Some homeowners are not putting enough thought into how to make the best of lighting in their homes. Proper lighting and the right blinds are essential in creating the right look and feel for a room, and it shouldn’t be overlooked.
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Choose the right blinds and don’t overlook lighting when decorating a room
Thursday, April 15th, 2010Incorporate long vertical lines to add height to a room
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010Brighten up a living room with lemon-coloured blinds
Monday, March 29th, 2010Lemon colours, such as lemon blinds, can help to give a living room a fresh burst of energy. Colour and style are important elements to consider when trying to brighten up a home. Writing on RentalDecorating.com, design expert Sarah Van Arsdale, from Sheffield School of Interior Design, picked out a living room she believed effectively used a lemony colour scheme to refresh a room.
Keep furniture and window blinds simple and neutral for girls’ bedrooms
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010When decorating a girl’s bedroom, choose furniture and blinds that are simple and neutral.
Simplicity and neutral colours are key when decorating a girl’s bedroom, in terms of the choice of furniture and window blinds.
To create a child’s multi-zoned bedroom that is ideal for sleeping, studying and relaxing, simple off-white wood furniture works well, according to tips from Ideal Home Magazine.
Using neutral colours for elements in the room such as carpet, walls, blinds and accessories is also advised.
The addition of bright accent colours in the form of hot pink, coral and zesty lime accessories can also look striking against neutral colours.
Another fan of using neutral colours in contemporary bedrooms is freelance journalist Stephanie Nolan.
Writing on Associatedcontent.com, Ms Nolan said that when it comes to contemporary style decorating, “less is more”. Colour is kept to a minimum and bedrooms often have just one focal point, she advises.
“Many like the look of tailored blinds or pleated shades. Remember to keep the colours of the blinds or shades to a neutral colour as well,” she explained.
Matching Roman blinds with furniture made easier with iPhone app
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010A new iPhone application will make it easier for homeowners to match Roman blinds with new furniture.
Homeowners will soon be able to use a new augmented reality iPhone application to match their Roman blinds with new furniture.
The new Furnish Your Photo application, developed by mydeco and Dassault Systemes, enables homeowners to choose between hundreds of 3D representations of furniture, which they can use to plan their room design.
Anyone with an iPhone can use the app to visualise how a piece of furniture will look in a room, to scale.
On its initial release, homeowners will only be able to choose between 500 3D models to compared against their made to measure blinds.
However, mydeco has committed to expanding the range to 75,000 3D models in the future.
Mydeco executive chairman Brent Hoberman said: “By positioning the sofa exactly where you want it, you can get a really good idea of whether it’s going to work in your home before you even shop for it.
“It’s like a virtual fitting room for your living room.”
For those without an iPhone, mydeco also offers a similar 3D room planner on its website, enabling users to decide where their furniture would go in a proposed refurbishment
Child safety
Thursday, November 19th, 2009Hillarys blinds are committed to ensuring our blinds are safe around children, and we rigourously test our blinds to ensure they are safe for use in any room of the home.
All of our friendly local advisors carry with them child safety devices, which can be fitted in your home to keep cords out of the way of children. When you have a Hillarys Advisor in your home simply tell them which rooms you would like child safety devices fitted and we will do so free of charge.
In addition we advise the following:
* Use cordless blinds in children’s bedrooms, Hillarys suggest choosing pleated blinds with tab opening to ensure no cords at all
*Move beds and cribs away from windows or any furniture that children can climb on
* Only buy blinds manufactured after 2001 – when the new safety regulations came in, every single Hillarys blind is made-to-measure to your exact requirements
* Keep all cords out of reach of children
*Opt for wands rather than cords on products like Venetian blinds
*Use metal cleats that fix to the wall to tie loose cords around
*For the conservatory we offer the option of remote controlled blinds so there’s no cords hanging down to worry about
Make an appointment today to see our full range of child friendly options
