Home & Garden
New apartments get top treatment from kitchen supplier
A leading national timber firm is supplying top class kitchens for a group of restored residential buildings in a newly regenerated area of Bradford. The former textile warehouse at Little Germany in Bradford, is currently being converted into modern loft apartments, hosting studio, one and two bedroom living spaces.
Short on space but not on style
Making a small property appear larger is one of the biggest challenges for a homeowner, but if you apply a few decorating and furnishing tricks and take some professional advice from an interior designer, there is no reason why your small home should not look or feel like a more spacious property.
Gloss is back
After years of discreet matte finishes on our walls, doors and furniture, gloss is making a major comeback. A few splashes of gloss in your home – think shiny splash back in your kitchen, lacquered TV cabinet in your living room or gleaming laminate floor in your hall – is the very latest in interior design.
Inside outside
A perfect way to spend a warm, sultry evening is on your terrace or in the garden, sipping a chilled glass of wine. Why not enjoy the same comfort and aesthetic beauty outside as you do inside?
All change in the kitchen
With slower property markets and rising mortgage rates many homeowners are turning to makeovers as an alternative to selling their property.
Spend a romantic Autumn with Virgin Vie at Home
Virgin Vie At Home welcomes the arrival of a brand new collection for Autumn Winter 2008. The new collection offers a gorgeous selection of home accessories, enabling us to give our homes a seasonal update with minimal fuss. With a strong Autumnal feel, the new collection features beautiful accessories in a distinctive series of floral and leaf designs.
Every picture tells a story
Young and talented, 27 years old Lisa Bengtsson was born in a little town called Gnosjö in the south of Sweden. Since she was little, she always felt that she was meant to be a designer so she could communicate her feelings through her work.
How to create your very own four seasons garden
If you’re a fair-weather gardener but would like to have a garden that you can make use of all year round, then help is at hand from woodcare specialists Sadolin, sponsors of the inspirational Sadolin Four Seasons Garden, which has just scooped a Gold medal at this year’s prestigious Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.
Taking photo display to new heights
Kodak has announced a feature-packed wireless digital frame series boasting innovative capabilities and accessibility to online content. Available in 10-inch and 8-inch versions, these frames will wirelessly connect consumers to photo-sharing sites including KODAK Gallery and Flickr, and Internet content manager FrameChannel, a service of Frame Media, Inc.
Newly discovered Gainsborough portrait doubles its estimate at Bonhams
A packed saleroom saw fiercely competitive bidding for a number of paintings in Bonhams Old Master Paintings sale today, including a recently discovered portrait by Thomas Gainsborough, (British 1727-1788), which sold for £198,000 – over double its pre-sale estimate. A painting by the Dutch landscape artist Gaspar van Wittel (1653-1736) also fetched an impressive £826,400. The sale itself made a total of £2,876,960. The painting - a previously unrecorded work by Gainsborough – was bought by a private European collector on the telephone.
Indulge your home with Nitin Goyal
Nitin Goyal has had a loyal customer base of real interiors devotees since the launch of the label in 2004. The beautiful hand crafted detailing such as intricate smocking, quilting, pleating and stitching, lush colour palettes and the use of the finest materials, such as sensuous silks, wools, cashmeres and velvets make his products must have items for anyone wanting to bring true luxury into their homes. It is no wonder then that the London based designer is gaining international recognition from stylists and journalists alike.
Tap into the latest bathroom designs
When it comes to bathroom design, the choice of tap is pivotal and can ultimately influence the final look of the room. It is almost like bathroom jewellery, dressing plain white sanitary ware and transforming it into something unique and individual. However, the tap is also one of the hardest working pieces of equipment in the bathroom. It must therefore not only look good, but also perform. And as bathrooms tend to be re-designed every 10 years, both the look and performance of taps must stand the test of time.
Kährs voted Best Wooden Floors for 7th year
Kährs has been awarded winner of the Contract Flooring Award for Hardwood Flooring for the seventh year. Sponsored jointly by Contract Flooring Journal and the Contract Flooring Association, the Award was given for Kährs complete range. Votes by CFJ’s flooring contractor readership were registered in a ballot earlier this year and the Award was presented at an exclusive luncheon hosted at Woburn Abbey.
The ultimate spa experience in your own home
The new Morphosis Omega from Jacuzzi oozes style and sophistication and is the ultimate hydromassage steam cabin. With four massage jets, steam bath with temperature control and container for gels and oils, this is the ultimate home spa. The state of the art seat forms a sculptural line of teak that appears to drape itself within the enclosure to create a dramatic design statement that allows you to sit down and relax whilst hot wet steam envelops you.
Super rich bolster arts and antiques market
The super rich and international buyers are bolstering the arts and antiques industry as signs show the credit crunch is beginning to bite, says the RICS UK Arts and Antiques Survey.