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Monthly Archives: May 2010
Healthy Home, Healthy You
We all know that in order to stay fit and healthy we need to exercise more, eat our five-a-day and drink plenty of water, but how many of us think about the quality of the air we breathe day in, day out?
Around 30% of the population is affected by hay fever every year and with some 10 million people in the UK being asthmatic; it really pays to think about the quality of air in your home. And with the hay fever season well and truly upon us, there is no time to waste.
Home cleaning expert Oreck has come up with the perfect clean air solution:
Read more about : Cleaning Services, Home Interiors
Micro Irrigation Products New From Darlac
Darlac always aims to offer the best for your garden and now their new range of micro irrigation products offers the best for your pots and baskets too.
With a micro irrigation kit you can water between one and five pots or hanging baskets from an individual outlet.
Each of the five sprinklers can be adjusted to suit the various requirements of different plants, and combined with one of Darlac’s electronic timers you can save yourself the daily chore of hand watering.
Read more about : Gardening Advice, Gardening Services
Lets Go Outside…
With summer nearly upon us, it’s time to embrace the great outdoors in style, with the new Jme collection of outdoor accessories available through Jamie at Home.
From garden parties to informal gatherings and BBQs, make sure you have the best equipment this season to make alfresco dining a fun and stress-free occasion.
The Jme Summer 10 collection has all bases covered when it comes to outdoor entertaining:
Read more about : Garden Lights, Garden Ornaments, Leisure
How To Choose Lighting
The creative potential of good lighting cannot be overestimated, particularly in the darker winter months.
Effective, efficient lighting has the power to transform your home, defining and improving perception of space, highlighting design schemes and creating atmosphere and interest.
“Always use a good mixture of ambient, task and accent lighting and if possible consider your scheme at planning stages to maximise opportunities†comments Peter Bowles, founder and designer, Original BTC.
Read more about : DIY Advice, Home Lighting, Table Lamps
Is Your TV Ready For World Cup Kick Off?
With World Cup fever starting to grip the country, now’s the time to ensure your TV reception is ready for kick off.
Half the country should be able to receive Freeview HD by June and the digital TV roll out is also in full swing.
But you may need to replace or adjust your aerial before you can join the digital revolution; roof-top aerials over ten years old may have corroded, especially in seaside locations, or they may be pointing in the wrong direction.
Read more about : Home Entertainment
Kylie’s Luxe Look – New Bed Linen At Leekes
Following up with sultry new additions to her existing bed linen range, Kylie introduces the ‘Brava’ and ‘Latina’ collections from ‘Kylie at Home’, now available at home store, Leekes.
High on the luxe factor, the star’s signature home range is complete with all those style extras we’ve come to expect such as shimmering fabrics and sparkling sequins.
With co-ordinating square and Oxford pillowcases as well as quilted throws, the Kylie range of bed linen and accessories will enable you to create a bedroom akin to that of top boutique hotels.
Read more about : Bedlinen
New Handmade Portuguese Crockery And Glassware
JasmineWay has a brand new range of beautiful handmade Portugese earthenware and glasses. Perfect for capturing that holiday feeling, the range is ideal for alfresco dining this summer.
The new earthenware collection includes traditional oven and tapas dishes as well as plates. The range is all handmade by a family in Portugal and they have been making earthenware for over 100 years.
The women paint the beautiful unique patterns on the dishes while the men in the family handle the wheels and the kiln to make them.
Read more about : Tableware
The Future’s Bright, the Future’s Orangery
With the trend for people improving not moving, more properties are undertaking full makeovers including extensions.
A stylish way to extend, and one that is fast replacing the garden room or conservatory, is to add an orangery to a property to create a light filled room with an interesting story.
Garden room specialist Westbury Conservatories has seen a dramatic increase of requests over the last year from clients looking for a romantic, nostalgic solution to their expanding family needs.
Read more about : Building Services, Conservatories, Gazebos
Montgomery Launches The Floral Collection
This Spring, the Montgomery design team present a Floral range of designs inspired by nature.
Joanne McEwan, Design Director of Montgomery, comments “Vintage and antique styles are a recurrent theme in fashion and we are now seeing this trend in soft furnishings.
Our latest collection has the feel of a fresh outside/inside story, featuring floral prints & weaves, garden and vintage furniture, in a character distressed period setting’.
Read more about : Curtain Fabric, Cushions, Home Interiors
New Interactive Online Showroom Launched By Areaz
Breaking the mould of the mainstay quality furniture websites, a new interactive online showroom has been launched by Areaz, providing a great choice of high quality contemporary furniture from some of the world’s most respected manufacturers and designers.
The website has been designed to offer users a fully interactive experience and boasts a multitude of features that enhance the search and buy process.
“From the outset we decided to be stylishly different from the rest,†said Philip Wilding, Director at Areaz. “We took a considerable amount of time working on the many different aspects of the site, to ensure it provides the best online experience possible.â€
Read more about : Bedroom Furniture, Beds, Bookcases, Contemporary Furniture, Dining Room Furniture, Home Interiors, Sofas, TV Cabinets, Web Sites