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Monthly Feature - Window Treatments

Curtain Tracks - what to hang your curtains on

Types of Curtains - the many types of curtains.

Curtain Decoration - the decorative features for curtains.

Blinds / Shades - the numerous blinds now available.

Curtain Terms - the different parts of a curtain.

How to Make Roman Shades

Curtain Heading - this creates the style of curtain.

How to Make Window Valances

Curtain Decoration

Curtain Lining - often overlooked but an important part of curtains.

Curtain Heading

Curtain Lining

Decorative Finishes - definitions of handcraft work.

Soft Furnishings Accessories & Trim - the details make the difference.

Fabric - the different types of fabric.

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General Interest Articles

Apartment Kitchen Makeover - a cost effective way to transform an apartment kitchen, designed & written by Kenneth Pfaff, New York designer.
Baby's Bedroom Makeover - simple space planning and new soft furnishings transform a baby's nursery.
Baby's Bedroom Wall Color Ideas - some wall color ideas for the baby's nursery.
Ceilings - a look at where we don't often look! What ceilings are for.
Color Scheme Form - free downloadable, step by step form to help you select a color and finishes scheme.
Client Brief Form - free downloadable, guide to obtaining a client brief, essential to any design project.

Hot New Product

Creative Ceilings - an exciting new product to create designer ceilings. Great Photographs. You have to see it to believe it!

If anyone has a hot new product that they want everyone to know about, contact us.

A popular destination with our readers and a great research tool is:
The Glossary - lots of useful information in alphabetical format about interior design, architecture and decorating. An example from B

Bauhaus: The most dominant force in Contemporary Design, with the shortest life span. German Architect and Designer Walter Gropius was the founder. He combined two schools, the Art Academy and the school of Arts and Crafts of Weimar in Germany in 1919. The school was noted for a program that synthesised technology, craftsmanship and design aesthetics. Like the Arts and Crafts Movement before it, the Bauhaus aimed to reform the making of everyday objects, but rather than rejecting technology and the machine, they embraced industrial production.

Burr: (Burl) The curly figuring found in timber. E.g. Burred Walnut.

Butt Hinge: This is the most common of all hinges. It is the standard hinge found on most doors. Each side of the hinge being a simple rectangle with screw holes for fixing joined together with a removable pin. The two halves are folded together with one side screwed to the door and the other to the frame allowing the door to swing on the pin.

New Design Tips

You can't always know it all, so if in doubt hire a professional, they are worth their weight in gold, the time you save (and money) by only having to do the job once is well worth the initial expense.
Always get a quotation or estimate in writing from the contractor, consultant or manufacturer, and accept it in writing. If anything goes wrong later on it is your word against theirs and can take the polish off your design project. This is even more essential when dealing with friends!
On a lighter note, take photos of the space you are going to work with, it provides a great source of reference when you are space planning and drawing or trying to match furniture, fabrics etc, and is much easier to carry than the sofa! Therefore when you are in the store trying to explain what fabric you have and what new fabric you want, as they say "a picture paints a thousand words". It can also save you a lot of time by getting straight to the point.

for more design tips Design Tips & Helpful Hints - Design

There are many interesting features coming up for our newsletters over the next few months including faux painting, how to make your own artwork, kitchen renovation, how to create romantic bedrooms, how to measure, more designer profiles and much more..............

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Chris and Lee

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