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Villeroy & Boch Launches Exotic Samarah Tableware
Villeroy & Boch has launched Samarah tableware, a stylish exotic pattern, which embodies myth, magic and modernity.
This new collection offers an original interpretation of India’s most glamorous aspects, drawing on the vibrancy, opulence and luxury of Eastern architecture.
The extension of the popular NewWave Premium shape available in ivory, turquoise and crimson, resembles henna paintings and is elegantly embellished with gold floral motifs, paisley prints and geometric patterns.
Read more about : Tableware, Villeroy & Boch
Go Back In Time For Kids’ Gifts At Past Times
Everyone’s getting in on the act this year, but kids’ gifts at Past Times have always been of the old fashioned sort – so why not go back in time?
Replace the sound-assault of computer games, with the old fashioned clack of traditional wooden board games like backgammon, chess, cribbage and table football, from £10 to £18, the ‘Whooooo’ of the wooden train whistle at £2 and the hum of the spinning top at £10.
Little girls will love the wooden knitting dolls and skipping ropes, ’fairyphernalia’ and Beatrix Potter books and soft toys, while the retro space hopper and pogo stick, will have everyone bouncing around the room.
Read more about : Christmas Decorations, Ornaments
Christmas Flowers & Presents Galore From Interflora
Christmas is one of the most important holiday seasons of the year, when Christmas flowers and Christmas plants play a significant part, with their fragrance and festive colours adding a splendid touch to any household.
Each year, Interflora carefully chooses and designs their range of Christmas gifts, including Christmas hampers and luxury Champagne, to enable you to find that perfect Christmas present, for all of your closest friends and family.
Sometimes you can’t be there for special occasions like Christmas, so sending your loved ones a luxurious hamper, or a unique gift, can be your way of sending love or congratulations in your absence.
Read more about : Christmas Decorations, House Plants
The Boudoir Look And Shabby Chic From Melody Maison
Melody Maison is a family-run business and a ‘must visit’ for fans of French, vintage-inspired elaborate boudoir look and shabby chic interiors.
Their gorgeous and extensive range includes; fabulous mirrors, clocks and furniture, sourced from all over the world – you wont see this selection anywhere else and all at affordable prices.
French style can mean so many things in interior design, from the understated pale aged shabby chic look, to the ornate and grand rococo style, to the more recent revival of boudoir style chic, using jewel colours paired with gold. French style furniture is rarely modern in design.
Read more about : Clocks, Home Interiors, Mirrors, Ornaments, Web Sites
eSpares’ Guide To Avoiding Christmas Day Disasters
Online spare parts supplier, eSpares offers a host of tips and advice on surviving the festive season in the home:
Sour puss – A build-up of spills and grease in your oven, will cause smoke and fumes that can sour the turkey, so clean your oven well in advance of the big day, using a specialist oven cleaner.
Eco-warrior – To clean the interior of your oven the environmentally friendly way, make a paste of water and bicarbonate soda and coat the inside of your oven in it. Let it stand over night, then scrub off
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Shop For Your Baby’s Luxury Nursery At MumSaid
MumSaid, new luxury website for the children’s market was founded by an ex-model and interior designer, Kimberly Green-Cohu and specialises in premium nursery and children’s furniture and accessories.
MumSaid offers a wonderful range of products and accessories to adorn the nursery in an enchanting, sophisticated and elegant style this Christmas.
There is also a vast selection of Christmas gift ideas, which are sure to delight Mums, babies and young children:
Read more about : Childs Furniture, Custom Furniture, Web Sites
IKEA’s Soft Toy Appeal For 2008
Since 2003 IKEA has made donations from the sale of teddy bears and soft toys to children’s projects all over the world.
For a number of weeks every year, IKEA donates £1 for every soft toy sold, to UNICEF and Save the Children; every penny is ear marked for various projects run by these organisations, whose overall goal is to improve children’s lives around the world.
So far the money has helped fund projects in 22 countries, including Albania, Bangladesh, Russia, Vietnam, Ivory Coast, Uganda and China.
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Welcome To Christmas In B&Q’s Joyful Jingles Style
This season B&Q promises the best Christmas offering around, to help you celebrate the festive season in style, with five new and exclusively designed decoration collections, from some sophisticated golds and blacks in Glamorous Greetings, to tropical brights in Joyful Jingles.
Decorate every room in the house this Christmas with B&Q’s wonderful range of trees and lights; there is a tree for every space and person in your home and together with their exclusive collections, they will help you create an individual, co-ordinated look.
For a bright Christmas, Joyful Jingles offers a real riot of colour with fuschia, teal, lime and blue; this tropical colour palette works alongside exclusively designed characters of Santa, Reindeer and Fairy, which look great in fabric as 3D Tree Decorations.
Read more about : Christmas Decorations, Home Interiors
Is Now The Best Time To Self-Build?
The current gloom in the property market could conversely mean better opportunities opening up for the self-builder, as more land will become available, as cash strapped developers are forced to sell off their land banks.
Coupled with the recent changes to the planning rules, making it easier to extend your home or convert your loft, there may not be a better time to self build or renovate.
So, now is a great time to visit The North of England’s Homebuilding & Renovating Show, on at the Harrogate International Centre from 7th to 9th November, to find the right products and services to convert, extend, renovate or build a house from scratch.
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Past Times Has Christmas Gifting all Wrapped Up
Retro is making a huge comeback this Christmas, and that’s the way it has always been at Past Times…
The company is famous for its nostalgic keepsakes and Victoriana giftware, including quality old-fashioned wooden toys, traditional family games and all sorts of unique and unusual hidden gems that have lasting value.
Even with belts tightening this year, Christmas will always be the season for giving and treating.
Read more about : Mirrors, Ornaments, Picture Frames