home: trend [ woven baskets ]

Whether Moroccan, Scandinavian, minimal, country cottage, midcentury, industrial, boho or luxe style is your thing, there will be woven baskets to suit.

Across high street and online stores, from high end brands, woven baskets are filtering down the chain so all homeware brands will have in their ranges this year.

Easy, adaptable and practical for storage, however big or small there’s a use for woven baskets all over the home – for magazines in the lounge, to store blankets, great for indoor planters, housing nick nacks or bath toys in the bathroom, keeping all your wrapping paper handily stored, for fruit, for eggs, for bread, for outdoorwear kept handily at the front door, as a laundry bin, as display, to keep knitting stored… the uses are endless.

For great styling, mix and match heights in clusters and tie in colours to your decor or wood tones.

Our favourite bargain outlets for getting great baskets are IKEA , Homebase , Habitat or local garden centres. For on trend Moroccan style baskets head to Bohemian Design or Riadstore

1 Oval / Homebase £9.99 (currently on sale in store at a lower price)

2 Helene Set of 2 / Southwood Stores £19

3 Idaho / Habitat £30

4 Monochrome Set of 2 / Sainsbury’s £10

5 Murmur Set of 2 / Houseology £37

home: event [ another year of great interiors ]

Here we are reaching the end of 2016 and we are celebrating both a cracking year for design and vision for homes and interior design but also the support and following of many great people who seem to appreciate our daily bite sized features.

It’s another great year for design across all departments, updates and new twists on trends we’ve seen before, new emerging brands and designers, and high street stores constantly surprisinging us with designs led style but at affordable prices.

We look ahead to finding new trends in 2017, giving us reasons to bring out the paint brushes and create new looks, getting to know the new brands at next year’s Design Festival and new collaborations with brands we love.

We’ll be sure to offer more great giveaways, the latest in interiors news and constantly listen to what you’d like to hear about and include everything that we can, as well as be ever grateful to your support, likes and shares.

[another] home:blog wishes you a very Happy Christmas and all the best for an exciting new year!

home: trend [ olive green ]

Green is a colour associated with nature, harmony, safety and has a restorative effect. Olive green specifically is traditional colour of peace which is strong evidence that it’s a wonderful colour to use in the home. It’s a great colour to use on a big scale whether it’s wall paint, tiling or a large rug but what is particularly effective is layering up shades of a green and building a strong on trend look with the throws, sofas, cushions, paint on walls – all being in that olive tone. There are various shades of olive so the look can have a tonal variance.

Create texture by using knits, weaves and patterns in soft furnishings all in green and use pewter, warm or dark wood and black in other furniture with metallic highlights in small homewares.

1 Tiling from Bellissimo from £26

2 Hygena Lexi Sofa from Argos £349.99

3 Paint from Wilkos £10

4 Rug from a selection of green rugs from Benuta

home: trend [ sunset to dusk ]

The natural world brings us many inspirational colours that influence trends that find their way into our homes, and with blush pinks being so popular we now found all the tones of sunset to dusk being a new strong inspiration for our interiors.

This Nordic influenced calming colour palette brings together peaches, pinks, soft sky blues and lavender that contrast well with the colours of dusk and nightfall – the darker inkier blues, charcoal and black.

Look for smooth finishes, natural fabrics, woods and the softest hues of each shade. Use the dark tones on walls, lighting and floors with all the pale colours for furniture, soft furnishings and gone accessories. Colour block with shades of the same colour and keep pattern to minimum.

1 Rug / IKEA £100

2 Ink Wash / Dulux

3 Lamp / Made.Com £59

4 Pouffe / George at Asda £39

5 Rug / Cox & Cox £375

6 Sofa / Made.Com £699

7 Flooring / U.K. Flooring Direct

8 Blanket / Maitlands £67.99

9 Floor Lamp / Dunelm £59

10 Cushion / House Of Fraser £20 (was £40)

home: trend [ bohemian ]

The boho trend in interiors is broad ; with colour and styles – but the layering and the type of fabrics or patterns is always key. Look for deep colour palette in weaves and wall hangings, hand crafted woods, worn leather, kilim and ikat patterns, lace, crochet and paisley.

It should be an effortless look that evolves and can be built on, with it benefiting from nik naks, flea market finds, homeware from world travel, heirlooms and collectables.

For online highstreet shopping try Urban Outfitters and La Redoute for a huge range of soft furnishings, cushions, throws, hangings, dishes and more that really fit this trend.

1 Faux fur rug / The Rug House £11.95

2 Gold planter / La Redoute £49

3 Afaw Rug / La Redoute from £59

4 Sea Grass Basket / Peastyle from £20

5 Vintage Rug / BohemianDesign £450

6 Tapestry Fabric / Urban Outfitters £35

7 Chair / IKEA £40

8 Kilim Cushion / Urban Outfitters £38

9 Planter / Urban Outfitters £15

(Head to LaRedoute now and take advantage of big discounts with code XMAS at the checkout)

home: trend [ jewel tones ]

For those who want the antithesis of monochrome interiors and prefer a richer more opulent look then using jewel tones for interiors can give a warm, rich, homely and welcoming feel to a home.

