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YOUR HOME YOUR STORY This may sound completely obvious but this really is the key to turning every house into a home. It's also the one thing that many of us don't do. We have been so conditioned (by estate agents) to neutralising our homes for sale that we often forget those personal details. Now

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED dotty carpet by alternative flooring image by houseoflocations.com It's vitally important to bring some fun into your home. A little bit of wit goes a long way and I'm a firm believer in doing something out of the ordinary that is just for you. I adore this spotty stair runner that I

GO OVER TO THE DARK SIDE image by Pia Ulin Sometimes painting a small dark room in a coat of white paint will give you just that; a small dark room painted white. If white is to work as a brightener and lightener, it needs natural light to bounce off and create that illuminating effect.

LAYER THOSE LIGHTS Abigail Ahern's house has a mix of lighting; table, task and chandelier are all visible in this corner of her study I have spoken about lighting in detail in my series on how to get the lighting right but, in short, you need more lighting than you thought. One overhead pendant is not enough.

REMEMBER THE TOUCH POINTS leather handles from superfront at madaboutthehouse.com We're always reading about how supermarkets spend thousands of pounds researching how to arrange their shelves. They want the hard-to-sell stuff at eye level so that you see it first. They will make you bend down for the things they know you want to buy

LOOK INTO YOUR WARDROBE neisha crosland hollywood grape wallpaper One of the most common problems I come across is people not knowing what colour paint to choose for their homes. In many ways it's not surprising; Dulux alone have over 3,000 to choose from and when you add in all the different companies and all

IT'S TME TO GO GREEN This is a recent addition to the top ten, but it's a fad that has become a trend and is actually, like grey paint, here to stay for the foreseeable future, so it deserves a place in the list. Yes, it's time to go green and I don't mean put

SOMETHING NEW SOMETHING OLD SOMETHING BLACK  SOMETHING GOLD This little mantra for my top ten interior design tips came about after I realised that this is, in fact, something I tend to do in every room and I think it works. Something new: there's always something new, just make sure it isn't everything. In my

Yesterday I gave a talk at the madepresents event in East London. It was great to hang out on their armchairs - I have now sat in most of them -  and I can also tell you that their cushion game is STRONG. Look at these gorgeous ones by Emily Humphrey. I might have to