Living & Home
When you look through the high end periodicals and glossy magazines, there ae so many dedicated to lifestyle, another batch to homes and gardens and yet more on how to spend our liesure hours. Once you get past the cheap end that just copy each other, it’s possible to get to the real essence of […]
The view from the house into the garden can be either an absolute delight each time, or just a drab reminder that the fence needs repainting / the grass needs attention / the shrubs have outgrown their allotted space etc. If you ask 100 owners what their preferred view would be, you would get 100 […]
When we think of decorating techniques for modern day schemes, we all know the reason for employing toning or co-ordinating colours but we don’t often go to the extremes and employ someone who is an expert in colour theory. There are several sets of principles that govern successful colour theory – take the 60-30-10 rule […]
Decorating is one of those annual jobs that very few folk actually view with relish. I know hundreds of house owners who absolutely dread the start of winter . . . . . as it inevitably means someone getting the colour & shade charts organised and instructions are issued to everyone living at the property […]
There are several ideas how to balance colours in any scheme. For every 10 ideas, there will be 20 to counter them with other rules and thoughts. The one scheme that pops up quite often when enquiring about decorating schemes is the 60/30/10 rule in decorating. This involves a whole range of colours from bold […]
When you decorate a home, you are not just tidying it up, you are changing the entire character of the rooms. Sometimes it’s a case of a quick lick and promise with the paintbrush, but other rooms will need that full treatment of cabinets being replaced; carpets changed and possibly a bit of building work […]
There are many decor and home design influencers who make a great living – their schemes are not limited to the choice of colour palette to go for. These days the ones in the know offer a whole raft of additional items to supplement and complement the original colour strategy. Let’s say your theory of […]
Ah yes homes. Homes are indeed our castles. Once we become the owner, i.e. we have a mortgage and basically this house is ours, whether the mortgage is paid up or not. The other folk in the land used to pay rent for living in the house that someone else own and had either not […]
The basic household painting and decorating will generally not involve anything more brain taxing than paint or paper . . . and what colours. Just the thought of having to choose a shade of paint these days does make me wobble with anxiety – the sort of problem that a room designer would relish and […]
The world of colour for almost any purpose, has changed considerably over the last few years. the advent of the science of colour theory has opened up so many ideas that it seems hard to imagine life before it. The colour theory wheel is formed of primary, secondary and tertiary colours which are arranged in […]