Author: |Posted: 4:24 pm on 26/10/09
Category: Design & Style, christmas gifts
Britain loves laminate and wood flooring, but as we plunge headlong into the bitter depths of winter, a warming centrepiece rug may be in order. I popped on to the 4Homes Product Search to bring you five of my faves… read more
Author: |Posted: 3:32 pm on 09/10/09
Category: Design & Style, christmas gifts
The nights are drawing in and the clocks are about to go back, so now’s the time to think about low-level lighting to create a cosy atmosphere in your home.
Here’s five contemporary lamps that caught my eye, all found using the 4Homes Product Search. read more
Author: |Posted: 11:36 am on 25/09/09
Category: Design & Style
This Friday, rather than a property porn post I thought I’d utilise the 4Homes Product Search to pick out five very different bits of furniture I’d happily have in my home. Deciding to search for coffee tables was a direct result of me clutching a mug of the dark stuff at the time. We’re a spontaneous bunch in the 4Homes office. read more
Author: |Posted: 3:24 pm on 06/07/09
Category: Design & Style
At 4Homes we do our best to highlight the finest design events and talent from right across the UK (see recent post on the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair).
The latest event to catch our eye on the 2009 design calendar is the Cardiff Design Festival, which you can go along to at the start of October. read more
I recently received an email from the organisers of the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, a Manchester event set up a year ago to showcase cutting edge craftmakers in the north of England, many of whom struggle with the costs and logistics of exhibiting down south. read more
Author: |Posted: 12:03 pm on 27/03/09
Category: DIY & Self Build, Design & Style
Last weekend I got myself down to the Homebuilding & Renovating Show at Birmingham’s NEC. As ever, the cavernous hangar of a venue was packed full of self builders and developers, as well as people looking to improve their own homes. The seminars were informative and expertly-chaired, while the range of exhibitors was absolutely vast.
Amongst the usual conservatory, bi-fold door and insulation companies, I picked out my five favourite products from the show. Here they are, in no particular order… read more
Author: |Posted: 4:50 pm on 17/03/09
Category: Design & Style
You’ve still got a cool 39 days to enter our competition to win a Westminster Ivory two-seater sofa, but why wait?
You can enter to win this sofa here. It’s nice and I’d like one, but am sadly ineligible so one of you will have to take it home instead…
Author: |Posted: 11:38 am on 06/01/09
Category: Architecture, Design & Style, Style
I popped into the V&A (Victoria & Albert Museum) over the Christmas break to see their ‘Cold War Modern: Design 1945-70‘ exhibition and would highly recommend it. Although not exclusively showcasing furniture, the exhibition included tons of design classics I’d never had the fortune to see for real… read more
Author: |Posted: 4:14 pm on 15/09/08
Category: Style
When I moved into my little Edwardian end of terrace two years ago I didn’t have much money to spend on furniture, pictures or ornaments. Depressingly, the home clobber in most shops I could afford was naff or boring, and the stuff that caught my eye was always out of my price range.
But I soon found out, (mainly through desperation) that with a little patience, I could create a look as good as in any glossy magazine while spending next to nothing.
Sure, there has been the odd failure along the way, I once bought a wall clock thinking it was an authentic antique, only to find it had a battery powered chime in it that sounded like it was coming from a Casio keyboard, but as my confidence grows, I’m building myself a beautiful, cosy and interesting home.
Through this blog, I hope to share with you some of the tips I’ve picked up, and inspire the magpie in you to get out there and hunt for treasure.
