What is Art? I guess the answer to that question is almost anything these days. Modern art can be “interesting” to say the least. In fact, I often wonder about the minds of some contemporary artists and what planet they were on when the concepted their idea, but perhaps I am a little conservative as […]
How I am Coping with the Christmas Rush At this time of year, all I want to do is throw my hands in the air, find a rock to hide under and wish Christmas would come and go while I was catching up on some sleep! Unfortunately, that is not going to happen, I will
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How do you keep your designer bedroom looking good? This is a problem I find in all areas of design, when you complete the job, the room looks great, you go back two months later and it looks like a jumble sale! So how do you keep the bedroom you have designed looking great? Keep
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This is a personal blog post about the last five days. Chris and I live in Christchurch, New Zealand with our three children. On Saturday morning at 4.35am we were woken up with a roaring nose and the whole house shaking. An earthquake. Then it was pitch black, we were all ok, frightened and apprehensive
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I have just visited a lodge with the look at undertaking the refurbishment. I am very open minded when it comes to looking at design, and appreciate good quality design when I see it, but boy do I get annoyed when I see that designers have used totally inappropriate products in spaces. Here is an
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How many colors should you use in a color scheme in a room?This is a very popular interior color question from our readers. So I thought I would share my ideas with you. Using more than five colors My usual reply is that there are no hard and fast rules, (here it comes) BUT more
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Wallpaper can completely transform a room. I recently visited a friend who had purchased an older home that had been renovated and painted throughout. It looked clean and crisp, but it lacked something. My friend got to work and “went to town” with wallpaper. What a transformation. It reinforces my ideas on using pattern, texture
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Don’t forget about the trees? After recent discussions with my wannabe interior designer daughter (all of seven years of age), on the interior design for her new bedroom, which by the way is not as nice as her old bedroom (before we started), boy life is tough!She told me not to forget about the trees!What,
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When is a designer right or wrong? I recently was contacted by a contractor on a project that was almost complete, I had allowed the client to make a change, she wanted a feature wall in the corporate color (lime green) in the reception area. It wasn’t what I would have chosen, but being an
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A colleague of mine has been taking home design magazines from our office for her mother to read. She is at home all day on her own and loves to have something to do with her time.She is in her 70’s yet she can still get excited and passionate about learning design. My colleague said
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