Award Winning Elite Sumba Yellow Marble Collection

 Award Winning Elite Sumba Yellow Marble Collection The Award winning Elite Sumba Yellow from the CP Group, is a stimulating compilation of floor and wall tiles, mosaics and borders that presents an exciting summer style for the home with its striking marble patterns.

Uniting the distinctive characteristics of marble with boldly diverse tones of yellow, brown, blue and grey, reminiscent of bright summer days and seductive, balmy nights, Elite Sumba Yellow’s modern design sits flawlessly with contemporary streamlined kitchen cabinetry, or can fit equally well with vintage style furniture.

Perfectly suited to the fashion conscious and those that like to make a real style statement, Sumba Yellow’s fascinating marble patterns and honed, matt effect tiles, look more like a piece of contemporary art to adorn your kitchen walls or a striking splash-back behind a cooker or sink, or even a full feature wall for the more daring.

With its muted yellow colour scheme, punctuated with smokey brown marble veining and accents of grey and blue, Sumba Yellow adds depth, energy and colour without being overpowering.

152mm x 305mm and 102mm x 203mm tiles have been designed specifically with kitchen splashbacks in mind, while two 305mm x 305mm mosaic options and a 105mm x 305mm border tile are also available, ensuring a completely unique collection of wall tiles.
For the floor, a large format 406mm x 406mm tile is available to create a real feeling of space.

The Elite collection is available from a selection of leading independent retailers.

Prices:
Sumba Yellow 102mm x 203mm: £2.59/tile or £125/sq m.

Winner of ‘best natural product’ award at The Tile Association Awards 2011, Elite is a superior collection of five distinct natural marble ranges that release the extraordinary beauty of Indonesian stone.

For further information and to view the CP Group’s entire tile collections, please visit the website.

Tel: (0845) 519 7039.

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Stunning Paint Colours From Across Five Decades

 Stunning Paint Colours From Across Five Decades Crown Paints Ltd have just launched Crown Vintage® – a cool compilation of paint colours inspired by a continuing love of all things vintage.

Created in collaboration with Wayne & Gerardine Hemingway, Crown Vintage® celebrates Music, Fashion, Film, Art & Design over 5 decades of British fashion.

Featured here are the colours for the 60’s and 70’s.

Key benefits:
A range of stunning colours taken from across five decades.
Flat matt emulsion for use on interior walls & ceilings.
Breatheasy® – 99% solvent free formulation.

Pack sizes: 2.5L.
How to apply: Brush or roller.
How far will it go: 35 sq metres.
Drying times: Touch dry 2-4 hours Recoatable after 4 hours.
VOC statement: Minimal.

To view the whole range of Crown Vintage® colours and for stockists, please visit the website.

Call the Paint Talk Team on: (0870) 2401127.

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‘Grow With Me’ Kid’s Bedroom Furniture At Dreams

‘Grow With Me’ Kid’s Bedroom Furniture At Dreams The new ‘Grow With Me’ collection of bedroom furniture at Dreams, is sure to be very popular with parents for years to come, as its design and purpose can be changed as children grow and have different preferences.

Each piece in the range is styled to be attractive to toddlers, but can be easily altered into something a little ‘cooler’ as they grow up. Also the ‘Grow With Me’ range is robust and well constructed, since kids’ furniture has to be hard wearing.

For budding racing drivers…
If you have a car-mad boy, or a girl who prefers engines to fairy wings, the Cars ‘Grow With Me’ range should set their hearts racing.

  • The Cars ‘Grow With Me’ single bed (£299) in our picture, features dynamic Disney Cars graphics on the printed headboard, which can be reversed to reveal a plain red headboard.
  • What they are unlikely to grow out of, however, is the track perimeter which runs around the bed, and the ramp and parking lot built in at the foot end – all likely to see hours of fun with races for everything from cars to Lego figures to dinosaurs.
  • The Disney Cars top plinth panel on the wardrobe (£289) can be rotated for a smart look, and the double hanging rail changed to a single rail for clothes for the growing child.
  • And the Cars chest of drawers (£199) and bedside table (£59) have cool wheel-shaped handles and back panels that are easily reversible to reveal a plain red backboard, for a more sophisticated look as teenage years beckon.

Also available is the bed for little – and not-so-little – princesses.

  • The Disney Princess ‘Grow With Me’ single bed (£299) comes complete with a printed fantasy castle headboard with toy storage. This can be removed and used as a free-standing dolls’ house and storage unit, leaving a smart white curved headboard, designed to appeal to older girls.
  • The solid trundle bed underneath can be equipped with a mattress to become a pull-out spare bed for sleepovers, or provide invaluable storage for all those girly bits and pieces.

