A-Z of Art Deco Style

A - Art archives

Take inspiration for your art deco styling and start with some great wallpaper.

B - Bathing beauties

You can choose to style your bathroom in monochrome or use colour.

C - Cocktail hour

Celebrate the weekend, or any evening with stylish cocktail accessories.

D - Dress up for a meal

Get dressed up and enjoy a meal in your gorgeous dining room.

E - Escapism

Sit stylishly and comfortably in the best seat in the house.

F - Film fantasy

Take inspiration from great films.

Cheap home makeovers

The Living Room

Try painting a piece of furniture in a bright color, suggests Atlanta-based interior designer Suzanne Kasler, author of Suzanne Kasler: Timeless Style. (She once lacquered a desk orange.) If you've got a mirror, hang it opposite a window. "Mirrors reflect light and make a space feel larger," Kasler says. "So when you place one across from a source of natural light, it adds even more impact—and sparkle." Finally, if you want to make the room look blessed with high ceilings, just reposition your curtain rods. "Hang them flush with the ceiling," Kasler says. "You'll cover that blank wall space above the window and create a tall, beautiful vertical line." 

The Kitchen

Your countertop has probably become a catchall for mail, rubber bands, and that rice cooker you use twice a year; start by clearing it off, save for the appliances you need every day. Now you have space to create a focal point. Kasler favors a cluster of three objects: "I love a cake plate, a vase of flowers, and a glass bowl," she says. Whatever you choose, the number is what's important. "Odd-numbered groupings look more appealing," Kasler says. 

The Bedroom

Use empty frames to display a gallery of memorabilia. "I call it the random collection," says Kasler. "In my daughter's apartment, we framed and hung pieces of art she bought on the streets of New York, old postcards, and a gorgeous vintage map. And in my own home, I framed invitations from Paris fashion shows I attended and hung them up." Aim for a mix of pieces; you can also include prints or photographs. "When something is totally unique to your taste," says Kasler, "it makes you so much happier than an impersonal work of art ever could—and it's a lot less expensive to put together." 

Source: Emma Haak

One living room three ways: how to create very different glamorous looks for Christmas

One living room three ways: how to create very different glamorous looks for Christmas

Is your living room looking a bit drab? Do you need to up the style stakes with a bit of seasonal sparkle? These stylish looks take three different angles on the timeless theme of glamour – simple rustic, vintage and urban – and each one will give your living room a chic new style.

We took three key pieces as our basics for each scheme:

Aalto three seater sofa, £1,527, from Sofa Workshop
Esturoy Cloud flooring, £39.95 per sq m, from Gaskell Mackay
Vittsjo shelving unit, £65, from Ikea

Using these three key pieces we show you how to create three different looks all with a glamorous style…

Simple rustic glamour

A smart sofa, simple flooring and lots of rustic wood are the perfect basics for putting together an elegant country scheme. Swap neutral accessories for sophisticated silvery greys and choose an understated, sparkly wallpaper to add subtle pattern and an overall look of refinement.

Sonara Sterling fabric Prestigious Textiles
Silver Birch paint Wilko
Merietto Gull wallpaper Romo

Vintage glamour

A pale green sofa is more versatile than you might think – it’s the perfect partner for soft pink. Go old school Hollywood with metallic wallpaper, faded velvets and touches of brass. Gilt frames enhance the vintage look, while the bookshelves have been sprayed with gold paint for added glamour.

MPU 01 Desktop

MPU 01 Mobi

Angel’s Sigh paint Valspar at B&Q
Foil Diamond wallpaper Albany range at Wallpaper Direct

Urban Glamour

If you love green with silver, go a step further and pair it with gold. The soft shade of the sofa cools down the glowing gold wallpaper perfectly, while the basic shelving unit really pops in glossy black. Glitzy accessories add extra shimmer and can easily be changed for something more spring-like when the weather warms up.

Burnet Antique Gold fabric Harlequin
Striking metallic paint Crown at Homebase
Sparkle wallpaper Albany range at Wallpaper Direct

Source: Ideal Home