Life&Style Interiors
Styling your home with flooring is a crucial aspect, and one that could prove costly if you’re not completely satisfied. Using wood flooring looks ultra-stylish, and is practical too. Despite the many types of floor coverings available today, hardwood is still the most beautiful and the best. You can choose from many styles and colours to complement any interior. What’s more, the natural beauty of the wood brings many benefits. If you worry that hardwood floors are environmentally unsound, fear not. By choosing a hardwood floor instead of a synthetic floor covering, you are using a renewable source of energy. [...]
We all have stresses during the day. But when you come home, what is there to cheer you up? Apart from your partner, there’s also the colour of your walls. Carefully applied colour in your home makes an immediate and lasting visual impact, giving off an array of mood-changing associations. Your colour scheme should complement the space and suit your personal preferences. Before you choose your colour schemes, always consider the space. Dark rooms can be brightened up with light-coloured walls, accessorised with white voile curtains and plenty of green plants. Tiny rooms look more spacious with pale, cool colours, [...]
Many of us will choose a house based on those immortal words ‘original features’. Fireplaces, wooden floors, ceiling coving and old pine doors are all things that can raise a houseabove the pack when it comes to the estate agents details. But more often than not those much-loved features have seen better days – pitted boards, crumbling plaster and peeling baths – fine in theory but those promises to fix them up are often forgotten in among the important task of living day to day in a property. However, whether you’re fixing up to sell or just want to give your home [...]
With winter soon to disappear, it might be worth thinking about doing those luxury outdoor updates sooner rather than later Does the bitter cold weather have you dreaming of warm days spending time with friends and family in your backyard? The cold may keep us indoors, but professionals in the landscape and remodelling industry are still thinking about the outdoors and use the winter months to plan spring projects, and so should you. Winter months provide the perfect opportunity to prepare your outdoor space for the warmer months. Planning and prepping now will ensure that you get full use of your [...]
Life&Style Magazine, in conjunction with NOW Homes, are giving away 30 pairs of FREE tickets to the National Homebuilding & Renovating Show at the NEC in Birmingham from March 29th – April 1st, 2012. The National Homebuilding & Renovating Show is the UK’s biggest, dedicated self-build & renovation event. This year it will be packed to the rafters with free expert advice, countless inspirational ideas and thousands of cutting edge and essential products – all to help you make the most of your home, your budget and your plans. Join us on the 29 March – 1 April 2012 and [...]
Chris Ashwin – of bespoke kitchen company Hill Farm Furniture – talks about the trend towards a natural look for today’s kitchens. Despite the recent fashion of glossy kitchens and sleek lines, there is a timeless elegance and warmth that you can only get from a country-style English kitchen – a kitchen that is truly the heart of the home. Real woods and natural stone have natural soft textures and imperfections, which make for a rich but subtle aesthetic. They create an inviting space with character, classic charm and timeless quality – helping to blur the lines between the kitchen [...]
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