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Incurable romantics will be heading down to Bonhams Knowle salerooms on 12 February 2008 in the hope of purchasing a selection of beautiful Victorian Valentines cards.

Statistics show that more of us than ever are choosing to shop on-line to take the stress out of purchasing those special gifts. If the pressure of shopping for Christmas presents or bagging the bargains in packed out stores gives you a headache, then Internet shopping could be the answer.

Sixty per cent of new home owners in the UK struggle to decorate and furnish their houses after forking out high prices for the property, according to research from home insurer MORE TH>N.

Spring into action with some new furniture for the season with Harveys. The UK’s biggest furniture specialist has a wide variety of products so you can choose to de-clutter, brighten or freshen up your home.

Online interiors boutique and lifestyle brand BODIE and FOU today launched the new series of flamboyant ceramic lamps by Brazilian ceramist Flavia del Pra. The first series launched by BODIE and FOU at last year Daily Telegraph House and Garden Fair created a storm and got featured in various UK and international magazines

Online interiors boutique and lifestyle brand BODIE and FOU™ have launched the Special Edition Missoni Paulistano chair. Designed in 1957 by Mendes da Rocha, Winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2006, the Paulistano chair is a Brazilian version of a Bauhaus classic and joins the ranks of iconic design classics from Alvar Aalto, Mies van der Rohe and other European designers.

Gone are the days when the smaller developer could sell a whole development off plan. Now small and medium sized developers have to spend BIG money to compete with larger competitors in order to put their impressive show homes together.

Handcrafted bespoke furniture specialist Neville Johnson has released 5 facts to consider before setting up a home office.

Jaga Heating Products has announced that the baroque-styled Heatwave radiator – designed by the company together with acclaimed Dutch designer Joris Laarman – is now available in the UK.

Stripes are hot this year, and now you can refresh your IKEA sofas and chairs with a new multistripe design by Bemz inhouse designer, Katarina Wiklund.

If you’re looking for something truly individual for your living room, hall or stairway, look no further - Caryn Moberly’s River Mirrors are truly pieces of art. Created from beautiful pieces of burred elm, which she selects for their undulating edges, the mirrors resemble water flowing between the natural banks of a river. No two mirrors are the same.

Leading Scottish fireplace retailer The Edinburgh Fireplace Gallery has been named Paramount Dealer of Excellence and Dealer of the Year 2007. This prestigious award, which is open to 200 fireplace retailers throughout the UK has been won by the company for the second year running.

A different kind of museum experience: In the exhibition MyHome, Vitra Design Museum gives internationally renowned designers of a younger generation the opportunity to realise their individual visions.

Not only are reclaimed wood floors environmentally friendly, they can be a good deal more cost effective than new.

See the latest revolution in home cinema technology – Picture House launches the new compact Kiara plasma TV fireplace on stand L194 – Grand Designs Live London ExCel Centre 8 to 10 June 2007 – the plasma TV is hidden away in a fully working fireplace – now you see it, now you don’t!