Category: Celebrate interiors
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Today I’m inspired by…
interesting tiles. Use them to spruce up a kitchen space, inject colour into a neutral colour palette or individually as mug coasters. These colourful beauties are from ArtTiles if you want a further look. Images via ArtTiles
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Something a little different…
My last post was about goal setting and growth so here’s a peek into some of the design images that I’ve been looking at in order to try and develop my interior design style. My favourite detail in this home is the lighting. I love good lighting and think it’s so important for helping to…
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I’m dreaming of a white (and grey) Christmas
The decorations are out, the tree is standing proudly in the living room – just, the cat seems to think we buy her a huge tree to play with every year – and now it’s time to start thinking about the Christmas meals we will be hosting. We have a few people coming over on different…
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Today I’m inspired by…
Hanna Francis and her wonderful interior products. I had the privilege of meeting Hanna briefly at this year’s 100% design festival (she’s lovely), and was immediately drawn to her stand. Hanna merges Scandinavian and English style to create charming contemporary accessories that are just perfect for this holiday season. My personal favourites are the chopping…
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Home tour: Parisian apartment
It’s no secret around here that I love Paris. It’s the one place other than the UK that my Mr and I could quite happily relocate to. We are due to visit again next month but until then, I’m feeding my Paris obsession with this beautiful apartment tour via Elle Decor. I love the navy…
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Celebrate interiors – Swedish apartment
I’m officially in love with this apartment. It’s a simple and uncomplicated space which is what first attracted me to it. I love the high ceilings, tall windows and white walls. The use of lighting is very clever as it creates warmth and atmosphere in a home which is quite sparsely decorated – there aren’t…
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The British Design Awards
It’s time to get voting for this year’s British Design Awards! This year ELLE Decoration, (in association with John Lewis, the Times magazine and Decorex International), have cherry picked some incredibly talented designers for you to admire. Each designer has been nominated within one of five categories alongside John Lewis’ ‘Made in the UK’ award, which…
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Today I’m inspired by…
this beautiful living room in Oh Joy’s studio, designed by Samantha Gluck and Emily Henderson. There’s a full ‘behind the scenes’ glimpse on Emily’s blog into the design process responsible for this colourful creation. It’s a great way to learn about some of the methods used in interior design so I recommend you take a…
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Celebrate gold part I
One thing that I’ve really enjoyed about blogging over the past few years, is seeing how it has influenced my life when it comes to being more creative or adventurous with my sense of style in the home. There was a time when I would not have considered using much colour in our home for example…
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Pastel themed home tour
Sometimes the most effective interior design is that which is simple and elegant with one clear theme. I think that this home in Melbourne is the perfect example of this. The use of pastel coloured chairs throughout the house draws each room together perfectly and creates a unifying theme. Images shot by Shannon McGrath
Claire Parkin Interior Design 