Design

Flexform Chairs: Designer Seating with an Italian Flair

Famous for its upholstered furniture, Flexform has also garnered acclaim for its stunning collection of dining chairs

Cavallini1920 is an Italian luxury furniture retailer with showrooms in Milan and Varedo. The company champions a holistic vision of home living, based on the notion that interiors are not merely a combination of objects, but rather a decisive factor in shaping people’s quality of life. Therefore, Cavallini1920 places high emphasis on the planning and design phase, and offers specialized interior design consulting as well as an array of professional services for both architects and private customers. Cavallini1920 proudly boasts official partnerships with the leading names in designer Italian furnishings, and serves today as an official dealer for the most prestigious brands of the Made in Italy universe.

Flexform Chairs: a front-row seat at the table of style

Among the brands that routinely catch the eye of customers at the two Cavallini1920 … Read the rest

Home Designing Tips for a Smaller Room

Sometimes having a limited space doesn’t always mean fewer capabilities. Size of a home is also not the basis of feasibility of a home. The size of the house is not measured by what it can house but how it benefits the need of the owner. The headache comes in when there are space limitations, and you don’t have a professional interior designer who can assist you in furniture arrangement, a color that suits your personality and even more revolved resolutions such as adding and removing unwanted items in the house. Designing a small home involves the following:

1. Place more significant furniture on the room perimeters

There is no need to ditch large furniture when you are arranging a small space. You will need to be strategic on where you want to place them. Maintain feelings of depth in a room by keeping larger items, bookcases, or hutches against … Read the rest

5 Things to Keep in Mind When Looking for a Window and Door Supplier

Summer is the most popular season for home renovations, but why not get ahead of the game and begin your home improvements in Spring before everyone else? You might be surprised to find out that it’s much easier to find an available, reputable contractor in the off-seasons – after all, it’s all about supply and demand. Spring might be the perfect time to begin renovations, not only because of the mild temperatures, but also because it means your home will be ready just in time to enjoy your summer in peaceful comfort.

As you look for a supplier consider the following advice on things to consider when choosing one:

1. Seek Out a Supplier with Years of Experience

With plenty of suppliers to choose from it can be difficult to know where to start. The good news is that there are businesses like Casa Bella Windows & Doors who … Read the rest

Why You Need A Patio In Your Home?

Many people want to give their home a touch of elegance. Patios have a lot to offer in a home, from beauty to functionality. Your home may not have a patio, but you can add one and enjoy its benefits. If your home has an outdoor space that you are not utilizing, you can use that space to build a patio. It gives you a place to relax and unwind.

How to build your patio?

Patios give you the opportunity to create a personalized space. You can design it to fit your taste. Your patio can be attached to your house or detached. It can take on any shape you want and be built with a variety of materials. The most common materials for building patios include concrete, stone, outdoor floor tiles, brick, pebbles, or gravel.

When designing your patio, it is best to make it look natural like … Read the rest

Outdated home decor trends that you should leave in 2018

As with anything, where design is involved, trends and fashions come and go. Research conducted by online estate agents, Hatched, earlier this year, found that 27% of prospective buyers think that decoration and furniture have ‘a significant’ impact on their buying intention.

Whether or not you’re currently looking to sell your property, 2019 is now just around the corner. It’s time to take stock of the trends of recent past, identify what in your home may need a rethink – maybe even putting unwanted items into self storage.

With that in mind, we take a quick look at some of the home décor trends which should perhaps be left behind when we hit the new year…

Accent walls

A single wall in a statement colour seems a bit tired now. Depending on how you interpret it, it can also give the impression (to some) that there might not have … Read the rest

4 Biggest Design Mistakes Homeowners Make In Their Living Room

Our living rooms often have various functions in our house. It is where we spend most of our time either watching the television, reading a book and playing with our kids but it is also an area of the home for entertaining guests. With these activities in mind, it is  a critical component to your home and something you should plan out when designing or redecorating any homes. In this piece, I’ve listed down some of the most common mistakes homeowners make when building their home.

Mistake #1: Not Enough Light in Your Living Room

Having the proper lighting in the living room really adds up to the mood and ambience of your home. When decorating a living room, it is important to understand the lighting that will best serve your needs. If the area is for reading, you might want to consider brighter lights or strategically placed lighting fixtures … Read the rest

How to Declutter Your Home in a Day

Cleaning can become an overwhelming task if you let it pile up. It’s therefore imperative to deal with clutter quickly before it becomes too intimidating. But if you are like most people, you probably find it hard to clean your home and keep it clean all through.

This article will give you a strategy to declutter your home in a day and maintain a clean environment. Remember, keeping your home tidy and sanitary helps you to avoid potential health hazards and monitor your belongings.

The best way to clean your home is to tackle it in stages; trying to do everything at the same time will be not only overwhelming but also ineffective. So, focus on one space, one room or even one area within a room (like your closet), and move to the next space when you are done with the previous one. Tackling one area at a time … Read the rest

Self-build or Renovation: Two ways to create your dream home

Self-Build or Renovate: Which should you choose?

Imagine building your perfect home – designing and putting it together exactly as you wanted it, down to every last detail.

Research shows that more than half the population would love to do this. And it doesn’t have to just be a dream. Around 12,000 families in England now build their own homes each year – between seven and 10 per cent of new housing. The UK also has 216,000 homes which have been empty for six months or more – prime targets for renovation.

Both options essentially give you a blank canvas on which to paint the home you want – so here are some things to think about before deciding which option to go for.

Land ahoy!

If you’re going to build your own home from scratch, you’ll need some land to put it on – and that can be one … Read the rest

3 Ways you can give your Kitchen the Much-Awaited Refreshing Touch

When it comes to a kitchen renovation, often the whole kitchen doesn’t need a retouch. Only a few bits here and there lose their luster which looks for an instant facelift with some quick fix. Believe it or not, remodeling a kitchen is much trickier than designing a completely new kitchen. Mostly, homeowners fail to understand where exactly they need to retouch.

There are many parts of a kitchen that can completely change the mood and the vibe of it with just a bit of facelift or alteration. So, if you are in a predicament where you are thinking of retouching your kitchen too but are failing to understand what exactly you need to change there, you are absolutely in the right place. Here, I am going to tell you about a few minimal ways that can do wonder with the look of your kitchen. I believe that I already … Read the rest

The Secret Life of Doors

Whilst it might not be widely spoken about, the history of doors actually tells us a lot about the way that design has changed over the years.

Indeed, the way in which doors went from being a fixture to keep out the cold, to a way of revealing status and taste demonstrates how utilitarian objects have, over time, become a source of fascination amongst designers.

Establishing exactly when doors became treated as objects worthy of decoration is, however, somewhat difficult.

Some records suggest that it was the Egyptians who first recognised the artistic potential of doors. Used to divide sections of their tombs, a series of doors were decorated with images of the afterlife as they believed that doorways were symbolic of passing on after death.

Other historians have pointed to the way that the expert metalwork which adorns the doors of the ancient Greek and Roman doors suggests they … Read the rest