The new ‘Grow With Me’ range made its debut at Dreams’ new Milton Keynes bed superstore in mid-June, and will also be available on the website.

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Merlyn Launches A New Vivid Ten Shower Enclosure

 Merlyn Launches A New Vivid Ten Shower Enclosure The new Vivid Ten from Merlyn Shwering is a modern-day collection, which is expected to be an appealing addition to the company’s Vivid collection. Now, by popular demand, Vivid Ten is available to the consumer via distributors.

This most modern shower enclosure with its clean contemporary look, would provide a striking focal point for any bathroom; both stylish and frameless, it boasts generous tray sizes up to 1400mm and a convenient height of 2000mm.

The design features an almost transparent appearance and brings effortless motion via the smooth line of the single sliding door.
Vivid Ten has 10mm toughened safety glass as well as fully concealed fixings and the option of two minimalist side panels.
This extremely individual enclosure offers high-end quality at a mid range price point.

Michael Hoyne, Chairman of Merlyn says, “We are delighted to offer yet again another high quality enclosure to our ever growing portfolio of products. With Vivid Ten we are demonstrating that design, functionality and performance are within the reach of most budgets.”

Features:
Tray sizes 1200mm and 1400m.
Side panels – 800mm and 900mm.
Height: 2000mm.
10mm toughened safety glass.
Mershield protected glass.
Reversible.
Smooth gliding doors.
Wetroom compatible.

Visit the website to view Merlyn Showering’s wide range of shower enclosures.
Tel: (00353) 567 791555

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The New Floral Watercolour Collection From Digetex

 The New Floral Watercolour Collection From Digitex DigetexHOME have introduced a striking new collection of floral watercolours, in response to the current new fashion for floral in home interiors.
These colourful designs would go well with your theme for any room you are planning to beautify.

The spectacular large scale florals are bold and appealing, and the new collection offers vivid, painterly floral prints featuring indigo poppies, wild daisies, golden tulips or vibrant flora.

These murals can provide a dramatic feature wall in a living room or bedroom, adding brightness and charm in an eye-catching colourful fashion.

Featured in our picture is the Multi Floral Wallpaper Mural, supplied in W:3960mm x 2400mm, in 6 easy to hang side matching panels (660mm each panel) Priced from £129.

DigetexHOME’s new Floral Watercolour Collection also offers five complimentary dip-dye murals in purple, yellow, raspberry, blue and orange, to ensure there is something to suit every decorating palette.
All designs are available as wallpaper, blinds, fabrics, cushions and wall art.

DigetexHOME also offers a BESPOKE print service that digitally prints your own design, images or artwork onto your medium of choice, to your specific requirements.
Each design is available as Wallpaper, Blinds, Chairs, Fabrics, cushions and wall art, as custom made products via this new service.

All of their products are designed, manufactured and printed by their brilliant team in the UK.

Prices start from:

  • Wallpaper: £129; W3960mm x H2400mm in 6 easy to hang side matching panels.
  • Cushions: £30 each (43 x 43 cm).
  • Roller Blinds: from £119 or custom made.
  • Fabric: from £30 per metre.

To view the complete ranges of DigetexHOME’s unique home decoration products, please visit the website.
Tel: (0161) 873 8891

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The Latest Strato Collection For 2011

 The Latest Strato Collection For 2011 Alternative Plans’ introduction of Strato’s new generation Strato 2011 Collection, expresses their supreme appreciation of the ‘one block’ kitchen design, flowing effortlessly between one material and another; combining Bolivar Wood with Strato-stone, steel and mirror glass:

  • The working area is defined vertically by a glass wall and horizontally by a steel lighting raft illuminated with LEDs.
  • The working island is balanced between sculpture and architecture, visualized as a monolith, utterly pure and sophisticated.
  • Designed by Marco Gorini and built in his factory in the Lombardy region of Italy, only 300 Strato kitchens are produced each year. Each one is designed and built to order as a complete one off, combining advanced manufacturing techniques and long-established cabinet making skills, which are the Gorini family’s heritage.

Strato describe themselves as “for those who run away from the ordinary”.

For Alternative Plans – who have never been ordinary – it brings the prospect of offering haute-couture concept works, to clients seeking the ultimate kitchen.

About
Alternative Plans have pioneered the work of some of the world’s leading industrial designers for nearly 30 years and been in the front line of architectural design for kitchens and bathrooms.

You can see Strato kitchens in the UK, exclusively at Alternative Plans’ flagship showroom in Battersea.

