Style Inspiration

How To Make Rooms Appear Larger

Whether you own a Victorian townhouse with ceiling-high windows or a stylish city-dwellers apartment with compact rooms, it’s really useful to know how to make the most of the space you’ve got.

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Adding A Touch Of Class To Your Living Space

Our homes are a place that we should be proud of, and the way we choose to decorate them should be an extension of us and our personality. However, there is such a thing as going a little overboard and this can then make a room or your home feel cluttered, messy and uninspired. Far from what you were hoping to achieve. So we thought we would share with you some of the ways that you can add a touch of class to your living spaces in your home.

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Why You Should Be Using Hardwood Throughout your Home...

Everyone likes hardwood, there’s just something so great about it and it looks fantastic when it is on display. It has a shine nothing else and it can also come in a huge range of different colours as well. Of course, if you have never experimented with using hardwood throughout your home before then you have nothing to worry about. It’s really easy to understand the benefits of having hardwood throughout the home and it’s not even that expensive either.

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Get Your Home On The Cutting Edge Of Style!

A lot of people end up in the position of feeling as though their home has become a little bit stale and tired. This can be especially the case in the spring when you may be ready to freshen the place up a bit. You might look at various home design blogs and magazines and feel as though interior fashion is leaving you behind. It can often feel as though trying to stay at the cutting edge of style when it comes to your home is borderline impossible, but that's really not the case. All it really takes are some simple ideas to keep your home up to date. Here are just a few that you might want to try:

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The Hottest Tips For Hosting A House Warming Party

Moving into a new property is an extremely exciting moment in your life. Furthermore, it’s one that you’ll probably want to share with friends and family. The best way to do this is with a housewarming party.

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Fixtures You Should Use In Your Bathroom

Bathrooms can be entirely standard or a style central of your home. However, these two ideas aren’t mutually exclusive. You can have practical elements that are elegant and shiny in your bathroom in a flash if you decide to remodel. Below are a few things that would be best to include if you want to do over your bathroom and make shower times a little bit more glitzy.

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Five Key Furniture Pieces To Invest In For Life

Interior design trends will always come and go, and although you may have your preference when it comes to styles now, they will soon change. With so many different ideas and inspirations popping up from time to time, and lots of varied places to find them, you can often feel like your tastes change as quickly as the trends do. So, you don’t always know where to invest your money when it comes to decor, and furniture in particular. Whether you want to add a luxurious edge to your home or stick to classic pieces, there are a few key pieces of furniture that you should always invest in.

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Make An Entrance With Your Hallway

Often forgotten for not having ‘room’ status, your hallway is the last place you would imagine needs a makeover. However, it’s important to remember that this little piece of your home is where you walk every single day...

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Make An Entrance With Your Hallway

Often forgotten for not having ‘room’ status, your hallway is the last place you would imagine needs a makeover. However, it’s important to remember that this little piece of your home is where you walk every single day...

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Celia Sawyer's Top 5 Alternative Christmas Trees for 2016

Celia Sawyer, founder of the exclusive Knightsbridge interior design company ‘Celia Sawyer Luxury Interiors’, shares with Home UK Magazine her choice of top 'alternative' Christmas trees for this festive season. Celia first hit our screens as the stylish, sassy and straight talking dealer on Channel 4’s award winning primetime show, Four Rooms, currently in its fifth season.

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We Meet Design Supremo Max McMurdo

We meet interior design supremo Max McMurdo, award-winning designer, TV personality and manufacturer of upcycled products, who shares with us his design inspirations. Max has just written his first book, UPCYCLING, which creatively demonstrates how to create beautiful and innovative furniture, lights and storage for the home.

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Golden Glow: Flooring Superstore Trends Inspired By Rio Olympics

With the Rio Olympics firmly under way, all eyes are on the athletes competing for medal places. But, you don’t have to be an elite sportsperson to go for gold this autumn. It just so happens that the Olympic Games coincide with new flooring trends, so you can inject a splash of victory into your interiors. While styles last year were all about shades of grey, this autumn flooring in warmer hues is bang on trend. Here, Flooringsuperstore.com runs through key picks for autumn.

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Colour Combination Is A Picture Of Serenity

For the first time, a blending of two colours has been chosen as Colour Of The Year 2016 by PANTONE. The dazzling combination is Rose Quartz & Serenity (PANTONE 13-1520 & PANTONE 15-3919). There are many ways you can bring this serene colour combination into your home.

