Several times a year tragic news hits the press, reminding us of the perils of blind cords and chains. In our last blog on blind cord safety we ran through the issues and set out a few practical steps to make your blinds safer for children. The industry has for some time been rife with speculation ...
A London client recently got in touch with us for help with soft furnishings for their gorgeous Tudor cottage in the heart of Surrey. Old buildings present a host of challenges. Single glazed windows (normally protected by Listed status) and wattle and daub walls that are to draught like water is to a sieve in ...
In October 2013 we were contacted by a couple in Oxford who had installed a stunning kitchen extension on the back of their town house. The kitchen and TV room both now featured a combination of bifold and sliding doors (the kitchen is pictured below). The TV room, just out of shot, left, in the ...
I have to say this one tested us a bit! Our client living in the suburbs of Bath wanted to introduce curtains to her conservatory, to create a warmer, cosier environment in a room that serves as a toddler’s playroom by day and doubles up as a lovely dining area by night. The conservatory was ...
What to say about electric (or motorised) roller blinds? They’re not cheap, but perhaps not as expensive as you thought? They’ve not exactly flooded middle England in the way that perhaps shutters have over the last 10 years – they remain very much the preserve of a young(ish) audience who appreciate technology and how it ...
We’ve blogged before about the challenges presented by square bay windows. Curtains are the obvious solution to get round the problem of how to dress the tricky right angles between the side and back windows in the bay. But there are two problems here. Firstly, there often isn’t enough stacking space for the curtain to draw back into ...
I try to be as open-minded about products as possible – to ensure that on each client project we’re recommending the best possible product, application or hardware for the job. But there are certain products that I’ve always been a bit sceptical about – like spring loaded roller blinds for example. So it’s really nice when manufacturers ...
We’ve blogged before about the various available options, when it comes to choosing curtains and/or blinds for your bifold doors or sliding doors. What you choose will inevitably be a delicate balancing act between the practical necessities of the space itself, and the most perfect aesthetic solution. But as you’re reading this, I suspect you’ve ...
A word of mouth referral led to a phone call before Christmas from a delightful couple who were interested in roller blinds for their house, nestled in beautiful surroundings near Llantrithyd in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Moghul Director Charlie White and Bath Consultant Lou Ball hot footed it over to see them, armed with ...
We were struck by how striking patterns and bright colours (think orange at Decorex) punctuated the displays at last year’s autumn home interiors shows, as the movers and shakers in the industry put their markers down for this year’s hot trends and hues. And it doesn’t take long to see where the world of soft ...
