farmworker’s Cottage
The closer I get to completing on my very own cottage in the country, the more I appreciate the simpler design decisions. I’m talking about the cottage we are buying to live in forever. Not the one we visit occasionally and rent out to guests. The conveyancing wheels are…
The Colour Drenching Trend With Little Greene
Colour drenching. It’s not a new technique. The use of one colour over walls, woodwork, ceiling, in fact everything. I’ve used it myself when I wanted the furnishings and decorations to stand out rather than the uninspiring door frames and skirting boards. It’s especially effective in a small room…
A Comfortable Townhouse Bedroom and How to Get The Look
There’s something innately comforting about a period room decorated in muted colours, traditional furnishings and luxurious textures. It’s elegant, warm, and somewhere you just want to draw the curtains and curl up with a book. To keep it current though, you have to introduce a few contemporary touches. Whether…
The Vipp Farmhouse – Traditional Meets Minimalism
Vipp have recently revealed their fourth hotel destination, and it’s a totally transformed farmhouse in Lolland that dates back to 1775. A whitewashed facade is topped off with a thatched roof as is typical of a traditional Danish farmhouse, and checking into this former gardeners residence will feel like…
A Large Country House Full of Bohemian Extravagance
This is Pearl’s Place. Dating back to the early 1800s, it gleams with vintage finds, hand-finished touches, lace curtains, and many a beaded nod to the roaring twenties. Deep colours and layers of texture flank every window and wall. While antique chandeliers drizzle from ornate ceilings. It’s a rock…
A Nature Inspired Sitting Room and How To Get The Look
We all know by now that surrounding ourselves with natural things is good for our wellbeing. So how about bringing the outside-in to the sitting room? Or at least a corner of it. There’s no shortage of products available that use sustainable materials such as bamboo, rattan and wicker….
A Beautiful Kitchen Inspired by Italian Old-Style Bars and Restaurants
You’d expect the Creative Director of deVOL to have a beautiful kitchen, and you are not going to be disappointed! Helen Parker has been working for deVOL for 16 years and home is a fabulous Victorian Villa in a small village in Leicestershire. I’ll let Helen tell in her…
