How to beautify your home with brocade
When it comes to updating your home, using a neutral colour palette is the safest and most reliable way to achieve a new look. There are many ways to renew your decor, including dressing your room with fabulous furniture and accessories. Brocade is highly popular at the moment within the world of fashion – broderie... Read more...
Colour recipe – analogous colour scheme
Now that we are confident with designing colour schemes based on a single colour (in my previous posts I used red and blue-green), let’s move on to other colour recipes using multiple colours. The simplest way is to use colours which are close to each other on the colour wheel. These are called analogous colour schemes.... Read more...
Leaf, Bough and Blossom – celebrate the start of spring with Vintage influences
May began this week, officially bringing the start of Spring. I don’t know about you, but I’d quite like the weather to catch up and realise this fact! Instead of celebrating outdoors amongst the flora and fauna, why don’t we bring the May Day celebrations inside the home this year? Historically at this time, according... Read more...
Vintage up your boudoir
With a lot of people leaning towards a more vintage romantic feel for their bedrooms at the moment I thought I would base today’s post on how to achieve this look. Vintage is all about soft colours, delicate patterns and textured fabrics – all of which bring an instant romantic feel to a bedroom. This... Read more...
How to create a tropical paradise in your home
The ultimate spring and summer 2012 trend has to be Tropical Delights, as seen on countless recent catwalks. The stunning florals and turquoise blues featured in these shows also look fabulous within the home. An array of island colours such as yellow, green and pink can brighten and enlarge rooms. Tropical Delights has been a... Read more...
Entertain in style, whatever the size of your home
As the warmer weather approaches we all like to escape from our winter layers and start to entertain more. Many homes these days do not have the luxury of a designated dining room but this shouldn’t stop you from catching up with friends. Today we are looking at some ways to allow you to entertain... Read more...
How to design a monochromatic room
Last time I wrote for mydeco.com we built a monochromatic (single colour) scheme using cushions based on red. Today, let’s do a whole room with one of my favourite colours - blue-green. Where I live in Australia is soaked in blue-green, no wonder it’s a favourite of mine. Here are some lovely Dulux blue-greens to... Read more...
Dulux at the Ideal Home Show
The Ideal Home Show has just come to an end and 2012′s exhibition was bigger and better than ever. There were so many fantastic ideas to help us create the perfect home and this year Dulux created a piece of Ideal Home Show history with the largest show home the exhibition has ever seen. We... Read more...
How to introduce the tribal trend into your home
Spring is the month to declutter your home as well as your wardrobe. Fresher fabrics and colours should be added to the home to make that warm conversion from winter to spring. Tribal and Ikat prints are highly fashionable this season making colourful, exotic designs and bold statement pieces an excellent choice for the home.... Read more...
How to create your own New York style diner
I have just spent a week in New York on the Modenus Blog Tour. We visited many great design shops and showrooms to learn about American design. In the evening food was often casual and we ate in some classic American diners. Now that I am home I thought it would be fun to try... Read more...
How to design with an industrial touch
I have always been curious about ‘Industrial Chic’ and how to go about incorporating it into my home. I love mixing colour and different styles but am always a little worried that having those odd pieces of vintage industrial furniture will make my home dark and cold. I usually think of ‘Industrial Chic’ as being all cement and metal. Not so... Read more...
Top tips from interior designer Julia Kendell: How to trust your decorating instincts
Take a look around your home. Is it beige or brave? Does it look as coordinated and as stunning as this 3D room? 3D room created by milyca8 Or do you long for a bedroom with a splash of colourful zebra-funk, like this? 3D room created by sahfs Whether you just have the first formations... Read more...
