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After moving home or when revamping an existing property, colour is all important. Our choice of colour scheme reflects our personalities, creates mood and is the first thing people notice when walking into a room. If you’ve already bought your painted furniture, you can alter the colour of your walls, soft furnishings and accessories for a whole new look. If on the other hand you’re in the position of being able to start from scratch, you can incorporate the colour of the painted furniture into your entire colour palette. Either way, it’s best to start by deciding what kind of ambience you want for your space and thinking about how it fits in with the surrounding décor. It’s possible to change a colour scheme whilst maintaining a theme throughout your home, for example industrial, contemporary, rustic, minimalist or Scandi. Below is some inspiration to help you to make a confident decision about choosing a colour for your painted furniture. Neutrals Pale greys, creams and white cont...

The UK has a long history of skilled carpentry and knowledge of traditional hand-crafting techniques has been handed down through the generations. British-made furniture is still regarded as premium and a worthwhile investment in a world that is rapidly changing. Concern for the environment, Brexit, the pandemic and now war in Ukraine and world energy prices have changed, and are continuing to change, our purchasing habits. Environmental Concerns Consumers are becoming savvier and more aware of environmental issues, with the consequence that the throwaway culture of previous decades is going out of fashion. Indigenous timbers such as elm, oak, ash, sycamore, beech, cherry and chestnut along with other materials can be sourced locally to create beautiful furniture without the need to ship pieces for thousands of miles, creating a high carbon footprint. Furniture made locally and built to last is an appealing proposition and a selling point in a crowded marketplace. Above: https://w...

High end, neutral painted furniture is hard to beat as an investment in your home. Whether your style is cottage-inspired rustic, industrial chic or Scandinavian minimalist, neutral tones of painted furniture will complement your interior décor. A neutral colour for your furniture also allows you to change your style and adapt it to each room, providing it with its own character. Whilst interior design fashions come and go, your trusty neutral painted furniture will remain a reliable constant that has been around for many years and is likely to remain popular for many more years to come. Here, we can offer you some ideas to create the ambience you desire by using different colours with your neutral painted furniture. 1. Mellow Minimalism Creams and greys are perfect for those who have pared back their homes and are looking for a calm, serene and simple interior. This palette is particularly effective for bedrooms when a fuss-free, uncluttered environment is desired to aid a good nigh...

You’ve done the ruthless declutter and bestowed endless bags of belongings to the charity shop but you’re still short of storage space. What next? It’s time to get creative. We’ve come up with five ways to store your essential items that you might not have considered before. Above: https://www.furniture4yourhome.co.uk/breeze-blanket-box 1. Blanket Box A blanket box is no longer used for storing blankets in most households as most of us use duvets these days. For this reason alone, it might never have occurred to you to purchase one but they can be incredibly handy and versatile. A wooden or neutral painted blanket box will fit in with the décor in any room so it can be moved to wherever it is most needed. If children’s toys on the floor are the bane of your life, a blanket box in the play area is brilliant for just throwing everything into before bedtime. In the bedroom it can be used for bags, jumpers, spare dressing gowns or even towels. Pop it under a window with a cushion on t...

The height of a new bedroom wardrobe is partly determined by available room space and partly by what is to go inside it. There may only be one wall available once other key furniture items such as the bed have been placed in situ, or the room may have an ‘awkward’ height due to being in the eves. A great method of imagining how much space it will occupy alongside everything else is to place masking tape on the floor where the edges of the wardrobe will be located. The internal wardrobe layout should be planned with a view to minimising clutter elsewhere in the room, by providing organised storage. Before ordering a new wardrobe, it’s a good idea to work out how much hanging space you’ll need and whether it should be full or half length. Then factor in how many drawers and shelves for clothes, accessories, shoes, jewellery and so on. 1. The Children’s Wardrobe Ideally, a child’s wardrobe will see him or her through to the early teen years. The addition of drawers or shelves allows ...

