Interior Design

We’re always happy to do our research at Furnishings Studio and we were very fortunate to make it to Spring Design Week just before the lockdown.  We held off from sharing what we saw while we all wrestled with food shortages, shielding, working from home and getting to grips with home learning.  But now that we’ve baked all the bread we can eat (banana or otherwise!) and decluttered to our heart’ …

Time was that it seemed like the whole of London was painted in Farrow and Ball’s famous shade of grey.  Or a variation of it. But if our recent trip to interior design exhibition, Decorex, is anything to go on, then things have taken a definite turn towards the dark side.  Because charcoal is the way forward.  And it’s incredibly versatile and looks absolutely stunning. We saw it in paints (for wal …

It’s so nice to see the sun and to have the clocks move forward.  But it’s that time of year when it can often look much warmer out than it is and when the house gets chilly quite quickly once it loses the warmth of the sun. But with so many of us now enjoying lovely bifold or patio doors we often have a space in our homes that has the advantages of garden views combined with the snug cosiness of t …

We recently made our annual foray to Interior Design show Decorex. Here’s an update on what we saw: Screens and room dividers Our lives seem to be becoming increasingly ‘open plan’. Flats are being developed with one large living space and many of us are opening up our houses in the same way. But how to delineate where the eating area morphs to the sitting area? Or perhaps to deaden sound as it bounc …

Windows …. The feature of many a home, but essentially just a hole in the wall. However, with the right covering these holes can be transformed to make a better-looking feature of any room, as well as provide many other benefits including, privacy and sunlight control. Whether you are choosing a covering for just one window, or an entire house, there are many factors to consider, such as: Shape  – th …