- 2014 Product Trend Forecast
3 February 2014
Color experts across the globe are predicting that 2014 will be a year dominated by varying hues of blue, purple and pink. While the Pantone Color Institute has named a vibrant pinky-purple called ‘Radiant Orchid’ as its color of the year, paint brand Sherwin-Williams has selected a dusky, filtered violet named ‘Exclusive Plum’.
Read more... - Choosing Flooring For Your Child’s Bedroom
3 February 2014
Sometimes children just don’t want to go to bed. It’s something that, as exhausted adults, is little hard to picture, but when you’re three you seem to have heaps of energy and it just doesn’t run out in time for bed.
Read more... - Tips for making small rooms feel bigger
31 January 2014
Just because your room is a touch small doesn’t mean it has to look it.
Read more... - Nine smells you want in your home, and why...
29 January 2014
Because of the way our brains are structured, odors have a significant and immediate effect on our thoughts and behaviors. Smelling pleasant scents, in general, gives us a positive boost. For example, in a study published in the 1997 issue of the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (“The Sweet Smell of … Helping: Effects of Pleasant Ambient Fragrance on Prosocial Behavior in Shopping Malls”), Robert Baron reported that people were more likely to help a stranger in the presence of pleasant smells than when those odors weren’t present.
In other words, smelling various scents can directly effect — even influence — our minds. Taking that research a step further, you can learn how to incorporate scent into your home to improve mental performance, reduce anxiety, relax and so much more.
Read more... - The first Porsche car was electric!
29 January 2014
Luxury automaker Porsche has revealed the first car designed by its founder, in 1898, was electric, in a show at its museum in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, Germany.
Read more... - How To Prepare Your Floor For New Vinyl
27 January 2014
Vinyl flooring needs to be laid properly to give it maximum wear and to keep it looking good.
Read more... - Moscow Apartment by SL* Projects
23 January 2014
This studio finished apartment is sophisticated and elegant looking. It is very much a contemporary home with clean finishing touches through the use of whites, creams, beige as well as the use of wooden materials here and there. The combination of wooden flooring in the bathroom matches the wooden interior designs very well; just as it reflects the odd one or two wooden ornaments like the wooden side table in the living area and the innovative wooden looking chair in the bedroom.
Read more... - How To Fit Vinyl Sheeting
23 January 2014
Once you’ve picked out some vinyl flooring for use in your kitchen or bathroom, you’ll need to start thinking about fitting it. While you can have it laid professionally, it isn’t too difficult to do so yourself and it will help to lower the overall costs.
Read more... - UK e-commerce boasts £720m trade surplus - the largest in the world
21 January 2014
Britain’s online retail economy generated a trade surplus of £720 million in 2013, according to new research by OC & C Strategy Consultants and Google.
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