Category: Decorating
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Modern cottage core wallpapers for an English cottage
Shabby, brambly, charming and very very English-cottage wallpapers for your home. Whether you have your dream cottage in the English countryside or not, you can still have your cottage-core room of dreams with the right kind of wallpaper. For one reason or another, Cottagecore (coined on Tumblr in 2018) aesthetic has built momentum over the…
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How to store paint in between coats
How to store paint in between coats so it doesn’t dry up – it’s easier then you might think. I’m going to imagine you’ve been there too – you’ve painted a wall, left it to dry, only to discover that your paint and paint brushes have dried too – oops! Bringing brushes and paint back…
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The best wall paint colour to hide dirt: paint colour for high traffic areas
Discover the best wall paint colour for high traffic areas. There are a lot of areas in my house painted white which shouldn’t be painted white: skirting boards, hallways and well-used storage cupboards. As an ex renter who had to suffer magnolia walls for years, I thought white walls was the way forward in my…
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Crumbling plaster behind wallpaper – is it dangerous? How to fix it, now!
Is plaster crumbling behind wallpaper as you’re trying to remove it? Don’t panic, it’s common and it can be fixed! There was a knot in the pit of my stomach as we started to remove wallpaper in our new (but old) bedroom and the plaster started to come away with it. Honestly, seeing exposed brick…
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Best pink for a bathroom: pink bathroom ideas
Is there such a thing as the ‘best’ pink for a bathroom? Let’s find out, shall we? While blue may be the most popular paint colour for a bathroom there is no reason why you can’t – and shouldn’t – paint your bathroom pink. Pink is a lovely colour which can be warm or cool,…
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I don’t care about home decor: are home decorations important?
‘I don’t want to decorate my house,’ is this something you’ve heard yourself say? It can be easy to feel as though you don’t care about home decor and maybe you’ve been left wondering if home decorations are important. I can understand why you wouldn’t want to decorate your house: it’s messy, physically tiring and…
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Do pink and red go together in a room?
“Do pink and red go together in a room?” Your question answered. When I was growing up, I remember fashion magazines, the TV and probably my Mum telling me you ‘can’t put pink and red together.’ It was basically criminal. I would have lived and died by this rule back then, but fast forward to…
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Master bedroom trends 2022: bedroom interior design trends 2022
Master bedroom trends 2022: learn from my mistakes Don’t get me wrong, I love my bedroom, but does it feel like a master bedroom? Certainly not. When I think of a master bedroom, I think of a grand room – one with a four-poster bed, a mattress you can barely reach and karate-chopped cushions. There…
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Where to buy Lick paint in the UK – can you buy Lick paint in the shops?
Where to buy Lick paint – is it only available online? Keep reading to discover the Lick paint stockists. My house is covered in Lick paint. I love the stuff. Whenever anyone asks me for a paint recommendation, I always recommend Lick. Do Lick offer next day delivery? The best place to purchase Lick paint…
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How to store paint at home: Where should I store paint in my house?
How to store paint at home: find the right temperature, place and container for leftover paint. To my detriment, I’ve used a lot of different paint colours in my house which means I have an abundance of leftover paint tins and paint cans to store. If you’re anything like me, you won’t know where to keep…
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Decorating mistakes for a spare room: how to prevent it becoming a dumping ground
The most common decorating mistakes for a spare room and how to avoid them More often than not, a spare room can become a dumping ground. I’m no angel either, as an influencer, it’s my day job to acquire ‘stuff’ so keeping on top of it is quite the mission. If you’ve seen my loft…
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Arguing about decorating (and how to stop)
Arguing about decorating? Join the club. Unless you’re a saint or just unbelievably chilled out, then it can be very hard to keep the peace when you and your partner are decorating. Disclaimer: I’m not a therapist in any shape or form, but speaking from experience, there is no two ways about it, decorating can…
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Decorating anxiety: how to pluck up the courage to start
Decorating anxiety can stop lots of us picking up a paintbrush, but here’s how to start if you’ve been too nervous to do so. For years I’d dreamt of having my own place to decorate; even before we (my husband and I) got the keys to our first home, I’d ordered furniture, created mood boards…
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The best shade of pink for a bedroom
Picking the best shade of pink for a bedroom comes down to a few key things, keep reading if you’re desperate to find out: Whenever I think of how much I like the colour pink, I can’t help but (begrudgingly) think of the pink song on TikTok ‘I Like Pink’ by Maeva Stier. It lives…
