Andrew and I have been wanting to redecorate our staircase for ages! It was covered with an ugly beige, low-quality carpet and with all the traffic going up and down the stairs (and a cat!) it was impossible to maintain! We wanted to get rid of the dust trap and decided to remove the carpet […]
Let’s not beat around the bush here, decorating a house is expensive! Kitchens cost A LOT and don’t get me started with sofas. Unfortunately, most of us do not have endless saving funds to afford it all, and with often unforeseen expenses no one has money to waste by the end of a renovation. So […]
A lot of our friends are moving at the moment which means that we have had a fair amount of housewarming gifts to purchase. You know me I love to contribute to any interior decor so I have selected 5 gift ideas to impress any host while helping them decorate their new home. Lucky me,I […]
When it comes to interior design there can be very small and subtle differences between an okay room and a really well-thought space. Often when our friends come around I get little compliments on small things I didn’t think were that special or I get asked “how do you do it?”. So because sharing is […]
A controversial topic I know, but I think dark walls can get a pretty bad reputation when it comes to small spaces. Shrinking the room! Sucking the light away! Are these presumptions actually justified? I thought I would give dark colours a chance and show you how they can turn the smallest room into the […]
Brass, copper, nickel – some may call them fads, some may think they are here to stay. No matter what, metals have been invading our houses big time for the past 4 years. The challenge with incorporating metals into homes is that one can easily overdo it. I have seen many copper-everything kitchens or brass-everywhere bathrooms. […]
When going through the process of planning and decorating a space I usually keep the following four aspects in mind: the flow of the room, the proportion of the furniture in the space, the alignment of the decorative items and the aesthetic – what colours, textures, etc. I would divide the process of styling a space as […]