Today I’m heading off to Portsmouth and so I’ve based this mood board on a light and airy blue seaside-y feel. I started with the fabric from harlequin and the light, wooden furniture. This fabric is great for being able to tie in a range of different shades of blue within the accessories and lighting. Using the …
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A few Little Greene Company colours & accessories
We’ve chosen some Little Greene Company paint colours and matched them with fabrics, furniture and a few accessories. Hope you enjoy! Hicks’ Blue and Gauze Mid Little Greene Paint, Hicks’ Blue (208) & Gauze Mid (164) – Villa Nova Fabric, Norrland Indigo – Crumble Snuggler by Loaf at John Lewis, Brushed Cotton Flint – Ebbe Gehl for John Lewis …
Fabric – Villa Nova
We’ve found and fallen in love with fabric. I will write a few posts like this, looking at different manufacturers of fabric – picking our favourite styles and colours from the collections. The first manufacturer we’ve selected is Villa Nova. Today I got to see and feel the new fabrics books for their Norrland collection …
A living room design with John Lewis products
This design was made in answer to a made up brief for John Lewis. The brief outlined the size of the room and the wants and needs of the clients. Here is the brief in short; warm tones, show off the victorian oak floorboards, to include an office area, spaces to display photographic work, be …
The Design Museum, London
We went to visit the new design museum. It used to be housed in a building by the Thames and Tower Bridge but has now re-opened in the old Commonwealth Institute which has been renovated by John Pawson. The space has one permanent exhibition, two spaces for temporary exhibitions as well as a restaurant, cafe …
Winter colour combinations
Five warming rooms with some perfect colour combinations for the winter months. Earthy tones and dark blues and reds. A little visual inspiration. Bethvictoria.com
Spring home colour combinations
Spring has sprung and we’re thinking of the bright colours that we want to bring to our home, here are a few interior colour combinations we have found and think you would like too! Green, blues and teals feature highly in these five different combinations, they are easily added to a room with the …
Spring time!
Here are a few simple ways to add colour and a spring feel to your home! Flowers! (of course) Flowers are the perfect symbol of spring. But try to mix up what you display them in. Keep the colours light and bright! Paint your front door! Add a splash of colour to the …
Happy New Year!
We celebrated in style this year. Using some of the tips we found whilst writing the previous blog post we decorated the house in a classy festive way. The colour theme was black, silver and gold. The night incorporated the best things that happened last year and our wishes and resolutions for this year. The …
Making a Camera Obscura
The Camera Obscura is an optical device that was essential in the development of the camera and photography. When done right creating a room into a camera obscura is an incredible thing. Abe Morell is one of the top camera obscura makers. He travels around and makes hotel rooms into these beautiful naturally projected works. …