Advice, Ideas & Inspiration, Page 19

Luxury off white wooden blinds with tapes in living room
Do real wood blinds fade? Eventually yes, but when it comes to good quality modern wooden blinds, this will usually occur so slowly as to be virtually unnoticeable. In the...
Luxury cream textured vertical blinds in bedroom
Do vertical blinds look cheap? No, not unless you buy cheap ones! Good quality vertical blinds won’t look out of place or stand out for the wrong reasons in even...
Black PVC kitchen roller blinds
Should you have blinds in a kitchen? Yes, for both functional reasons and aesthetic ones. Blinds for kitchens ideally need to be waterproof, which also answers the question of “should...
Fish patterned roller blinds in blue and white striped bathroom
Do you need blackout blinds in bathrooms? No, there’s no specific reason that bathrooms need blackout blinds, but also, no reason why you can’t have them and a few reasons...
Dark willow patterned roller blinds in bedroom
Do dark blinds make a room look smaller? Yes, in most people’s opinions. This effect is achieved because dark colours absorb light rather than reflecting it, and also because darkening...
Luxurious rustic themed kitchen
If you’re taking a proactive approach to designing the interior of your house rather than just filling it ad-hoc with bits from Argos and Ikea and calling it good, the...
Small white and brown themed living room
How do interior designers make a small house look good? This comes down to a combination of making clever use of the space available, whilst avoiding cluttering it up or...
Interior designer showing client fabrics
There is a reason that interior designers get paid big bucks; and that reason is that people are willing to pay it. I’m not knocking the concept of hiring an...