Posted in General on Dec 28th, 2011
When it comes to picking the right Oak Furniture for your house you need to ensure you look not only at the cost but the type of wood used. On the Internet there is always cheaper alternatives and the furniture industry is no different. The recommended type of oak furniture is “solid oak” this is [...]
Posted in General on Dec 30th, 2010
Yesterday there was a bird in the office and it took me back to my childhood when we used to get birds that would fly down the chimney in my parent’s house and get stuck behind the gas fire. There would be an awful lot of struggling and banging behind the fire and I would [...]
Posted in General on Dec 27th, 2010
When I moved in with my last housemate we bought some furniture before we moved into the flat because it was an unfurnished flat. We invested in a lovely cream sofa with chunky sides and cushions which we bought second hand from an advert online. We got our Dads to help us pick it up [...]
Posted in General on Dec 24th, 2010
When choosing your furniture for a room, you really should think about the theme of the room you are creating. Think about this, if you had a new house and you were creating the theme from scratch you wouldn’t put mis matched furniture into each room, you’d pick a theme and go hunting for perfect [...]
Posted in General on Dec 22nd, 2010
In my house and in life in general I have always been very organised, with somewhere for everything I own to go so there is not stuff laying about the house. There has been an issue area that has plagued me however and that is my jewellery. I have a bowl for my rings, an [...]
Posted in General on Dec 13th, 2010
You know you are meant to live together when you move in with someone you don’t know very well and it turns out you both own the same armchair! You’d expect when you first move into a shared home that there will be a miss match of styles as everyone brings their own belongings and [...]
Posted in General on Aug 8th, 2010
Every house has walls – but what do you put on them? Do you put bookcases against them? Or sideboards? Or big “light reflecting” mirrors to “enhance the proportions of the room? Or family portraits? Or scenic views? There’s no hard or fast rule to this, and I like a bit of everything, something different [...]
Posted in Bedroom, General, Kitchen, Lounge on Jun 11th, 2010
One of the most exciting things about getting your new place is furnishing for the first time. You may want your dream bed, your dream sofa, a fantastic table and chairs dining set and much more. However if you are on a budget you may want to identify the items you need to be your [...]
Posted in General on Jan 27th, 2010
Im sure we have all done it, sat there dreaming about how we would spend the outcome of a huge Lottery win. You draw up your list of cars, houses, holidays etc and then it comes to filling the house with a load of trendy furniture. It got me thinking of how the ‘other’ half [...]
Posted in General on Jan 22nd, 2010
I recently found myself lay in bed thinking how boring my room had got and that really i should do something about it. It seems to happen on a recurring basis and find myself re-arranging furniture just for the sake of it. So if you are looking at doing your bedroom, what do you look [...]