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Five Ways to Revamp a Room (rapidly): The Kitchen

The second part of my mini series on Five Ways to Revamp a Room rapidly and this week we're looking at the kitchen. A mini revamp is a great way to bring in a few changes without breaking the bank (unless you want to of course) and make it all feel a little bit shiny
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Monday Inspiration: Revamp Restyle Reveal Special

revamp restyle reveal bathroom by lisa dawson
Well this is a bit of a treat. You may be aware of Revamp, Restyle, Reveal, an interior design challenge run by Bianca Hall and Lisa Dawson, two women who never stop redecorating and who run a four-week challenge for 10 bloggers getting them to makeover one room in their houses. They have sponsors who
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Five Seasonal Tweaks For Your Sitting Room

farrow and ball helleborus wallpaper
First of all let me apologise for the late posting of this and admit to feelings of bafflement and rage. I spent all yesterday writing posts for the rest of the week and woke up this morning to find they had all disappeared. Vanished. Gone. Along with all the images I uploaded to go with
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5 Ways To Revamp Your Bedroom

grey bedroom photographed by Paul Craig styled by Kate Watson-Smyth
This week in my mini series 5 ways to revamp a room and this time we're looking at the bedroom. We have recently revamped The Mad House bedroom by changing the wallpaper (see below) and painting the walls. Neither of those tips appear in this list as I imagine you can work that one out
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August Updates

the rough table by norr11 photographed in The Mad House by Paul Craig
the rough table by norr11 photographed in The Mad House by Paul Craig Hello everyone, a slightly unusual post as I'm writing to tell you that as we will be revisiting posts during August, while the Mad Brain takes a break to recharge its batteries, you won't be receiving your daily email updates. That's due
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A Perfect Lampshade

I have realised I don't often write about lampshades and that is because I own remarkably few of them. The ones I have all came attached to the stands they are on and nothing much has changed in that time. However, in my recent Five Ways to Revamp a Room series I remember saying (and if
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10 Beautiful Rooms

wood burning stove in navy living room by Greg Penn Hello on this Bank Holiday Monday. I can only assume that the storms clouds have gathered on the horizon and if it's not already raining it will be about to do so - all the more reason so settle down with a cup of coffee
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Vintage French Wine Carboys

vintage french wine vessels
vintage french wine vessels from homebarn We have been talking recently -  in the Five Ways to Revamp a Room series - about how little things can make a big difference. One of those little things being accessories. Now I'm not advocating you rush out and buy a load of meaningless stuff but the odd
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How To Cover Your Ugly Splashback Tiles

vinyl tile splashback
vinyl tile splashback Last week I started a new series called Five Ways to Revamp A Room  and if I'd waited until this week to start it then it would have been six. When you move into a new place - either bought or rented - one of the first things that is crying out to
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Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms and Strong Colours

mirrors by gio ponti via gubi
Good Morning and Happy New Year. Again, for those who weren't back at it last week. I hope you're all rested and refreshed and ready to put the nose back to the grindstone... no me neither, but I have found five rather lovely rooms that might inspire you a little on this first working Monday
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10 Beautiful Rooms

farrow & ball inchyra blue by @restoringlansdowne
Another beautiful rooms regional round up -  this time from London as a) I'll be back soon and b) this features a room from the lovely house of Suszi Saunders, who is featured in the August edition of Living Etc so it seemed timely to include it here for the last August rooms post.  Morning
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Mini Hall Makeover

bisque tetro radiator volcanic image by madaboutthehouse
This makeover of the hall is one of the rooms that gives me most pleasure now it is done. Read on (again) to see why it's so important to take care of the first space you see when you come in. Get this right and the rest will flow naturally on from there.  Regular readers
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10 Beautiful Rooms

dark bedroom image by @stankoolen, styled by @marianneluning for @vtwoven
Good Morning and Happy July to you all. As you stroll through these 10 Beautiful Rooms I want to let you know about a decision I have made re the frequency of blogging - I will be moving to four posts a week for July and here's why. pink linen image by art4interiors_uk When I
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How To Choose The Right Kitchen Worktop – For You

statuario maxima by caesartsone
This is something I am asked a lot so I thought perhaps it was time to address this here. Actually, that's not quite true. What I get actually asked is what is the BEST worktop. And that, I'm afraid is the wrong question. Because, like everything there are pros and there are cons. And only
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10 Beautiful Rooms

Starting off this week's edition of 10 Beautiful Rooms with some deep, dark colour. This sitting room could be either dark green or dark grey - I imagine it changes with the light and also reacts to the camera. This makes it a strong contender for Farrow & Ball's Down Pipe which, in some lights,
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Is Your Kitchen Match Fit?

As if there wasn’t enough to do at this time of year when planning for Christmas, what with present-buying, parties and planning, there is one other, really important, thing that you should make time for if you want everything to run smoothly. Last week we looked at simple ways to create the perfect guest room 
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How To Create The Perfect Bathroom

Bathing has been fashionable since the 3rd century and yet, for some reason, most modern bathrooms are squeezed into the tiniest spot available, often without even a window to relieve the gloom, and the ensuing mould. Househunters will regularly rule out a possible purchase because the bathroom was so grotty, although countless surveys have found
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