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The bathroom design no-nos that all interior designers can agree on
4+ hour, 2+ min ago (665+ words) A stylish and practical family bathroom designed by Lonika Chande for a house in north London. "Bathrooms need to work hard," says Clare Gaskin. "Materials and finishes should be chosen not just for how they look, but for how they…...
What to do with a lower ground floor kitchen
3+ week, 6+ day ago (302+ words) The lower ground floor kitchen of cook and writer Melissa Hemsley. "I've had lots of clients who have said, "We want to move the kitchen from the lower ground floor to the ground floor," muses Patrick Williams of Berdoulat Interior…...
How to choose a new paint colour for an existing decoration scheme
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (186+ words) In Emma Sherlock's Hampshire cottage, walls in Farrow & Ball's "Pink Ground' and complemented by an mixture of different patterns. This box bed room, designed for grandchildren by Laura Stephens, features wallpaper is from Jim Thompson paired with Paint & Paper Library's…...
The dos and don'ts of renovating a bathroom
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (409+ words) ADYOULIKE (Open Web) stores cookies with a maximum duration of about this many days: 365. These cookies may be refreshed. The pipes are concealed behind a shallow run of tongue and groove panelling in this charming bathroom in the house of…...
What is home staging and can it help you sell your house?
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (739+ words) House & Garden "In its bare basic form, home staging is preparing your property to go on the market for sale," explains Natalie Evans, Founder and CEO of staging company Little Barn Door and President of the Home Staging Association UK....
How to design a really useful bathroom, according to a beauty editor
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (199+ words) The rosy pink hue of this bathroom comes from the Zelliges tiles from Mosaic Factory. It is designed by Holly Vaughan. In the primary bathroom of Brandon Schubert's London flat, a vaulted gold-leaf ceiling by Lara Fiorentino tops teak panelled…...
What is making a bathroom look dated right now?
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (350+ words) For a calm, considered and subtly eclectic look that will not date, take inspiration from Cath Kidston's elegant bathroom in London. Pandora Taylor's own bathroom at home in London features strongly veined marble and bold tiles in the arched shower…...
First time buyers: the red flags you need to look out for
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (813+ words) A floral designer's charming Chelsea mews house Here we find out how to distinguish between genuine red flags that will send you into bankruptcy or breakdown trying to change, and things that might look awful, but are relatively easy to…...
The DIY jobs we would categorically never do
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (422+ words) The kitchen of Daisy Sims Hilditch's London house, which features three things we wouldn't do ourselves: tiling, parquet flooring and plumbing. Here a group of seasoned DIYers share the jobs they just won't attempt themselves and " if you are really…...