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10 Beautiful Rooms



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black crittal windows in the Fitzroy Loft in Melbourne by architects EAT Hello and Happy Monday to you all. I hope you all passed splendid weekends. Mine was largely spent painting the bedroom. For the gazillionth weekend in a row. You that thing where you say: "No, no I'm not paying a professional to paint
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The Househunter back for 2017



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It's Friday and so we're back with the very first Househunter of the year. Now, I have been reading through your feedback and many of you said you would like more diagnostics and explanations of how and why things work and so this house, which is for sale via The Modern House (for a mere £1.45m)
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Planning to buy a Sofa? Read this.



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As you know last year I teamed up with Love Your Home to share their advice on how to buy a sofa and other useful tips. In my final post with them I wanted to show you my four favourite pieces from their collection and to point out that sales are now ON. So go
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The Great Interior Design Challenge is Back



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Happy New Year and all that. And we're starting off with a bang - well an exclusive anyway - as The Mad House was the only blog to have interview time with the presenters of The Great Interior Design Challenge which returns to our screens tonight. Yes TONIGHT. I am so hot off the press
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10 Beautiful Rooms



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styling by Linda Åhman photo by Jonas Gustavsson HAPPY NEW YEAR! And how is everyone feeling? Recovered? Ready to foreswear the booze, the sugar, the carbs and the bread for ever more? Or, gearing up for a little snifter later as it's still the holidays for another day or two? I know which camp I
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Interiors Trends 2017



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Earlier this month I went to a dinner with Houzz to talk about trends past and future. We had a fascinating time discussing our ins and outs of 2016 but didn't really get as far as next year. So I have done a little separate research among bloggers and retailers to find out what they
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My Top Ten Interior Design Tips #10



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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
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My Top 10 Interior Design Tips #9



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MEH TO THE MATCHING via decoholic.org the mismatched chairs are broadly similar and in monochrome colours to tie the scheme together and the matching pendant lights work as a balance to the mismatch below Which is a not very elegant way of saying that buying a three piece suite is lazy and looks like you haven't
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My Top 10 Interior Design Tips #8



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SEASONALISE SEASONALISE SEASONALISE Now I'll be honest here, this is one of those tips that I preach but don't necessarily practice. I'm always intending to do it and I know people who and I'm full of admiration but, here in the Mad House, we haven't quite pulled this one off yet. It's another of those
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My Top Ten Interior Design Tips #7



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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
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My Top Ten Interior Design Tips #6



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keep the peace by valspar a blue black shade of paint image by simon browning
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.
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The Househunter



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Maybe it's the effect of being bedridden for a week but there is something enormously appealing about this all white open plan converted warehouse that is this week's Househunter property. It's on the market for £1,470,00 via The Modern House and is located near Liverpool Street, Spitalfields and The City. Currently configured as two bedrooms, a
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My Top Ten Interior Design Tips #5



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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.
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My Top Ten Interior Design Tips: #4



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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
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My Top Ten Interior Design Tips #3



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neisha crosland hollywood grape wallpaper in the home of Kate Watson-Smyth
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
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The Househunter



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Friday! At last. I have been struck down by the most vicious of vicious lurgies and while December is usually a quite month for househunters - I say that I have twice moved house on 10th December - I found this gorgeous one and thought that it was perfect for a virtual wander with a
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My Top Ten Interior Design Tips #2



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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
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