Christmas Style
Decorating for Christmas doesn’t just have to be about adorning your home. We have some clever ways to bring Christmas into your wardrobe. Whether subtle or celebratory, taking the Christmas spirit to the streets will bring cheer to one and all. Metallics are this season’s fashion star. Harness this timely coincidence and exude […]
Swish Storage
Modern storage is about much more than the classic wall unit – although even these are evolving into creative pieces in their own right, as space becomes a premium. Options are clever, unique and fantastically functional. Locked up Lockers became the coolest thing out when industrial retro was hot – and their sheer […]
Bell of the Ball
Bell bottoms are swinging their way back into our wardrobes this season. It’s funny to think that this fashion style was originally created for sailors to readily roll up their trousers, when on messy deck duty. The ’60s has since embraced this look and the ’70s exaggerated it even further. But now, you […]
Old World Glamour
Design cues from the past are injecting old world glamour into our interiors. Make a luxurious style statement and bring a little French antiquity or Victorian manor into your world. Chic chandeliers It doesn’t matter if your home is all downlights, hang one from the rafters anyway – just for the romantic effect. […]
Straddle the seasonal divide
Some clothing is for winter, some is reserved for hot summer days – and then there are those clever pieces that straddle the seasonal divide. We look at some ideas to create an all-season wardrobe. Double-up dresses A fabulously fitting dress, structured in well-made quality fabric, can look perfect for a summer’s day […]
On-form florals
Various moods of floral fashion bloom at least a little each season, but this time it’s flowers gone retro wild. They are untamed and they’re out there; bold, bright and garishly gorgeous. It is a season that flower power has never quite seen before, plucked from the sentimentality of the vintage curtains, sofas […]
Coastal Dreaming
Bring the calming influence of the seaside into your home, aesthetically, emotively and practically, coastal themes have ridden an eternal wave in interior design. They’re having a huge resurgence now though, as we crave the lifestyle they elude. The colours of the coast. Sigh! Glistening pale aquamarines to bright turquoise tones, gradually fading […]
Bespoke Beauty: M O Brown Builders
Every new home M O Brown Builders creates is bespoke, using traditional, old-school values of quality workmanship. It’s no surprise this well-respected company received three golds in the Master Builders House of the Year 2018 for Canterbury. To earn a gold, a build must achieve more than 90 percent above industry standard, comprising of 65 […]
Have a spring fling: The Ellesmere Spring Fling 2018
For lovers of beautiful gardens and anyone wanting a glorious day out in the fresh country air, The Ellesmere Spring Fling 2018 country fete on Sunday 7 October is a must. Held at Broadfield Garden from 11am to 4pm, 250 Selwyn Road, which is only 10 minutes from Hornby, these award-winning landscape gardens […]
Coffee Craft
An Ethiopian goat herder noticed his flock became rather rambunctious and frisky after nibbling from a tree of coffee cherries – and so goes the origin of coffee. Another belief is a healer roasted raw beans to remove bitterness and voila! Next came the Ottoman empire and Indian Spice Traders, then once Europe got a […]
