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The White Bedroom Trend

By Philip Sedgefield · 12 years ago

As with fashion, there are interior design trends and one of most popular and the easiest for most people to achieve, is designing a white bedroom. By clever use of textures and bedroom furniture the ...

Making a Floral Note

By Philip Sedgefield · 12 years ago

Spring is here and what better way of celebrating the freshness and colour of this wonderful season than to pre-empt the return of nicer weather by decorating our homes with colourful floral prints and adorning ...

Get Your Playground Design Right

By Pete Tooley · 12 years ago

Children tell it like it is and getting them to love something can be a struggle, if you are spending money on a child's playground or you have playground funding, you need to make sure ...

How important is imaginative play

By Pete Tooley · 12 years ago

You can give a child a stick and it can become something magnificent, maybe it is a wand to open up to magical worlds or could become a sword to do battle evil knights. However ...

Designing Playground Equipment

By Pete Tooley · 12 years ago

Playground equipment designers today are more likely to be talking about the environmental impact of play equipment and understanding how children can be stimulated to learn through play, and how the imagination can be sparked ...

Design Trends 2011

By Philip Sedgefield · 13 years ago

So 2011 is here and what are the top 5 design trends that will appear this year, or will carry on from last year. Many of us will be keeping an eye on the pennies ...

Green Living

By Philip Sedgefield · 13 years ago

Green living is not all about compost heaps and solar panels, the design trend for this season is bringing the outdoors in with fresh green shades that remind us that Spring is not far away. ...

Creating a safe outdoor play area

By Pete Tooley · 13 years ago

The purpose of an outdoor play area is to provide creative and fun activities for children of all ages. Safety is becoming a major concern recently and the responsibility of ensuring that playgrounds are as ...

Eco friendly playground design

By Pete Tooley · 13 years ago

The last thing on any child’s mind as they are happily playing on climbing frames and swings is whether their playground equipment is having a detrimental effect on the environment, and therefore their future enjoyment ...

Tips For An Ideal Bedroom

By Philip Sedgefield · 13 years ago

There are many inspiring ways to create the ideal sanctuary within your bedroom and with the latest trends of retro furnishing; you can get the look without it breaking the bank. All it takes is ...

Be bold with colour

By Philip Sedgefield · 13 years ago

The secret to giving rooms a great look is by using colour which complements the room and your lifestyle and there are some dramatic changes you can make with a little decorating know-how. For those ...