Inspiration

some light reading? Read our blog for inspiration and tips on lighting, interiors, and creating mood in your home
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How to dust lampshades

How to dust lampshades

Keep your lampshades dust-free and looking fabulous, with our expert guide… Whatever the material – from rich velvets and silks to linen, parchment or glass... read more

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Great interior designers: Robert Adam

Great interior designers: Robert Adam

‘Adam Style’ is synonymous with the classic English country house look. But how much do you know about the brilliant Scotsman who created it? Here’s... read more

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Meet SJ Axelby - the room portrait artist

Meet SJ Axelby - the room portrait artist

SJ Axelby’s gorgeous room portraits have cheered us enormously through lockdown, so we thought we’d ask her about how she became an Instagram interior art... read more

/blogs/inspiration/how-to-light-a-room-with-no-overhead-lights
How to light a room with no overhead lights

How to light a room with no overhead lights

Is your room lacking in overhead lighting? Make it bright and beautiful with our expert tips... No overhead lights? That’s no reason not to have... read more

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Meet the interior design star: Greg Penn (aka @Manwithahammer)

Meet the interior design star: Greg Penn (aka @Manwithahammer)

  Home renovator extraordinaire Greg Penn talks us through his Herculean project to restore a magnificent 30-room Georgian house in Devon... Greg Penn – best... read more

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Get the look: Art Deco-style wall lights

Get the look: Art Deco-style wall lights

  Art Deco design never goes out of style – and wall lights are a brilliantly simple (and affordable) way to get the look into... read more

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How to light a room with low ceilings

How to light a room with low ceilings

  Low ceilings? No problem - open up your space with these crafty lighting tips... There’s no reason for a room with low ceilings to... read more

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Great interior designers: Sir John Soane

Great interior designers: Sir John Soane

  He’s been described as ‘the first interior design modernist’ and the father of the contemporary eclectic style. Here’s our guide to the remarkable architect... read more

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Lights as artworks: Pooky’s new ceramic table lamps

Lights as artworks: Pooky’s new ceramic table lamps

Bobcheck These aren’t so much ceramic table lamps as works of art which happen to have a lightbulb attached... The best table lamps are decorative... read more