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Bathrooms With A 1920s Twist

Of all the classic period looks that come in and out of vogue, the art deco movement of the 1920s and 1930s has to be one of the most enduring. TV inspirations such as Downton Abbey has helped to re-state the timeless appeal of art deco.

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Five Interior Design Features That Have Stood The Test Of Time

The problem with design, particularly interior design, is that tastes change, styles come and go, and things can completely go out of fashion very quickly. Of course change is good, it’s what stops style from going stale and things getting very samey. It’s not so good however when you have limited time, a limited budget and don’t want to have to endure a complete interior revamp every five minutes. To remedy this, why not think about getting the best of both worlds?

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New Hacks To Simplify Your Life

Here are some really useful 'life hacks' that could help to save money and hassle while away from home. The tips have been put together by American Express and Lifehacker UK to celebrate the latest range of Amex offers.

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Soothing Scenes: Pictures of Serenity

Nature therapy has long been recognised as an effective way to beat stress. Anxiety and tension can be lowered by looking at imagery with green and blue shades depicting the countryside and water; medical issues can be positively controlled by immersing ourselves more in our natural surroundings.

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It's A Bug's Life

It is now easier than ever for art fans to purchase one of the limited edition prints of plants, bugs and tiny winged creatures from Danish design house hagedornhagen thanks to an exclusive partnership with The Gifted Few.

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Introducing 'Ragged Rose'

Ultra-feminine, and yet surprisingly bold, Ragged Rose is a British brand created in the UK in 2011. An exciting range of fabrics, furnishings and gifts developed by creative entrepreneur Dawn Rose who was previously Head of Buying at the iconic department store Selfridges and also House of Fraser. Dawn has developed ranges and brands for many other top retailers in fashion and home accessories and has fused these passions into fresh, fun products with an ageless appeal.

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Get The Monochrome Look!

Black and white monochrome style has always been synonymous with style. It’s a statement look for the home and has never dated. Home UK Magazine speaks to Samantha Davies, head of marketing at The Kitchen Restoration Company www.kitchenrestoration.co.uk – the UK's leader in handcrafting bespoke kitchen door and drawer fronts - on the trend that is monochrome.

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Return To The 60s…

The Mad Men series has put bars and beverage carts in high demand- think crystal decanter, gold rimmed glasses and a tray of fancy spirits. There are many ways you can put your home into the right groove.

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Kirsty Allsopp to Launch New Vintage-inspired Bedding Collection

Property guru and popular TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp launches her latest Home Living Bedding Collection in September throughout the UK. Her latest designs reflect her love of colour and antiques. To quote Kirstie: "I'm obsessed with a good looking bed."

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Ways to Make Small Spaces Seem Bigger

Interior Design has always come naturally to me. From the age of 13 I was wallpapering, painting and moving very large pieces of furniture around every couple of years for the next new look in my bedroom.

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Spring has sprung at home

Once condemned as ‘chintzy’, the floral prints, which were so popular in the 80s and then before that in the 40s and 50s, have been undergoing something of a renaissance. Blooms are most definitely back.

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Trend alert: The Smart Home

Long gone are the days when people had to get up and walk to the television to the change the channel or manually open the garage or front gate. Soon, the days of using a remote control and light switch will be gone too. As technology continues to develop in the digital age, we’re finding ourselves less dependent on doing things manually or even by remote control.

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George is a 'Glass Act'!

Home UK Magazine speaks to leading architect George Tsiantar, founder and Managing Director of UK-based practice, Tsiantar Architects. He explains why glass in architecture is so important, highlighting its enduring aesthetic and practical appeal.

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How to create the perfect home office

With the increase in flexible and remote working, more of us are working from home than ever before. According to latest figures from the Office for National Statistics, there are 4.2m home workers in the UK, the highest number since records began in 1998. It’s clear then that the home office needs to be a place where we feel at our most comfortable and productive, given the amount of time we spend in it. So, how do you create an environment which feels separate enough from the rest of your home life so you are ready to start work as soon as you open the door? Here are a few tips for creating the right home office for you...

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Classic interior design ideas for the modern home

Vintage is very much on trend this year, with many interior designers and property developers naming this movement the ‘Downton effect’. However, it’s not just the Victorian and Edwardian style that’s increasing in popularity, but the ability to give a new-build property instant character through interior design decor. Here are a few items that can instantly build character in your new home.