A variety of jewel tones, including turquoise, teal, jade, ruby and burgundy can compliment each other and work well in a room together – but also varying shades of the same colour can be very effective and impactful.

Currently other on-trend colours including navy and copper sit very well with this colour palette and act well to set off the rich tones.

We love going bold with this trend and including floors, woodwork, furniture as well as soft furnishings all in the colour palette. Using high street brand Habitat paint is perfect as it works on both walls and wood to ensure matching colours throughout. And for fabrics opt for velvet, cord and satin to compliment the trend.

1 Tivoli SOFA in kingfisher, Swoon £729

2 Chrome nesting TABLES in blue and green, MadeCom £109

3 Metal STATUE in gold, H&M £7.99

4 ColourMatch CURTAINS in fuschia, Argos £19.99

5 Ruby CUSHION, RedBubble £14.99

6 Ted Baker RUG, Modern-Rugs from £679

7 HomeCollection CUSHION in teal velvet, Debenhams Was £15 Now £12

8 Lotus CHAIR in crimson red, MadeCom £289

9 Dulux PAINT in sapphire salute, Homebase £12.49

home: featured [ Argos ]

On trend, on your high street and on your budget: these are the three things that are great to hear when shopping for all things interiors.

Unexpectedly we stumble upon browsing Argos and find numerous lovable homewares and furniture that tick many boxes including amazing prices.

When we just focused on grey – our beloved colour of the year – we found many delights for the home (see picture) from lamps at only £24.99 to huge rugs at under £125! Argos have great brands under their belt, including Habitat, but their own designs are up there at the top with being cool and on trend.

Our top picks after lighting and rugs include throws, dining sets and cushions!

home: trend [ flexible furniture ]

Furniture and homeware design has to keep up with changing needs and demands of everyday living.

Heloisa Righetto, of trend forecasting and analysis service WGSN Lifestyle predicts a move towards furniture that facilitates numerous different activities, and that the furniture will become ‘more fluid and less about novelty’.

Modular units, sofa systems, and customising your functions as you need is growing essential in the home. As lifestyles change and what we need from our living environments develop, our furniture can flex to accommodate those needs. Changes in work, play and leisure can push towards what we demand from our homes.

There has been a surge in integrated charging systems where electronic functions are combined with furniture or home accessories. Integration isn’t just for kitchens; stores including IKEA offer affordable products where wireless charging is designed into everyday products including bedside tables and lamps.

Flexible furniture as a concept is also beneficial to many peoples reduced living space (either by choice or finances) and furniture that can multifunction is both space saving and efficient in costs e.g. a sofa that incorporates seating, storage, room dividing and even the table is a three-in-one or even four-in-one piece. Even with the complex design specifications, and quality in that furniture this will no doubt be cost efficient.

Similar to flexible furniture we can also use the term ‘modular’ when a product or item furniture can be constructed of different components that can regularly flex and change to your needs. A modular sofa can adjust to how many people need seating, how you wish to relax or what direction you wish to face – both being easy to regularly change as well as add to with new modules. IKEA is an affordable leader in this market.

1 Built in side table on sofa

2 Modular sofa from IKEA

3 Flexing between sofa or bed with ample storage underneath

4 SELJE charging side unit £50 IKEA

5 Urban Highsleeper (contemporary model of a firm favourite – the bunkbed with desk and storage) £409 RainbowWood

6 Bunkbed storage combination system

7 Vintage midcentury day bed unit with storage

8 RIGGAD Wireless charging work lamp £49 IKEA

home: event [ mid century and more ]

This evening event is perfect for Mid Century Lovers looking for advice and inspiration for decorating the home. Hannah Russell, co-founder and CEO of LayerHome; John Cluroe and Russell Whithehead, the couple behind design blog 2 Lovely Gays; and Emma Morely, founder of Trifle Creative will be at the Hoxton Hotel, Holborn to chat practical ways to bring stylish preloved design influences into your home, plus the next big trends and designers to look out for.

This talk is free and tickets available from Eventbrite.co.uk or Hoxtown.com

July 26th 2016 / 6.30pm

home: trend [ marble ]

Marble is cool, clean and calming in an interior. It can add an extra dimension to white interiors and sits perfectly with the current popular copper, metallic and pastel trends.

It can be introduced in a subtle or strong way.

For a big impact use on walls or floor. There are some great modern marble wall papers and marble tiles can be effective on both walls and floors. We found some incredibly affordable vinyl self adhesive tiles from B&Q that would be a cost effective, quick way to introduce marble into a room. Tiles can be a great alternative to feature wall paper for a focus in a room.

For subtle hints of marble use small homewares including vases, dishes, trays or even a small feature shelf to add a little of this trend to a room. To combine a few great trends try using a large marble tray on a white coffee table with a cluster selection of candles in metallic or copper holders – to make a central feature to your lounge.

1. Using a splash back of marble can lift a minimal white kitchen with a gentle touch of texture.

2. Ferm Living marble wallpaper / £59.95 Naken

3. Marble night light holders / from £6.95 / Rigby + Mac

4. Marble rectangle ceramic plate / £6.99 / H&M

5. Marble melamine tray / £16.00 / Mia Fleur

6. Marble, glass + iron trolley / £395 / Oliver Bonas

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