In looking at Mid-Century Modern chairs , it is useful to understand a little of the background relating to this period in interior design history. The Mid-Century Modern style roughly relates to the period after WW2 through to the late middle of the 20 th Century. It was inspired by the post-war need to rebuild houses quickly and efficiently. These modern homes created a new environment in which older, antique furniture looked out of place and sleeker, cleaner designs became fashionable. The period was so impactful that much of the furniture produced today is influenced by the designers of the Mid-Century Modern era. The Mid-Century Modern movement rejected extravagant and detailed designs that had been popular for centuries before. Previous fashion in chairs had focused on their appearance, sometimes at the expense of function. Furniture designers began to concentrate on comfort with a more simplistic approach to aesthetics, creating strikingly different chair designs that could ...

The basic components of freestanding kitchens have all made, or are in the process of making, a comeback. Larder cupboards, also known as pantries; dressers; kitchen islands and butchers blocks are either used as the main components of a kitchen or mixed and matched with existing fitted units. The result is not only aesthetically pleasing but also good for the environment as there is less wastage, with some elements being moved from house to house through the various stages of life. The fact that everything doesn’t need to ‘match’ can also make freestanding kitchens more affordable than fitted kitchens and provides flexibility should you decide you want to move things around later on. You can add one or more freestanding units to your kitchen to complement or contrast with any existing units. 1. The Kitchen Dresser A kitchen dresser offers a marvellous means of showing off your pretty crockery, ornaments and cookery books whilst providing useful storage for kitchenware such as dining...

Sideboards date back to the 18 th Century and were traditionally used in the dining room to store crockery and cutlery and to serve food from. Nowadays, they are used in living rooms, hallways and anywhere else that storage, a horizontal surface for placing items on or some extra space for displaying mementos is required. A sideboard can even be used as a chest of drawers in the bedroom or a desk in a home office. When choosing a sideboard https://www.furniture4yourhome.co.uk/room/dining/sideboards , you will want to take into account the desired location and any existing furniture already in situ. The sideboard does not have to match but the style should complement what is already there. You should also consider how much space in the sideboard should be dedicated to storage compared to display. In a dining room, storing crockery as is traditional, helps to free up space in kitchen cupboards, which is perfect for those with small kitchens. In the living room on the other hand, more d...

A new kitchen is an investment that most of us take our time to think through, as the chances are it will be in situ for some years to come. There’s a plethora of styles to choose from along with a commensurate amount of advice. Add to the mix the latest trends in kitchen design and the experience can become quite overwhelming. The good news is that there are some themes coming through for 2022 which will put your kitchen design in good stead for years to come, enabling you to tweak it here and there in the future without having to start from scratch again. Read on for more inspiration! https://www.furniture4yourhome.co.uk/mottis-painted-turned-leg-farmhouse-table 1. The Wooden Kitchen Wooden kitchens have of course been around for as long as kitchens themselves have. The difference in 2022 is the manner in which designers are celebrating the connection with nature and creating kitchens that really bring out the beauty and warmth of wood. The styles will focus on the different textu...

For Christmas and Beyond Furniture is of course not just for autumn, winter or Christmas but at this time of the year there are some pieces it’s an absolute delight to have at home. Whether your favourite is a cosy leather armchair beside the Christmas tree or a super-stylish stand for the television that doubles up as a Christmas drinks sideboard, the nights are drawing in and feeling cosy is a must. Above: https://www.furniture4yourhome.co.uk/room/dining/dining-tables A Dining Table Worthy of Your Culinary Talents Shorter days create less desire to venture outdoors, which means there’s more time to practise your culinary skills. With new recipes popping up in emails from the supermarket, online from tried and trusted websites or taken from good old-fashioned printed cookery books, there’s no shortage of tips for both novices and experienced cooks. It’s no fun cooking for one though, so be sure to have an inviting table for entertaining your guests, perhaps with extending leaves...