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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Make A Grand Entrance With Devon Stone
The hallway is the foremost entrance into most homes and where you can make a grand first impression as guests step through the front door.
Devon Stone offers one of the finest ranges of stone for flooring, walling and exterior projects, on the market today.
Some options:
Read more about : Home Interiors, Stone Flooring
The Command Team’s Top Tips For Refreshing Your Home.
The Command team of experts share some smart, yet simple tips to rejuvenate the home.
Spring is an ideal time for this and it doesn’t need to involve extreme and troublesome DIY, it just takes a little encouragement.
The team uses 3M’s range of Command Products – these are creative adhesive strips and hooks, which enable you to hang decorations, mirrors or pictures without the hassle of nails, screws or tacks.
Make storage attractive
Read more about : Home Interiors
Protect Your Garden From Theft With Yale’s Solutions
The security experts at Yale have thoughtfully offered the guidance below, on how best to secure your valuable garden contents, as thefts from grounds are becoming much more common:
Many of us don’t realise the high value of the items we leave in our garden, and the fact that they’re mainly left unsecured means they’re easy targets to thieves. To make it worse, home insurance policies often don’t cover thefts from gardens and outbuildings.
With expensive barbecues, garden furniture and kids’ toys often left unsecured in our gardens overnight, it makes sense to invest in affordable and easy to use security solutions that will keep them secure.
Read more about : Gardening Advice, Security Reviews, Security Services
BIBO The New Smarter And Faster Source Of Water
The Bibo, hot and cold water dispenser has just been launched this month, to supply a cleaner, smarter and quicker supply of water for the home. It provides filtered water and dispenses it both hot and cold at the touch of a button, giving immediate access to pure, clean water.
Jonathan Brown, CEO of BIBO Ltd. said, “The importance of drinking water for mental and physical health is well-established, but research shows that the majority of people still do not drink the recommended two litres of water each day.â€
“For just a few pence a day the BIBO water filter gives people confidence in the water consumed at home, whether for making tea or coffee, cooking pasta, boiling vegetables or having a cool drink.
As a result we hope that the BIBO will soon be considered an essential element of the UK kitchen.â€
The BIBO gives people easy access at home to thoroughly filtered water, without having to re-design their kitchen to fit a filter tap or buy endless plastic bottles:
Read more about : Kitchen Accessories, Web Sites
G Plan Cabinets Advises On Protecting Your Furniture
G Plan Cabinets, one of the best known brands in British furniture, recommend that you care for your quality wood-crafted furniture from the possibly damaging rays of the sun, in order to maintain its good looks.
Says MD George McGraw: “Strong sunlight can wreak terrible damage on cabinet furniture – whether it’s dining tables and chairs, coffee tables, display cabinets or wardrobes.
“Constant exposure damages furniture by gradually weakening any protective polishes and fading the wood. Over time UV light will bleach the colour from it, beginning with magentas and deep reds and working its way through the spectrum.
Read more about : Bookcases, Console Tables, Dining Chairs, Dining Room Furniture, Dining Tables
Sofa & Home Follows Citrus Trend For Summer
The UK online furniture specialists, Sofa & Home is taking up the citrus interiors style, with an invigorating collection of vibrant and contemporary furniture designs, to convey the warmth of summer ambience in the home.
Bright, lively colours are synonymous with summer. -Â sunshine yellows, lime greens, and sharp oranges, never fail to stir up the feeling of summer in the home.
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The gloriously bright and juicy colours of the Lavina Bar Stools in our picture and Lodovico Chairs, fill the kitchen with a summery atmosphere; and will guarantee a brighter outlook at breakfast and for the day ahead.
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Julian Thompson, co-founder of Sofa & Home and a furniture designer for over 30 years says,
“Using citrus tones in the home provides the perception of space and a fresh, airy ambience. Greens, yellows, oranges work exceptionally well in smaller spaces that don’t get a great deal of sunlight. Â
Bright colours can also influence your mood and outlook; creating a sunnier disposition.â€
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Visit the website for further information on the Sofa & Home citrus range of kitchen furniture.Â
Stockist:Â Â (01652) 650942
Read more about : Home Interiors, Kitchen Furniture
The Innovative New NEOD Mirror TV Concept
There are some people who prefer to hide the fact that they have a television set in their home. In recognition of this, NEOD (New Era of Device) has just announced the launch of their new mirror TV sets.
NEOD Mirror TVs hide the latest high-tech Full HD picture behind a faultless mirror.
A smart design innovation secretes a high performance flat TV screen behind a mirror-like glass surface, so that when the screen is switched off, the display becomes reflective like a mirror, framed by a high quality décor-matching bezel.
Read more about : Home Entertainment, LCD TVs
Floris Embroideries, A Delightful New Floral Collection
A charming new floral collection will be launched by The Harlequin Studio in late June this year.
Floris Embroideries conjures up the spirit of typically English summers and our love of all things relating to gardens:
Suitable for drapes, blinds and accessories, Floris Embroideries consists of two designs:
Read more about : Curtain Fabric, Cushions, Home Interiors
Britannia Living’s Range-Cooker – Fit For Our PM
When the Camerons exposed their kitchen during the Obamas’ visit to Downing Street, it was obvious that ‘the kitchen is the heart of the home’ is as true for the PM and his wife as any other family.
Their open-plan kitchen presents a contemporary and bright feel and right at the centre of the newly renovated room, is a
Sigma 100cm twin range- cooker in stainless steel, from leading quality kitchen appliance specialist, Britannia Living. RRP: £3,799.
The Sigma’s modern good looks make it an ideal selection for the Camerons’ unfussy kitchen plan, with its emphasis on simplicity and quality that is complemented with stainless steel highlights throughout.
Furthermore, the Sigma offers a definitive cooking experience – turning the task of cooking into a real enjoyment, just perfect for anyone with a passion for cooking or who enjoys entertaining.
Other features include, a nine function oven, a four function oven with a rotisserie, a Quickstart pre-heat function and an automatic programmer. The resourcefulness of two ovens, plus a hob and a Chef Top is ideal for those who regularly prepare lots of dishes at on one occasion.
For anyone aspiring to produce a similar look to the Camerons, but wants to add a bit more style with colour, Britannia’s unique Colourange colour-matching service, enables you to match your range cooker to any sample you provide – whether it’s a kitchen tile, or swatch of fabric.
The Britannia Sigma range cooker is available in Stainless Steel, Gloss Black and Cream, with sizes ranging from 90cm up to 150cm. Priced from £2,999 (RRP).
Colourange prices start at £4,499 for a 90cm Sigma single oven range, with prices for specialist finishes such as pearlescent or metallic, available on request.
Read more about : Cooker Hoods, Range Cookers
The HomeSense Collection Of Camping/Picnic Ware
HomeSense stores across the UK are offering an enormous choice of picnic hampers and melamine picnic ware, in bright vibrant colours, soft throws and durable cushions, to help you enjoy the great outdoors this summer.
With everything you need that is practical as well as good-looking, for you to produce the perfect picnic anywhere, from the garden to the countryside or on the beach.
According to Marianne Richards, HomeSense Style Advisor, “Glamping is definitely the new camping. With many people choosing to spend their summer holidays in the UK, Wimbledon looming and more boutique festivals on the horizon than ever, glamorous camping is the activity du jour.