Visit the website to view Alternative Plans’ contemporary collection of bespoke hand crafted kitchens.
Tel: (020) 72286460

Read more about : Bespoke Kitchens, Fitted Kitchens, Kitchen Furniture

Make A Grand Entrance With Devon Stone

 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:

Choose rustic limestone flooring from Devon Stone to create a warm and welcoming entrance into a traditional home- with a conventional approach as featured here – Pierre de Bourgogne. Priced from £160 per sq/m.

Or perhaps a large format ‘Oriental Basalt’ floor to create impact and sleek lines in a contemporary space.

Or you could zone your home by contrasting two very different stone types, using ‘Black Slate’ for the hallway and ‘Simyra’ Limestone for living spaces, thus creating two clearly defined spaces.

Devon Stone has a showroom in Devon, but covers the whole of the UK, so that you can enjoy beautiful, luxurious flooring in your home, with full installation plus a caring after sales service.

For more information about Devon Stone’s flooring ranges, please visit the website.

Tel: (01395) 222 525.

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The Command Team’s Top Tips For Refreshing Your Home.

 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

  • Sorting out your storage is a great job for spring. There is nothing more satisfying then having everything ordered and looking lovely. Interior Designer, Pippa Jameson, shares her top tips on how to turn a cupboard into a gorgeous visual feature:
  • Make sure you use a suitable cupboard that has sufficient space for the project. If you haven’t got one at home then try your local second hand furniture shops, jumble sales, reclamation yards or your local newspaper. A French dresser will work just as well as a cupboard
  • Be sure to clean your cupboard with soapy water before painting.
  • Choose a paint that complements your existing decor. I would advise leaving the cupboard to air for a few days before you place any food inside.
  • Make sure the shelf heights are suitable for the items that you place inside. It often works to have smaller items that you use regularly such as condiments, spices, and herbs at the top and larger objects such as vases at the bottom
  • The easy to apply, easy to remove Command Mini Hooks work well for hanging light weight items inside the cupboard, such as tea-towels whilst Command Wire Hooks are great for small tea cups and utensils
  • Command Picture Clips can be used on the inside of the doors, to neatly hang up all of your loose recipes.
  • To add a decorative feel to the cupboard you can use Command Medium Picture Hanging Strips to display plates on the back wall to create a striking feature.

Adhering strongly to wood, tile, metal or painted surfaces, Command Products can change the way that you hang almost anything and when in the future you require another look and style, the strips and hooks can be removed from walls quickly and easily without leaving any marks.

For more inspiring home transformation ideas from Command Products and stockists, please visit the website.

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Protect Your Garden From Theft With Yale’s Solutions

 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.

Padlocks are ideal for securing costly toys and play equipment, as well as smaller garden tools. Yale offers weatherproof padlocks, which are specifically designed to withstand the great British weather all year round, even in exposed locations such as by the sea.

You may want to consider extra protection for your more valuable items. An anchor used in conjunction with a padlock and cable would be ideal to secure any garden furniture such as tables, chairs and benches. Anchors are also great for securing high-value items in your shed, such as a lawnmower or jet wash.

You can also secure expensive items such as barbeques, which are often left out in the garden overnight, to a heavy fixture using a steel security cable and a padlock. Yale’s steel cable is two metres in length, but can be lengthened by connecting two or more cables together with padlocks.

The featured Yale Home and Garden Padlock Set, consists of 3 x 51mm weatherproof padlocks and 4 keys, now available from a selection of major retailers and locksmiths from only £14.99.

For more information on the full range of outdoor security products from Yale, please visit the website.

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BIBO The New Smarter And Faster Source Of Water

 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.”
“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.”

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:

  • The water is filtered several times to ensure purity and taste.
  • The filtration firstly removes chlorine to give the water a clean taste. This is similar to most BRITA-style filter jugs.
  • The BIBO further filters the water to remove traces of heavy metals, pesticides and other chemicals, before a powerful UV filter ensures the water is free of any bacteria.
  • The water is then chilled or boiled ready to be dispensed at the touch of a button.
  • The BIBO water filter simply connects to the home water supply. It provides 7 litres (approximately 30 cups) of chilled water and 15 litres (approximately 60 cups) of hot water each hour and only takes up slightly more room than a standard kettle.
  • It has been designed to fit under kitchen wall units and its dimensions are 32.5cm high, 30cm wide and 35cm deep.
  • The BIBO comes in a range of eight bright colours to blend in with any kitchen.

The BIBO home water dispenser is now available from the BIBO website, priced at £363.. This includes installation, comprehensive one year warranty and two filters.
Customers will be contacted within 24 hours of purchase to arrange free installation by a BIBO technician.

For further information and helpful videos about the innovative BIBO filtered water dispenser, please visit the website.

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