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Make Your Conservatory A Room For All Seasons
All too often conservatories lie empty in winter, as people believe they can only be used during the summer months.
Pilkington glass has teamed up with leading interiors stylist Alison Davidson, to help you maximise its use throughout the year:
With some careful planning and styling know-how, you can ensure your conservatory is not only warm enough to use all year round, but trendy too.
Read more about : Conservatories, Home Interiors, Windows
ILVA Launches Furnishing Stores In The UK
ILVA is the second largest Danish retailer of furniture and home decoration products, with stores in Denmark and Sweden and is recognised for providing furniture of quality and design at affordable prices.
Three stores have been launched in the UK at Thurrock, Manchester and Gateshead since spring 2006.
Infused with natural light and an interior built with glass, stone, steel and wood, the stores offer an exciting contemporary and spacious shopping environment.
Read more about : Childs Furniture, Contemporary Furniture, Dining Tables, Home Lighting
nicenstripy’s Gardening Services With A Cutting Edge
A well-kept garden is a year-round delight and can also increase the price and saleability of your property.
But with today’s hectic lifestyles, there’s little or no time left for the garden and many of us don’t have the skills required for proper maintenance.
nicenstripy – the leading UK garden services company is ready to help!
Read more about : Gardening Advice, Gardening Services, Guttering
Pilkington Activâ„¢ Blue Glass Has Solar Control
Pilkington the leading glass manufacturer has recently launched Pilkington Activâ„¢ Blue glass, which is specifically designed for conservatories.
This innovative blue glass, combines the latest dual-action self-cleaning properties with solar control technology, to prevent conservatories getting unbearably hot in the summer, or too cold in winter – a common complaint!
The attractive faint blue tinge of Pilkington Activâ„¢ Blue allows considerably less heat into the room, by reducing heat transference by approximately 43 per cent; The blue tint absorbs the heat and re-radiates it back outside.
Read more about : Conservatories, Windows
The Paint & Paper Library’s Consultation Service
Colour is one of the most difficult aspects of interior decorating to get right, because it has as much to do with light as pigments, and neither is constant.
“Paint is usually the cheapest element of any design scheme,” says David Oliver owner of Paint & Paper library, “But it’s the easiest to get wrong!”
“It’s hard to make the imaginative leap from a tiny colour swatch to a large area; People are afraid — not only of wasting money, but of the sheer inconvenience of having to re-do a room.”
Read more about : DIY Advice, Home Interiors, Paints, Wallpaper
A Victorian Antique Lantern From Fritz Fryer
Fritz Fryer Antique Lighting is one of the UK’s leading specialist dealers in quality period lighting.
The Company offers a comprehensive range of both antique and reproduction period lighting, all of which have been carefully restored to the highest standard by their skilled craftsmen.
The charming Victorian lantern featured here, is square with an exquisitely crafted gold frame and leaded stained glass; it is sure to cast a warm welcoming glow in any traditional entrance hallway.
Read more about : Home Lighting
A Splendid Dragon Ridge Tile From Maggie Curtis
Maggie Curtis is a freelance ceramic artist who lives and works in Appledore, North Devon.
Most of Maggie’s ceramic pieces are bespoke like the majestic dragon ridge tile featured here, designed and handmade to a customer’s specification.
Maggie’s varied and experimental work includes architectural and garden ceramics, and mixed media sculpture, using a wide range of techniques and materials.
Read more about : Garden Ornaments, Roof Tiles
New Coloured Translucent Window Film From Brume
Brume window film provides privacy in the home without sacrificing natural light, making it the ideal alternative to net curtains or blinds.
Coloured Translucent Film is now available from Brume, which enables you to create the warm, inviting glow of a stained glass window, without the hassle and expense associated with installing traditional stained glass.
Brume window films are inexpensive, attractive and easily applied within a few minutes and should you decide to change the décor in the future, you will find the decorative window film is simple to remove.
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BoKlok Homes Are Set To Launch In The UK
An exciting new concept in housing – BoKlok, is now coming to the UK; It aims to provide space-saving, functional and high quality housing at a price that enables as many people as possible to afford a comfortable home!
BoKlok, which was pioneered in Scandinavia by furniture giant Ikea and construction firm Skanska, is a partnership between property company Live Smart @ Home and Ikea.
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The first BoKlok site in the UK will be in Gateshead at St James Village, subject to planning approval. Work will commence in the late spring 2007, with the first marketing of BoKlok flats anticipated in the autumn; Over 90 flats and houses will be constructed on the St James site.
The Scandinavian-style timber framed properties, will primarily be aimed at households earning between £15,000 and £35,000 a year and will be sold on an outright sale or shared ownership basis.
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Apropos Glass Structures For Contemporary Living
Architects, home owners and self-builders have for years recognised the flexibility and beauty of glass structures, which enable light to flood in and can seamlessly mix modern and traditional styles to create contemporary lines for all types of homes.
Apropos Tectonic have over half a century of knowledge and experience in the design and creation of bespoke aluminium and glass structures, to both enhance and extend houses and buildings, transforming them into stunning homes of distinction including: Conservatories, orangeries, swimming pool glasshouses and freestanding glasshouses, which provide outstanding architectural features that not only add to the beauty of any property but also to its value.
The perpendicular lines created from aluminium provide architects with the creative freedom they have long desired, allowing flowing streams of light to bring a new dimension to previously dark featureless areas and new life to your living space.
Read more about : Conservatories, Staircases