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Why we love Bamboo - it's sustainability on steroids
Bamboo – the wonder plant? © also home Pandas have known it for years, but the eco world is just starting to wake up to the benefits of bamboo. Probably the most hardworking plant on the planet, it has been described by the LA Times as 'sustainability on steriods.' We ...
Posted 11th January 2011
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Ten rules for decorating with colour
Ten rules for decorating with colour This 'active' blue creates an inviting and intimate kitchen. © Graham Atkins-Hughes Scared of colour? Abigail Ahern, author of A Girl's Guide To Decorating gives ten top tips on how to bring colour into your home. No more excuses! Clever, clever colour. Used correctly, ...
Posted 9th November 2010
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Nautical style ideas | Articles | mydeco.com
Summer – forever nautical © The White Company With summer fast approaching, our thoughts are drifting to all things nautical. Ay for sunny days, the wind in our hair, whizzing along the coast. Bring a touch of the seaside into your home with these stylish additions. Ahoy there matey. 1. ...
Posted 29th June 2010
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New design collaborations on the high street
Sebastian Conran is selling his cookware with John Lewis © Sebastian Conran for John Lewis Will Neisha Crosland, James Irvine and Sebastian Conran be household names when the summer’s over? This Autumn / Winter is brimming with hot news in the design world. Read on for more: The buzz at ...
Posted 7th October 2009
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At home with… Ben de Lisi | Articles | mydeco.com
Ben de Lisi's colourful kitchenware range from Debenhams © Ben de Lisi for Debenhams Following the closure of his eponymous womenswear shop in June, designer Ben de Lisi launched a new interiors range for Autumn Winter 09, exclusively for Debenhams and remodelled a three-bedroom apartment for Grosvenor Estates. He talks ...
Posted 24th August 2009
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Birthday bashes on the high street
Marks and Spencers celebrates its 125th birthday this year © Marks and Spencers Some of our favourite British home brands are coming of age and are in the mood to celebrate. To mark their milestone anniversaries, Cath Kidston, Heal’s, OKA, M&S and more are going all out, holding parties galore ...
Posted 13th August 2009
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Style: Accessorise with the alphabet
Great graphics Look at this page and try NOT to read... Tough, isn't it? Letters might be everywhere we look, but they're scarcely given a second thought as objects for design. We've found some alphabet inspiration to help you create an interior that says what you mean. We just can't ...
Posted 27th July 2009
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How to decorate with bold wallpaper
A large print makes a powerful impact in a small room © Wallpaper Space Want to give your room the 'wow' factor? Putting up a large print wallpaper will achieve just that. Browse our gallery for design ideas, advice and tips. By Clare Steel. Inspired? Shop the UK's largest collection ...
Posted 20th July 2009
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Our tartan love affair deepens
Join Andy Murray's tartan army with this Lomond check fabric © Osborne & Little It's all about Andy Murray this month as the Wimbledon hopeful brings Scots appeal to Centre Court. The tartan trend took the catwalk by storm earlier this year, and now the highland favourite is making its ...
Posted 23rd June 2009
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Darwin encourages nature-inspired design
Sophie Conran's White Oak range for Portmeiron © Sophie Conran for Portmerion The bicentenary of Darwin’s birth has prompted a resurgence in all things au naturel in 2009. When nature-inspired design monopolised the Spring catwalks of Christian Lacroix and Alexander McQueen in Milan and New York, it was a matter ...
Posted 13th May 2009
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