1.Grey and Yellow: Teaming soft yellow with versatile grey creates a calming yet upbeat feel. This trends works particularly well when mixing a variety of different textures, such as weaves, woods and wicker. Be careful when choosing your greys, if natural light is in short supply, pale greys will look cold and charcoals will look…
Continue reading ➞ 8 Foolproof Colour Schemes
My recent Uni project involves using a current fashion or interior trend as a theme for a styling shoot. My group chose to focus on embroidery, which can be seen in windows of high street shops as well as high fashion catwalks. Embroidery [em-broi-duh-ree, -dree] noun, plural embroideries 'The art of working raised and ornamental…
Continue reading ➞ Embroidery Styling Shoot
Looking to decorate your home? Follow these tips from industry experts and trend forecasters to create a home that's totally on trend! Believe me, these are 6 trends you don't want to miss! 1.Retro Revival Retro furniture is back in a big way, with a distinctly masculine, autumnal theme. Think mustards, olives and terracottas paired…
Continue reading ➞ A/W 2016 Interior Trends
My latest University project was to design a café for Southampton City Art Gallery. Southampton City Art Gallery is internationally renowned for its permanent collection which features around 5,000 works. These span eight centuries and tell the story of western art from the Renaissance to the present day. The core of the collection is twentieth…
Continue reading ➞ Southampton City Art Gallery Café Design
Not confident with your drawing skills? Need to create an Interior Design visualisation? Well you've come to the right place! I learned this awesome technique at uni and now I want to share it with you guys! This is the sort of thing you can expect to create from this tutorial: Looks a bit daunting?…
Continue reading ➞ How To Create An Awesome Photoshop Visualisation!
The beautifully styled interior makes shopping at Anthropologie a magical retail experience. The soft, mood lighting, aroma of scented candles and use of house plants give the store a homely feel. Anthropologie is world renowned for its bohemian inspired clothing, accessories and homeware ranges (and it's price tag!). Their buyers and designers travel the world to…
Continue reading ➞ Why I Love Anthropologie’s Styling (And You Should Too!)
(Credit: Southsea Deckchairs) Stephen Davies, formed the company in 1991, 10 years after working as deckchair attendant on Southsea beach during the summers. The first deckchair he produced took 3 weeks to make (as Davies had no previous wood-work experience). Since the company formed, the popularity has rocketed and they have become the leading UK retailer…
Continue reading ➞ Working With Southsea Deckchairs
Hi Guys! Got a blank space on your wall? Into bright, bold colours? Check out Bertie and Jack! Bertie & Jack is a contemporary art company, famous for their 'cut out' mounts with colourful backgrounds. "We create our popular ‘cut-out’ product by cutting our hand-drawn illustrations from mount board and layering patterns and prints behind…
Continue reading ➞ Introducing Bertie & Jack
The Acapulco chair may look very contemporary, but they have been around for decades. The Acapulco chair was originally produced in a Mexican town named (you guessed it) Acapulco in the 1950s. Usually made of vinyl cords on a metal, slightly pear-shaped frame, the Acapulco chair has most commonly been used as outdoor lounge seating.…
Continue reading ➞ Trend Alert: The Acapulco Chair
Hey guys, This is the second part of the Linden Homes project, this time, my scheme was based around Japanese Artist Ohara Koson. Ohara Koson was a Japanese painter and print designer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, specialising in Woodblock printing. (Examples of Koson's work) My next step was to create some fabric…
Continue reading ➞ Linden Homes Collaboration: Part 2
