For those of you who have completed the interior decorating ecourse, you will know how I stress about the importance of “extracting”a good client brief. The Client Brief It has hit home again this week! We have been working on a project through a project manager, who took the client brief and gave it to […]
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When it comes to what you can see in a room, make it look good! When it comes to what you can touch in a room, make it quality! You need good quality fittings and fixtures. There is nothing worse than visiting a lovely big new home that your friends are proud of and you
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Where do Interior Designers get their Design Ideas from? New design ideas – I am constantly being asked this question, and I must admit, that as the years go by I start to feel that I struggle to come up with something new and original myself. I think that this is because I am a
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In the current world financial situation, money no longer grows on trees! Did it ever? Money is a lot harder to come by, people are afraid of losing their jobs, worried about their financial future and less likely to be committing to making major changes to their home interiors, but that doesn’t mean we have
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Texture – The Interior Designer’s Best Friend Imagine a world without texture? It would be flat and without interest. We need it to make interiors have 3 dimensions, we don’t want things to look flat. Color and form alone is not enough to make an interior look appealing. It needs texture. Imagine the bed below
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Focus your Attention to Detail when choosing your fittings and Fixtures Let’s look at why I want to talk about your attention to detail. We recently went to a wonderful hotel for a very special family occasion and I was really impressed with the interior design of the hotel. It was smart, well themed for
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Home sweet home and Happy New Year everyone! I know I am a little late with that message but I am just back from holiday and haven’t been near a computer for some time! What I want to talk about today is how a simple thing like your comfortable bed can spoil you for life
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7 Jobs you can do if you are an Interior Designer? I get asked all the time about what is an interior designer and what is involved in the job. There are so many different ways you can use Interior Design training, so I have put together 7 that came to mind. I can and
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A room in it’s underwear is not the finished product! What on earth are you talking about I hear you say? Room’s don’t have underwear! But they do have a processed of being “dressed”. One of the hardest things to deal with when an interior design or decorating project is underway is the client making
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Tips for Keeping a Tidy House When you are Selling We are currently in the process of selling our house. Sounds easy enough, but it is the opposite. Trying to keep a tidy house is almost impossible as we have a family to manage as well. Here are a few things that we have done
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