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Design Trend 2015: Copper

In 2014 copper made a huge resurgence in interior design and there really is no stopping it as the trend continues into 2015. Copper is and has been the metal of choice favoured in architectural and interior design through the centuries and has often been used for a number of industrial fixtures.

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Colourful fabrics are perfect for spring and summer inspiration

quiirk – www.quiirk.co.uk – the online home and design boutique, has unveiled a new collection of gorgeous, knitted, textile creations, designed by the talented Sarah Moore – perfect for injecting style and colour into the home for spring and summer.

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Rustic Style

Rustic has become the new minimal in the fast-changing world of interior design. In some ways, the trend is the antithesis to the pared down style of the 90s. Back then, the minimalist trendsetters tried far too hard without even realising it. If you opt for the rustic look in your home, you’ll never be accused of doing that.

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Leading designer Marc Sadler talks exclusively to Home UK Magazine

Marc Sadler is an accomplished designer with more than four decades of experience working for leading companies in a variety of sectors. Today, Sadler designs furniture and furnishings, including electrical and domestic appliances, lighting and technical products. He is widely recognised for his innovative use of plastic within design and first gained exposure in the design world for creating the first ever completely recyclable thermoplastic rubber ski book. Here, Marc talks exclusively to Home UK Magazine about his design inspirations and his plans for the future.

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Putting a personal stamp on a rental property - tips from leading designer Wayne Hemingway

Making a rental house a family home can be a challenge if there are restrictions on furnishing or decorating. However, for new residents of Get Living London’s private rental homes at East Village, E20 (London’s newest neighbourhood and the former London 2012 Athletes’ Village), putting a personal stamp on the homes is encouraged. Leading designer Wayne Hemingway explains the importance of keeping children in mind when putting a personal stamp on your home.

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New hand crafted lighting collection in vibrant shades

Hunkydory Home has just launched their new Plains lighting range, and with seven vibrant colours it's anything but boring.

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Iconic cushions inspired by coastal life

London tailor Patrick Thomson has created a limited edition range of cushions after being inspired by Hainsworth’s iconic Melton fabric. Thomson’s ‘Strata’ cushions are constructed from colour-block panels of vivid Melton cloth in a seaside colourway of powder blue, teal, white and cavalry yellow.

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Introducing luxury brand Haute Déco

Haute Déco, the luxury door-handle company is on-trend with a family of stone-effect handles, a selection of knobs and lever handles in pumice, sand-stone and other stone effects.

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Home UK interviews luxury cushion company boss

Alexandra D Foster founded a luxury cushion company with each cushion inspired by a place she has visited. Alexandra speaks to Home UK magazine about her journey, style inspiration and future plans.

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Pack up your trunk

Pack up your storage troubles with these beautifully crafted traditional leather trunks and chests from Leather & Lavender. Great for the living room, hallway or bedroom, these storage wonders are perfect for adding to a vintage or nomad theme to your home.

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A touch of gold in the kitchen?

The UK’s first ever kitchen display featuring real gold surfaces has been unveiled. Grid Thirteen, which is exclusively affiliated to world renowned luxury brand SieMatic, has installed the ‘opulent’ showpiece at its studio in Leeds, offering the discerning buyer the chance to own a genuinely exclusive kitchen.

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Cover your floor with shades of autumn

UK Flooring Direct is ready to welcome in the new season with Galleria Heritage, the end of summer providing the perfect opportunity to freshen up our homes.

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Flower power: new interior accessory for orchids

Inspired by Salone del Mobile, international designer Roderick Vos presents a style guide for interiors in collaboration with orchid growers from Art of Life. The images each combine modern design, on-trend colours and orchids in their own way. Roderick Vos, known for the Bucketlight plant light, is also launching his limited edition new interior accessory: the ORQUID. This is yet another design with which he approaches plants in the interior in an unusual way: “An orchid hanging at eye level gives the most viewing pleasure!”

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Concreate celebrates prestigious deal with new art gallery

Concreate, which is the first product of its kind available on the British flooring market, has secured a prestigious deal with the new Chapel Place Gallery in Tunbridge Wells, to fit the gallery with its innovative flooring product.

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Always look on the bright side of life...

Throughout the summer season the streets can be seen to show an array of bright colours and prints. Using vibrant colours can bring the summer spirit into the home, and once the clouds come in, they can still liven up a dull day.

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