Autumn
My favourite interior trends – textured seating
You can’t open an interiors magazine or browse through Houzz without being bombarded with beautiful images of touchable textures, and I’m not just talking about soft
You can’t open an interiors magazine or browse through Houzz without being bombarded with beautiful images of touchable textures, and I’m not just talking about soft
After a long summer of days out and time spent outdoors, each September I tend to turn my attention back indoors and start looking at
Have you noticed just how popular wood flooring is again? Just browse interior design trends on Pinterest and you’ll find all the evidence you need.
When your pal is expecting her baby it’s a joyous occasion that you may wish to celebrate. Gathering all her friends around for a lovely
Today I’m pleased to be sharing a sneaky peek inside the home of top interiors blogger Anna from Don’t Cramp My Style. Her award-winning blog is
If you’re planning a new kitchen – or simply want to renovate your old units with some snazzy new updates – this is the blog
Do you want to give a note of freshness to your home but you don’t have the necessary budget? Don’t worry! With a bit of
With more sunny days than not in recent weeks, my thoughts have turned to summer holidays. While I’m not actually planning to jet off anywhere luxurious
I’ve spotted a new trend in interior design for Summer 2016 and it’s one that really pleases me; bright bold colour. We all have a
After my visit to Grand Designs Live last weekend, I’ve been spending time researching the new interior trends, building materials and home design ideas that
It’s finally arrived! After months of waiting for the latest interior design book by Will Taylor to hit the shelves (and putting my name down for
Does your living room look exactly the same from one year to the next? Or could you tell what year a photo was taken just
We could all do with a bit more room, couldn’t we? I know I personally need much more room – or perhaps far fewer things! Okay,
Sometimes decorating a home can seem like such a large project, and with a worryingly large budget required too! But there are so many ways you
A luxury kitchen equals expensive, right? And there’s no way that you’re going to spend all your hard-earned cash on a kitchen when you’ve got
If you’re like me, anything and everything that has to do with decoration is fascinating regardless of the price (a girl can dream, right?). As
Even though we all like our homes to reflect a little of our own style and personality, it can be difficult to make your house
Want to inject a bit of colour into your room but don’t want to commit to a complete wall-to-wall makeover? Can I suggest painting the
When it comes to bathroom planning, which is best? It’s a home-owners’ dilemma and one that I want to get to the bottom of today.
Happy Sunday everyone! I’m taking a rare day off to visit the Ideal Home Show at Olympia this weekend so I asked one of my
Just look at that blue sky out there today. Easter definitely brought a new optimism for the coming seasons with it this year. What started
Whenever I get that spring cleaning feeling, it always turns into a bigger job than I imagined. What starts out as a wipe-down-the-skirting-boards and dust-the-curtain-rail
It may be wet and snowing outside this morning but no amount of bad weather can dampen my mood. And that’s because I’ve been enjoying
While daydreaming about my future home, I come up with all kinds of ideas in my head. They’re mostly about nifty storage solutions (I have a
Since being glued to The Great Interior Design Challenge each evening on BBC2, I’ve become much more interested in seeking out interior design inspiration online.
While everyone else was putting up their decorations and baking mince pies, I was researching S/S16 interiors trends. While humming along to Christmas carols and
Now that it’s nearly December (where did November go?!) I think I can legitimately go OTT with Christmas blog posts! In fact, I’ve just added
Most of the year I want my rooms to look more spacious, clean and bright. But when winter looms, I suddenly get the urge to
Redecorating your home may mean a lot of effort, time, and money spent, but I’ve found that it is still absolutely worth it! Once it’s
If you’re anything like me, the chances are you want your home to look as perfect as possible but you also have to be mindful
This week my husband and I have been working hard to decorate our hallway. It’s one of the only spaces in the house that has
As one of my favourite interior designers, I was delighted when Celia Sawyer offered to write a guest post for my wonderful readers. The ‘Four
It’s been a rather productive summer in the Cassiefairy household. All those little DIY tasks that I’ve been putting off for months (okay, years) have
I really couldn’t believe it when an email dropped into my inbox telling me that I’d been shortlisted in the Amara Interior Blog Awards 2015!
