It’s really exciting to have a new arrival on the way and one of the most rewarding ways of preparing for a new baby is decorating a new playroom or nursery. Playrooms and nurseries are dedicated to providing comfort and safety for babies and small children, but they are actually something that parents take huge [...]

Decorating the bedroom is always about putting comfort first. Obviously the overall effect has to look good, but it has to look good in the most comfortable way in order for the bedroom to be inviting and cosy. The trouble is the shape of the room and the areas of floor space that are left [...]

Taking pride in your home means decorating in beautifully and giving it some extra character. It also means keeping the place clean. Certain varieties of rugs and mats are usually charged with the job of helping to keep the house clean and tidy by dealing with all the little sins of foot traffic at the [...]

Hand-woven rugs are really popular because shoppers often like to see that a traditional craft has gone into the production of the soft furnishings and decorative elements they use at home. Of course, it’s no good just to enjoy the authenticity of hand-woven rugs – they have to look good too if they are going [...]

What do you want most from the rug in your living room? For many people, the answer is a sense of comfort. They want a rug that they can come home to after a day at work, a morning running errands, a busy social afternoon or a night out and sink their toes into, relishing [...]

Saving money on interior design is important in this day and age. People simply don’t have that much disposable income to splash out with. Of course, home design is more important in touch economic times because people spend more time at home and they want that time to be spent comfortably in stylish surroundings. That’s [...]

Bamboo rugs for the home are a great idea if you have quite an affinity for oriental design. Oriental rugs are obviously associated with oriental design but they are often complete with motifs that you would usually expect in the Middle East – countries like Turkey where rug production is a traditional stretching back centuries. [...]

It’s great when designers come up with new ways of presenting traditional styles. Homemakers particularly appreciate with creative skill when it comes to rug design, because fresh ideas often work wonders in the home. The team at Louis de Poortere are actually responsibly for a wonderfully creative approach to traditional style that is evident in [...]

When you buy a new house that is part of a brand new development, the very first thing you are likely to try and do in terms of interior design is impress a bit of character on the surroundings. New builds are great because they’re modern and efficient and clean, but that doesn’t mean they [...]

Hallways should never be completely sterile places. It’s understandable that people often focus the bulk of their attention on the bedrooms, the kitchen, the living room and so on when it comes to decorating the house and the hallway can often be left alone. People get used to hallways that are absent of any really [...]