Primrose & Plum Introduce Their Latest Furniture Collection

Tuesday, May 28th, 2013

ArmchairPrimrose & Plum have introduced a new furniture collection, including gorgeous button back armchairs, plush velvet chairs, French style console tables and chests, to give you an idea of things to come.

Featured here is the Button Back Armchair in linen – a charming armchair made even more special with its attractive weathered oak legs. Choice of Cream and Grey Linen. Priced at £495.00.

Also available:

A Velvet Boudoir Chair upholstered in luxurious plush velvet with deep buttoned seat and back, finished in a piped trim with weathered oak legs. Comes in vibrant lime green or rich purple. Price – £350.00.

Half Moon Rustic Console Table and Mirror. The table features pretty detailing on the drawer front with a cream distressed paint finish; the Oval Mirror to match completes the look. Prices – table £225; mirror   £175.

French Style Bedside Chest is Classic French with its perfect proportions and elegant curves. The grey taupe colour paint on this little chest is distressed, to give it an authentic vintage appearance. The two drawers have decorative handles and provide useful storage. Priced at £325.00.

For further information and to view Primrose & Plum’s beautiful collections of armchairs, table and chests, visit the website.

Tel:   (01428) 643040

Read more about : Bedroom Furniture, Console Tables

Additional Styles & Colours For Silent Gliss Venetian Blinds

Saturday, May 25th, 2013

Venetian BlindsWooden Venetian blinds continue to be popular in the UK, as both homeowners and businesses appreciate the contemporary style they offer, as well as the flexibility in the control of light and glare.

As from this month, the Silent Gliss range of styles and colours of slats for Venetian blinds will increase greatly, including the amount of coordinating tapes.

There are now forty three diverse wood slat options and forty co-ordinating tapes.

Exhilarating new additions include Zebrano, Exotic and Trend, which is sure to grab your attention.

The Silent Gliss manual controlled system simply consists of just one operating cord to tilt raise and lower the blind.

There is also a motorised alternative with trendy radio remote controls, for those who prefer this added luxury.

Price for a typical blind – from £300.

For further information about Silent Gliss Venetian Blinds and to browse their comprehensive ranges, visit the website.

Tel: (01843) 863571

Read more about : Venetian Blinds

Drinkstuff ‘s Easy Life Mediterraneo Garden Tableware

Friday, May 24th, 2013

Porto Sippers SetWith long evenings and sunny days hopefully on the way, it’s now time to prepare for being out of doors and enjoying alfresco dining.

Using Drinkstuff’s Easy Life range you can emulate the classic Mediterranean lifestyle on the patio in your own garden:

The Easy Life Mediterraneo Appetizer Bowls and Tray Set is ideal for serving party nibbles or appetizers at an alfresco dinner or cocktail party, whether it’s salami, olive flat bread, prosciutto or provolone cheese.

The set consists of a wooden base with two porcelain bowls, spoons and a tray, all with a Mediterranean type of decoration. Priced at £22.99.

The Mediterraneo Appetizer Party Service is also in a modern Mediterranean style and the wooden base includes a china olive boat and three serving bowls with holders for olive picks. Priced at £27.99.

The Mediterraneo composite set with Appetizer Bowl and Picks Set has a bowl for olives and antipasti, plus china topped picks contained conveniently in a wooden holder. Priced at £19.99.

Go to the website for more information and to view Drinkstuff’s extensive ranges of tableware for food presentation.

Tel:   (0845) 313 3352

Read more about : Leisure, Tableware

Sit Pretty In Style With Dining Chairs From The Chairmen

Tuesday, May 21st, 2013

Chairmen SelectionIntroducing the pioneering new website The Chairmen, which specialises in dining chairs, with a view to providing homeowners with an online shopping solution, for all of their seating needs.

The Chairmen website presents a large assortment of chair styles from which to choose and offers a blend of traditional, contemporary and vintage designs, plus a superb collection of chairs handcrafted in the UK.

Modern examples include the Windsor Rockingham chair, which has painted legs and back, as well as skilfully upholstered Elizabethan style dining chairs and shaker-style chairs to be had.

Featured here are:

  • The L-R: Meavy chair painted in almond with a fabric seat. Price:£120.
  • Painted Rockingham dining chair in solid walnut and ash..Price: £465.
  • The solid oak Weaver dining chair with fabric seat. Price: £190.

