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Home improvement: what to consider
Good interior design doesn't have to cost a fortune if you use your discerning eye - ie you don't need a professional to tell you what's good quality from bad, chic from tasteless. But if you do want to improve your home, it makes sense to go about it step by step.
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Are you on a quest for a truly comfortable lounge chair?
Finding something comfortable to sit on for more than a few moments is surprisingly dificult. Most sofas are too hard, most chairs have backs to high/low/rigid, beanbags to too hard to get in and out of and they make too much noise when you move around. So we've done a bit of legwork for you and have some suggestions for chairs you really can spend an evening on watching telly.
Accessories
Our young folks are dynamic in the face of adversity! Take history graduate Nick van Oosterom, who's finding success with his unique one-man map drawing business
The designers at anti love to reuse and recycle - and they've homed in on discarded umbrellas as the base material for their first collection of lamps. Here they explain their ethos
Features
Artist Bonnie Saland's live/work studio in northern California is full of colour and pattern. She's the designer behind textile brand Philomela and the family's laid-back ocean retreat is the ideal backdrop for her work.
Paints have a big impact on air quality, something that's becoming more of a concern to homeowners. So which manufacturers score highly on great colour, environmental friendliness and quality?
Ok, what's hemp? what's vicuña? ...not sure?..well you need Kay Hill's guide to fibres and fabrics to help you make the most environmentally-friendly choices when buying floor coverings and textiles
Interiors
They have long been the interior designer's favourite indoor plant - no Kelly Hoppen interior is complete without an arrangement of orchids. And prices have come down considerably, so get 2021 off to a bright, colourful and exotic start with some of these lovely long-lived (fingers crossed) houseplants
Artist Bonnie Saland's live/work studio in northern California is full of colour and pattern. She's the designer behind textile brand Philomela and the family's laid-back ocean retreat is the ideal backdrop for her work.
Good interior design doesn't have to cost a fortune if you use your discerning eye - ie you don't need a professional to tell you what's good quality from bad, chic from tasteless. But if you do want to improve your home, it makes sense to go about it step by step.
Gardens
Organising outside space can seem daunting and one easy solution that's often overlooked is outdoor storage. So what are the options?
Hedgehog populations have plummeted and Seedball wants us all to scatter some seeds to help reverse their precipitous decline in numbers
Keep your outside space in good shape by doing a little but often
