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Entertain in Style – Styling Your Dining Room

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Image source Housetohome.co.uk A dining room is a wonderful place to bring people together to enjoy good times. Dining room interiors should be carefully created to suit the home and the owner. For instance you could opt for a traditional or wholly modern look. Alternatively you could choose a bright and colourful room design or a subtle natural one in even tones.

Be Inviting – Hallway Design Ideas

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Image source HomeKlondike.com When it comes to decorating your home, the hallway can often provide the biggest challenge. This is the first area your visitors will see, so it makes sense to opt for an inviting, pleasant and impressive effect. Start with colour Choosing a colour scheme is at the base of every room design. If your hall doesn’t have any windows

Decorate Your Home with Flowers

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Image source Interflora Flowers help make a house into a real home. They provide glorious displays and wonderful scents and can be the perfect centrepiece on a table. However it can be difficult to know where to begin when it comes to bringing flowers into the home. With a choice of flower arrangements, artificial flowers and other plants, it’s worth considering what

Art – Beautiful Conversation Pieces

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Have you ever walked into someone’s home and seen a stunning piece of artwork you simply had to comment on? Artwork can be a very personal thing, and it helps to make your house a home. It brings your personality into the space and ensures you can make a statement about who you are. If you’re wondering how you can do this

Create Your Own Boutique Hotel Bedroom

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If you love the opulent feel of a boutique hotel bedroom, it’s easier than you might think to recreate that feeling at home. A few well chosen bedroom ideas could transform your existing bedroom into something luxurious you can retire to each night. Choose a colour scheme as a starting point This should be calming and cosy. Most hotel rooms steer clear

Three comfortable and cosy living room ideas

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(Image via: Homes & Gardens | Photography by Emma Lee.) With the nights drawing in and the clocks set to go back in a matter of weeks, it’s time to turn your attention to making your living room feel comfortable and cosy for the darker and colder days that lie ahead. Today’s post takes three different living room schemes in turn and

Decorating Your House for Sale

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If you’re trying to sell your property it pays to transform it before you put it on the market. Look at it through a buyer’s eyes: how will they react to it? Will they see a property they can put their stamp on? Or will they see a home that belongs to someone else? De-personalising your home Some people find this hard,

Helpful Interior Design Apps

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Interior design can be challenging to get involved in, especially if you’re new to the idea. However if you’ve got access to iTunes you have a world of remarkable apps to try out. Here are five of the best.   DIY Interior Room Layout Planning Tool Every good room design starts with the need to plan it properly, and this app helps

Get Your Very Own Banksy

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Guest Post by My Wall Stickers Whether you are an art enthusiast and follow modern art movements or whether you simply appreciate something that looks good and provides a talking point, Banksy could be your man. This assumes that Banksy is a man of course, as despite hints and speculation concerning “his” true identity, nothing has ever been confirmed. Who Is Banksy