Do you know that a piece of furniture can be made good with just a throw?
By just simply throwing a length of fabric and allowing it to fall naturally into folds or gathers is perhaps the simplest way of covering furniture. Blankets, shawls or quilts can be mixed against each other and displayed against a […]
Floor lacquers usually consist of two componenets- the bulk of the product, often sold in 5 litres containers and a special hardener or crosslinker that must be mixed with the lacquer before use. It is essential that you follow the manufacturer’ s instructions because once you mix them, it must be used within a limited […]
Seating is all about comfort and style and the balancing of the right amount of both. To achieve the style that you want, it will depend on where in the house, garden or office the seating is to be and also the role that it will play.
Different rooms and living spaces will naturally have varying […]
Sanded floors that are to be waxed should be sealed with a coat of polyurethane varnish, or a sand and seal shellac, to prevent the wax from sinking into the wood first. Always make sure that the wax you use is specially formulated for floors and not anything else.
Apply the wax with a cloth, then […]
What are Vertical louvre blinds?
Vertical louvre blinds are suspend vertically from a track and linked at the bottom by a chain. They can be made of wood or synthetic flexible strips. Most often, they are made of stiffened strips of fabric, often with a textured weave and usually 9-13cm wide. Standing from floor to ceiling, […]
If you are tiling a recessed window but cannot work out how to achieve a neat finish, you should try and apply and combine the principles you have used for measuring the last tiles and the internal and external corners.
Always try to tile them in a row to within a tile’ s range of the […]
Liming js a useful finish especially for oak and other woods with a distinctive grain pattern as this milky finish lightens and adds interest to natural wood.
Liming wax and liming kits are usually available from specialist paint and wood product suppliers. Although they come with good instruction, the process can involves the opening of the […]
Architrave is the moulded or carved part of the frame surrounding a door or window opening.
It serves the function of hiding the join between the structural part of the frame and the walls as well as giving the door opening an imposing look. Normally, it is made from profiled softwood or man-made boards such as […]
Cuying a new carpet is not an easy task and should be appoached with great care. Beware of spending a huge sum of money on a carpet because the carpet trade is like the second hand car market and some carpet dealers can only be described as of somewhat dubious.
It can be tough trying to […]