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Archives for December 2014

Hallway Ideas

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Hallways can be an easy place to forget when decorating your home. So we have brought together a selection of our products, to help you make the space much more than something to simply pass through.
A great addition is to fix pictures and mirrors to your hallway which will show your taste, flamboyant picture frames will also add flair. Storage units with shelves and cupboard areas such as our Nutkin Wall Mounted Storage Unit with Hanging Pegs.
This is from our childrens range, it’s also brilliant for a bedroom. The beauty of the white colour of this selection means it’s unisex. Although this collection is made for the bedroom, it also functions well in the hallway. It would be a nice addition to any home. By fitting this piece to your hallway leading down to the child’s bedroom it creates a great entrance. Other coat racks specifically designed for the entrance to the home include our Mobel Solid Oak Wall Mounted Coat Rack.
This coat rack has stainless steel hooks, and comes to you already assembled. As you can see above these racks not only hold clothing, but they also function as shelves. By adding decorative pieces to the top of your coat rack you are filling up the empty space in your hallway and creating interest. See our full range of hallway pieces here. Don’t forget about your hallway, you can still put your personal spin on it.

Tips for Small Bathrooms

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Even though your bathroom may be the smallest room in the house, this doesn’t mean that you won’t be able to make the most of it. Let us inspire you to add to your small room. We have some wonderful ideas for utilising the capacity and volume of your space, so do not think that you are completely limited with a small bathroom.

Bright colours are a wonderful way to add interest to the room. Even though you may not have lots of room to decorate the space with ornamental pieces, cupboards and cabinets, you can add style and personality to the walls through interesting design. Do not be afraid to be bold with colours, as you will be able to use this across the home by adding to the design.

Adding a feature wall to your bathroom will allow you to give your own personal touch to the area. By creating a focus piece this will draw attention to the wall, rather than the size of the room. You could even use decorative tiles on the walls and floors to create the same effect, find our blog on the many great uses of patterned tiles here:
Installing a glass shower door, rather than a curtain, will give the appearance of more space. A shower curtain will block off that area of the room, whereas the glass will give the appearance of more space. So if you have a small bathroom, do not worry as you can cleverly arrange the space to give the illusion of a larger area.
Images from Freshome.

Christmas Bathrooms!

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It’s December and we have all started to decorate our homes accordingly! If you love the festive season then we’re sure that even your bathroom won’t have escaped the Christmas theme. Although, just in case you’re getting stuck for ideas we have some brilliant suggestions to give your bathroom a merry touch this Winter!

There are many fun festive toilet covers available to add a Christmas feel to your bathroom. You can see the fun Christmas effect in the image below. We love the merry decorative pieces which are available at this time of year!

Or you could even make your dispensing accessories Christmas themed! Use Santa decorated soap bottles to spread the festive joy in your home. Add extra sparkle to your bathroom with these fun designs.

The use of gold in your bathroom is also a great way to add the festive spirit! It also more of a subtle way to add decoration to your bathroom if you want to stay away from garish decorations. Other colours which you can use are greens and reds. However, it is Christmas and these pieces are just so fun! Why not add some festive spirit to your bathroom? Go on, be merry. After all, tis the season to be jolly.

Belfast Sinks

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There are many styles of bathroom basin which you can choose from. The typical sink is round in shape and form. However, the Belfast sink is different to this in many ways. The traditional Belfast sink is deep and rectangular in shape and size. The classic white of the Belfast sink will match perfectly with any bathroom.

Traditional Belfast sinks are made from fireclay, this material is what lends itself to the chunky sink walls and design. This is in contrast to the French sinks which came later, featuring thinner sides due to the fine clay which was available to the French. The older more traditional and original Belfast sinks are the chunky ones, due to the type of clay which they used at the time.

Belfast sinks have a contemporary look which is heightened when they are built into the sides and fittings of your room, as seen in the image below:

Not only are Belfast sinks popular in the bathroom, but they also work fantastically in the kitchen. This is due to their size and amount of water which they can hold, perfect for your cooking and cleaning needs.

However, the style of the Belfast sink is brilliant in the bathroom, and can even stand freely if given enough support. The square shaping of the Belfast sink is neat, due to its corners which give off a clean and tidy finish – some may say this looks much better than the standard rounded sink and is what gives the Belfast sink its appeal.

You could even choose to source an old second hand Belfast sink, cleaning and updating it yourself for the complete traditional feel.

Images via pinterest.

Bathroom Scents

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Adding scents to your bathroom through the use of soaps, potpourri, reed diffusers can really make all of the difference to the overall atmosphere of you bathroom. Soaps are a great way to give your bathroom a great smell, as when using these products they leave the pleasant scent around.

You can co-ordinate these smells around your home to work together. For example do not use scents which are over bearing too close to one another, as they could mix creating unpleasant tones around your home. You can stick to the same scent around the entire home. This then means that the tone will flow, also light smells can work best in your bathroom so that they don’t overpower you.

Potpourri can be used as a lovely ornament around your bathroom, as seen in the image above. It is a great way to use the functions of the product and turn it into a lovely piece to look at also. However, more simply flowers are a great way to decorate your room and this is a classic way to decorate your home. If you make sure that you keep up with the water levels in your vase then your flowers can last for over a week and look beautiful as well.

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