Customers can personalise almost any chair in The Chairmen’s collections, using the bespoke finishing service that allows them to choose fabrics, paint colours and finishes to achieve the best fit with their own decorating plan.

The company also offers a discount when four chairs or more are purchased.

Visit the new the Chairmen website for more information and to view their collection of country, fine antique and repro dining chairs.

Tel:   (01404) 850 881

Read more about : Dining Chairs

The Conran Shop Introduces The Big Bloom Vase For the Chelsea Flower Show

Monday, May 20th, 2013

Bigbloom Cottage Industry RoseThe inspired ‘Big Bloom’ vase, which is new and only available from The Conran Shop, has been introduced to coincide with the Chelsea Flower Show.

Created by Charlie Guda, the ‘Big Bloom’ vase brings together a magnifying lens and a test tube to display a single flower specimen greatly magnified, to show off the fine detail.

Whether it’s pretty wild flowers collected on a walk in the country, or a beautiful rose from a lover, a ‘Big Bloom’ vase will maximize the enjoyment of it, by creating a work of art.   Price – £29.00.

About

The Conran Shop was established in 1973 by Terence Conran and has now grown into a leading global lifestyle retailer, offering a stimulating and unique selection of furniture, home accessories, lighting and gifts in both contemporary to vintage style designs.

Visit the website for further information and to browse the exciting Terence Conran product collections.

Tel:    (07795) 805 937

Read more about : Contemporary Furniture, Home Interiors

Merlyn’s Offset Quad Enclosure Typifies The Great Gatsby Era

Thursday, May 16th, 2013

S10 1 Door Offset Quadrant (lifestyle) copy The long awaited Leonardo DiCaprio film The Great Gatsby is launching on the big screen later in May and is likely to get us celebrating as if it’s1922 again.

In response to this, Merlyn Showering is introducing an amazing shower enclosure, which perfectly exemplifies the fashion of this fascinating era.

The Series Ten Offset Quad has elegant curves that delightfully compliment the art-deco style bathroom in our picture.

While we are not accustomed to partying in the bathroom, we could just for once make a self-indulgent exception!

This Offset Quad is a classy and roomy enclosure:

  • Imposing height: 2000 mm.
  • 10 mm thick toughened glass.
  • StayClear Mershield protected glass.
  • Option for smoked black glass.
  • Transparent seals.
  • Sizes available from 1000 mm x 800 mm to 1200 x 900 mm.
  • Priced from £1758.

For further information about Merlyn’s Series 10 Offset Quad and to view their comprehensive ranges of shower enclosures, go to the website.

Tel: 00 353) 56 779 1555

Read more about : Shower Enclosures

Video Tutorials Prove To Be A Powerful Tool For DIY Enthusiasts

Tuesday, May 7th, 2013

DIY Doctor LogoVideo is proving to be a powerful tutorial tool for DIY enthusiasts, since many people now prefer to see their DIY project being demonstrated, rather than just reading about how to do it.

For well over ten years DIY Doctor has been offering masses of DIY guidance online, but fairly recently began uploading videos to YouTube and have now achieved their One millionth view.

  • Which makes total sense, as if you wish to discover how to accomplish something – it’s better to have it demonstrated to you by someone skilled.
  • The same principal applies to using an unfamiliar tool, or mastering a procedure that you have just heard about.
  • The huge number of people, who watch his videos weekly, has amazed the founder and main presenter of the demonstrations, Mike Edwards.

He is also planning to add a great deal more videos for all kinds of tools and projects very soon.

An additional benefit of employing video to describe DIY tasks, is that people will grasp the safety aspects of the attempted schemes more easily and are less liable to suffer an accident and be able to finish their project.

About

Mike Edwards a practicing builder, established DIY Doctor over thirteen years ago and has overtime built up a reputation for providing high quality accurate advice.

With around 25,000 pages on the website, most common projects are dealt with in detail and the site forums help DIY enthusiasts and Home Improver self-builders, to find the solutions they require.

The DIY Doctor is also an author, who often addresses audiences at National DIY Shows.

For more information and to sample the DIY Doctor tutorial videos yourself, go to the website.

