This colourful kitchen is certainly an attention-grabber, isn’t it?
By choosing the bright, glossy cabinets in different sizes and hanging them at different heights, they’ve added interest and almost created a piece of art in this open-plan kitchen/living area. While the mirrored plinth helps bounce light around the room and makes the run of glossy white floor cabinets appear to
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We’re loving how this open-plan kitchen seamlessly marries rustic and modern elements, creating an achingly stylish look. While embracing the building’s industrial architecture, it still manages to look bright, warm and homely. The rich red tones of the exposed brickwork and rugged timber cabinetry contrast well with the cool concrete surfaces, steel bar stools and pipework, while the matching curtain, which must have been a challenge to hang, finishes the look beautifully. Love the Gothic-style chandelier, too.
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I love this simple vintage-style dining room. An antique table with a floral tablecloth, combined with new wirework chairs and a retro stool, topped with mis-matched cushions, all help create a relaxed eating area.
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It’s enough to keep you awake at night…
Here on Room Envy we show (and tell!) all manner of interiors – most of them stylish, inspirational, packed with ideas etc. Every now and then I see a pic of a room that stands out for very different reasons. Now I may be wrong but here’s a bedroom that’s far from being a dream scheme – more like a living nightmare. That is, unless you adore a profusion of pink, unless you love mottled beige carpeting, unless you get off on bed-bound cuddly toys, unless you prefer little or no natural light – in which case, this room is absolutely maaaahvelous daaahling (hey whatever happened to Zsa Zsa Gabor?). Call me odd (many do) but recently I’m getting almost as much pleasure from bad schemes as good ones. There are loads out there – take Interior Desecrations (please!). Hilarious.
Seán
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My downstairs cloakroom has plain white walls. I plan to paint it dark purple, or shocking pink one day, in total contrast to the rest of my house, which is mostly cream and duck egg blue. But somehow I never
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Our brilliant July issue goes on sale today – and you won’t want to miss it.
There are, of course, 25 beautiful, inspirational homes, including a converted Victorian farmhouse, in County Kilkenny, a Swedish country house, a Californian retreat and a picturesque thatched cottage in Dorset, which isn’t at all what it might seem…
But my favourite, without a doubt, belongs to Laura Jane Clark. You’d never guess that her stylish basement apartment used to be a public lavatory. Unused for twenty years, Laura could see the potential beyond the
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Here’s a nice idea. If you don’t want or need a row of wall cabinets, why not create an impact with a long continuous shelf and display your family photos instead?
It’s even more striking, if like here, white shelves are fixed to a black painted feature wall. Your photos, or crockery collection will really stand out.
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The beauty of conservatories is you can enjoy the great outdoors throughout the year – whatever the weather. The perfect place to entertain guests, have informal family meals or even just tea with friends, glazed extensions offer a great alternative to alfresco dining.
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Looks can deceive…
Making the best of what you’ve got. This sums up the situation for most homeowners – y’know, those of us who don’t own rambling mansions, country castles or uber-cool new-builds. Here on 25BH we feature homes of all shapes and sizes (so keep sending ‘em in folks!) and this includes
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I’d love a boot room. It would be so useful. No more traipsing mud in from the garden across my kitchen floor, or wondering where to put my dirty shoes, or where to dry my sopping wet coat and umbrella.
There are some good ideas in this boot room. By placing the boot rack close to the back door you’ll stop everyone stamping mud across the floor. The locker-room-style cupboard is durable enough to withstand a few knocks and they’ve lined the inside with oilcloth so it can be wiped clean. A piece of Perspex has been mounted on the wall
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Red, pink, blue, purple, green, yellow – you wouldn’t necessarily think these colours would work well together in one scheme. But this image proves that you can, indeed, mix and match. The secret? Make sure all the colours share the same depth and tonal quality – here all the hues are soft and muted so nothing clashes or overpowers the others, they simply blend. http://bit.ly/10xZi9T
It may be dull and miserable outside but that gives you all the more reason to inject a splash of summer freshness into your home.
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