Every home should have a Crush Cube, they are so useful and pretty to look at, too!  The ideal seat for unexpected guests, perfect for resting your feet on at the end of a busy, tiring day, or to use as a table for drinks and nibbles… the list of uses is endless…

The covers are interchangeable and so the colour of your cube can be altered with your mood!  With so many variations to choose from, there’s sure to be an option to suit your decor.

Looking for a complete change?  Francesca is on hand to help you with your interior design quandaries!  Projects range from room refresh to total refurbishment, from boutique design to homely comfort with key consideration given to room layout, scale and position of furniture.  Contact Crush Cubes for more info.

Psssst!  Crush Cubes are very kindly giving away a £50 voucher to one lucky reader!  See the competition below…

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How many of us still actually sit down to the dining table as a family at meal times?  Not many I’m sure.  It’s a real shame as family time is so important.  Having such busy lifestyles means we tend not to all be home at the same time, which naturally disrupts meal times.  Perhaps we should have one day a week where we make a conscious effort to all sit down together as a family and not just leave it until Christmas day!

Here are some table decor ideas to get you started…

Via Heather Bullard

Shabby chic at it’s best!  Using white as the main decor colour means any colourful home accessories really ‘pop’.

Via kotamulia.com

The dining room above just shows how simplicity can really make a statement.

Via Shannonfricke.com

A beautiful old picnic table makes a fabulous dining table… I wouldn’t want the end seat though, where do you put your legs?!

Via Decor8

This lampshade above is stunning.  If you’re going to add one statement piece, a fancy lampshade is your best bet for obtaining that ‘wow’ factor.  This one is made of paper though and would probably be a nightmare to dust!!

Via Apartment Therapy

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I’m absolutely loving San Francisco interior designer, Gary Spain’s, decor style.  Modern, colourful, eclectic and extravagent are words which spring to mind- it just goes to show what you can achieve when you think outside the box in terms of design and decor.

The rich yellow colour of the chairs and framed picture look stunning against the patterned wallpaper and wooden flooring.  These rooms may look ‘thrown together’ but in reality, a huge amount of thought has gone into every piece of furniture and its placing.

Against all odds, the mix of pattern, colour and texture really works in this room above!

This bathroom is to die for!!

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This 1727 Georgian townhouse has got to be one of the most interesting homes I have ever read about.  The four-storey building was in great disrepair when Historian Dan Cruickshank bought it 30 years ago and he has since restored it to absolute perfection.

Full of 18th century decorative detail, stepping into Dan’s home is like entering a time capsule.  I love the rickety antique furniture and the distressed, flaking paint on the wall above- what stories must these four walls hold?

‘Old Georgian houses like mine have a very strong, benign presence,’ says Dan. ‘Far too many have been changed too much – modern things have been inserted: heating, lighting, or a ghastly power shower. The atmosphere that is present in these buildings has been destroyed’.

Whilst many homeowners may choose to introduce modern amenities subtly,  I do understand where Dan is coming from.  Not including such luxuries (or are these things, such as a power shower, viewed as essentials these days?) will literally transport you back to Georgian times.  I nice idea but can it really work in the long run?  Dan has, after much deliberation, included electricity discretely beneath the woodwork.

Every detail right down to the type of soap has been carefully considered

The hallway looks stunning with its wooden flooring and duck egg blue staircase.  Original pine panelling adorns most of the rooms in the house, along with dados, cornicing, doors and architraves.  Dan would look for remnants of original paint colours when decorating and match them the best he could.

Opening up the boarded windows revealed original 18th-century Crown glass – an early type of hand-blown window glass.  Can you imagine the excitement?  Dan also uncovered old visiting cards, children’s playing cards from the early 20th century, a newspaper dating back to 1848, old bottles and while repairing one fireplace, late 18th-century Delft tiles.

What a privilege it must be to get a glimpse of history first hand.

Story and images via Period Living

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Sarah Hvass is my kind of artist- contemporary, cool, fun and rich in colour  (her illustrations, that is- although I’ve no doubt Sarah is too!)

It’s Sarah’s colourful artwork which really livens-up her funky Copenhagen home.  You’d think that with all this colour and pattern, the decor would become too ‘busy’ but Sarah has ensured this doesn’t happen by balancing the brightness perfectly with a neutral background…

The pictures do all the talking- no need for much else!

I love the uniformity and organisation of the kitchen- it works so well without looking as though Sarah has tried too hard.  The shapes, colours and textures all complement one another.

Pick-out colours from a piece of artwork and reflect them in your furniture or choice of home accessories as a way of ‘tying’ the overall look of the room together.

What a happy home, full of sunshine! We’d love to be invited to have a look around your home- why not send in some pictures of your favourite spot?  We’ll share your photographs with our readers on the blog!

Images via Design Sponge

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