And I mean ‘mini’ in both senses – it’s a mini room and I’m on a budget so it’ll be a mini makeover. I’ve actually
When does decorating your home turn into degree-level research? The moment that we hone in on a particular design or era, we all suddenly become
Ever thought about living in a factory? Fancy sleeping with ducting above your head and rusting machinery in the corner? What if I call it a
With the sun breaking through the clouds this week, I’ve been feeling the urge to spring clean and improve my home. It’s always at this time of year that I start thinking about decorating and wishing that I had a bigger budget to make some changes…
I often wish that my house was bigger. It doesn’t take much clutter to fill up the small rooms in my home and storage always
If you’ve been following my caravan renovation project to turn a grubby old Sprite caravan into a cosy office and sewing workshop, you’ll know how
Did you ever have ‘winter curtains’ in your home while growing up? Do you have sets of seasonal curtains in your airing cupboard? Is this
Even though I’m bursting to get out the Christmas decorations and fill my house with festive cheer, I agree that it is still a little too early to be hanging wreaths and stringing up the tinsel.
Modern life has never been so stressful with the demands of longer working hours, domestic tasks and busy social lives leaving us drained and exhausted.
Christmas starts here! As soon as bonfire night has finished, that is the start to my festive season. Some may say it’s too soon, but
At this time of year, as the seasons change from hot summer to cool autumn, I really get the urge to snuggle down at home and feather
Yes, I do know that it’s possible to buy towels and I’m honestly not buying towelling fabric and making my own. But what I have
This week I decided that it was an appropriate time of year to create my annual autumn flowers display in the living room. It’s usually
With talk of another royal baby on the way, I’ve come over all patriotic. Just like the Olympics and the Diamond Jubiliee before it, this
Do you ever buy some fabric just because you like it but have no idea what you’ll end up doing with it? I actually got
I’ve been talking about doing a bathroom makeover for a while now, and I’ve been very keen to include a tromploi-esque photowall in my design,
With my bathroom makeover in progress, I’ve started researching interior design looks from decades past. It’s interesting how just a few inexpensive details can really
Want to freshen up your home and create a cosy place for your family and guests to enjoy this summer but don’t want to blow the
I’ve never been into a Hollister shop before. I know some of you will be regular shoppers and this whole blog post will be old
Do you sometimes find your mind wandering off to a place far away where it settles down on a comfy sofa to take in the
As you probably already know, I’ve been decorating my bedroom on a budget and have been trying to ‘get the look for less’ over the past
It’s called The Caravan Trail and you can imagine how excited I was when I first stumbled upon the website after spotting a link on
Last week I told you how I noticed all the things that were ‘wrong’ with my bedroom while viewing it through the eyes of my
Whether you have a large or a small home, it’s likely that at some point, you’ll bemoan your property’s lack of space. The size of
Whether you’re planning a complete re-model of your bathroom or you’re merely looking to spruce up your existing design, these small bathroom tips will allow
Last week my attention turned to the state of the flooring in my bedroom. After inviting my friends to stay with us for the weekend
If your kitchen could do with an overhaul, now is a great time to start planning your brand new design. As I mentioned in my
Wow. I have it in my hands right now. Vintage Caravan Style. And blimey, what a book it is! You may remember that I interviewed the lovely
Even though it’s the often smallest room in my home I’ve recently discovered that the bathroom can be the most expensive room in the house to remodel,
Do you have your ideal kitchen? If not and you are planning on renovating it soon, now is the time to start designing the kitchen of your dreams. Even without a dream budget you could still achieve more than you think…
As an avid interiors blog reader and the world’s most addicted Pinterest user, I love to drool over images of gorgeous homes, and I regularly have
colour-matching pioneers Pantone have come up with a selection of colours that they think are right for this coming season, and we’ve got the details here, along with some of this season’s other interior trends.
Are you sitting the bathtub, trying to relax with that bright white fluorescent light? Not very calming, is it? I’ve often just turned the light
Creating a vintage style bedroom isn’t difficult and shouldn’t have to cost the earth either. In fact, it’s pretty easy if you know how, and
A French boudoir is probably the most luxurious and seductive place you can be. It’s the perfect room to get ready and feel unstoppable or to wind down for some pampering time. If you’ve always wanted a beautiful boudoir, you don’t have to sacrifice your dreams just because of a limited budget.
There’s no place more homely than a country cottage. A warm, crackling fire, soft sofas, refreshing scenes of nature all around you – it’s the
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