Rugs play a vital role in providing the base of a room, defining or demarcating a space, as well as providing an opportunity to add colour, pattern and interest.

The journey to create a beautiful family home is a wonderful life adventure, full of hopes and dreams and the very best of intentions. It also takes careful planning to ensure that the home you make is a safe, sound sanctuary.

Firstly let’s start with what is considered warm and what is considered cool when it comes to colour tones. Warms are the colours on the red, orange, yellow side of the colour wheel with all of their tones, hues and permutations.

The very best homes are more than just the sum of their parts. Pick up any magazine or scroll through some Pinterest pages or the online socials, and you’ll quickly notice that even those enormous, high-end places with location, location, location, are not always the ones that will arrest your eyes.

I think it’s pretty safe to say we are all interested in hearing about clever home-hacks that have maximum impact for minimal outlay – it’s a sign of the times, right?

Window furnishings offer a fantastic opportunity to add layers of depth, texture, and sophistication. Mix and match different styles to get the luxe look.

Obviously, the best way to let summer sunshine in is through your windows – and the more options you have available to control that light, the more comfortable your home will be.

It’s that time of year when trend forecasters release their findings on how we will be living in the future.

Originally a 1930s Californian Bungalow, there were many opportunities for improvement in our home. Situated on a slope that was once a sand dune, the site is most politely put as “unique”.