Tel:    (08456) 342179

Example Tool Review video:   Karcher K2 300 Pressure Washer Product

Read more about : DIY Advice

Villeroy & Boch Brings Country Chic To Tableware

Monday, May 6th, 2013
Villeroy & Boch Artesano Original Collection

Villeroy & Boch Artesano Original Collection

Villeroy & Boch have introduced Artesano Original, a thirty two piece tableware collection created from a combination of quality porcelain, acacia wood, slate and cork.

This traditional design with a modern twist is perfectly suited to informal dining, when family and friends can take pleasure in serving themselves to a variety of cuisines.

The Artesano Original collection brings simplicity to tableware, a straightforward answer to complex needs, including:

  • A BBQ plate with a handle for easy carrying, and room to present the main course, the sauce and side salad and the materials used are not only eye-catching on the table but also practical.
  • Acacia wood is resistant to moisture, ideal for both preparation and service, the beautiful white porcelain is strong and hard-wearing and the slate and cork are just perfect for barbeques and other dining groups.
  • The new range includes, traditional white breakfast, dinner plates, jugs and serving dishes, plus accessories crafted form wood and ceramic.
  • The 3 tiered server with slate dishes is just right for impressive lunch and breakfast presentations as well as afternoon tea.

The range is matched by Artesano hot beverage, which is ideal for serving coffees and teas along with your culinary preparations.

All of the pieces are handmade in hot and cold proof borosilicate glass, double-walled mugs and cups for excellent heat retention.

The collection is available in four sizes, so that everyone can have a mug to suit them.

For more information and to browse Villeroy & Boch’s impressive collections of beautiful tableware, go to the website.

http://www.1748club.co.uk/whats-new-feature.php?s=artesano

Tel:   (020) 8875 6060

Read more about : Tableware, Villeroy & Boch

Swann Security Launches A New Wireless Network Camera

Sunday, May 5th, 2013
The SwannSmart Camera

The SwannSmart Camera

Swann, one of the leading DIY security monitoring equipment suppliers, has announced the launch of SwannSmartâ„¢, a new wireless network camera.

An easily installed monitoring solution, the SwannSmart Camera enables you to see as well as record what’s happening at home, via your active wireless network on your tablet or smartphone 24/7.

  • This camera is different, in that it streams images and live video straight to a Secure Cloud for storage.
  • The SwannSmart camera is power-driven by iSecurity+ and streams coded video live to a secure cloud, without connecting to a computer.
  • Not only can you set up push notifications for your tablet or smartphone, immediately motion is detected, but also record stills or video to your portable device, or stills only to your cloud account.
  • SwannSmart enables you to view, share and manage your camera with your nearest and dearest, on your iPad, iPhone or Android . If you choose to view footage on your computer, it’s both PC and Mac compatible.
  • You can view in both daytime and in low light, via infrared night vision upto 12 feet.
  • The integral microphone, also allows you to listen to what’s being said on the captured video.

The SwannSmart camera security system is affordable, easily set up and trouble free.

The SwannSmart Ceiling Mounted

The SwannSmart Ceiling Mounted

Ideal for use in checking on the baby, a young family, or an elderly relative, or even your small business.

The SwannSmart security camera is now available from Costco, Maplins, and other UK retailers, priced at £89.99 RRP.

For further information and to view the new The SwannSmart security camera demo online, go to the website.

Read more about : Security Cameras, Security Services

The New Silwood Silk Collection From James Hare

Saturday, May 4th, 2013

Silwood SilkJames Hare one of the Uk’s largest fabric suppliers specialising in silks has introduced its new Silwood Silk collection, which brings brand new looks for floral fabrics…

Inspired by Silwood Park, a long-lost important historic house, Silwood Silk from James Hare presents richly coloured florals in lush dupion silk, featuring multi-shaded embroidery and cording.

  • Silwood is crispy and fresh and provides an updated form of a classic country house look, which is ideal for modern day eclectic interiors.
  • This gorgeous collection brings a fresh grandeur to cushions, curtains, lampshades and headboards in a choice of five colourways.
  • The 100% silk Silwood Collection is priced at £95 per metre retail.Stitch Detail

James Hare collections of fabric are available all over the UK and worldwide.

Visit the website for more information and to view James Hare’s entire silk fabric collections.

Tel:   (0113) 243 1204

Read more about : Curtain Fabric, Home Interiors