When Dulux this week announced next year's 'Colour of the Year', it got me wondering what else will be hot in the 2017 interiors world. Please be upstanding for some of the UK's top interior bloggers, and their so-accurate-it's-almost-magic forecasting tips...
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BEFORE: When we bought The Pink House, the kitchen looked like this (before we knocked through to the living room)
The Pink House Kitchen Makeover part 2 - The Big Reveal!
If you've read about The Pink House's current kitchen, you'll know it's one of the rooms we haven't really changed that much since buying our house more than five years ago. But now it's had its final makeover, we're ready to reveal the After photos, and how to get the look...
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Leconfield sofa in Varese Fir by Sofas & Stuff
6 easy ways to update your home
Interiors trends have so many triggers. Sometimes it just takes the opening of a high-profile hipster hotel to spark a UK-wide fascination with exposed copper piping (or pictures of food with googly eyes)...
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Green Pooky cotton lampshade in The Pink House kitchen/Photo: Susie Lowe
The Pink House Q&A with Pooky Lights
6 Ways to Make Your Children Disappear
There are times when I want my home to seem grown-up, serene, and devoid of Duplo. And you know what? I think I've found a way. Well, six ways, to be exact.
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A mix of vintage and modern adds character/Photo: Tessa Neustadt; Design: Amber Interiors
Q: How can I give my new build personality?
Jessica Buckley, from Jessica Buckley Interiors, says: "All rooms look better when they seem to have “evolved” over time and have a bit of personality; a room with everything the same style or period becomes dull very quickly..."
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Henry Holland proudly sporting a leopard print tail
House of Holland X Habitat - how to style it
So this week the House of Holland X Habitat collection dropped. And boy did it make a loud noise. But sometimes, faced with fashion-inspired interiors this fantastical, it can be a little tricky deciding how to include the pieces in your own home, which maybe isn't quite so...hallucinatory.
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Laura's new-build bedroom needs a bit of TLC
Q: How can I beautify my new-build bedroom?
Laura says: 'We moved into this house six years ago. Since then I've hardly had any time to do it up, but now I'm ready to get on and make some changes.'
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'But they have a table just like this in your favourite pub'/Photo: Duresta
Q: My husband won’t agree to my fabulous interiors ideas. Can you help?
As someone who has, shall we say, rather colourful tastes, I find the Pink House Husband, with his love of white-with-brown (or, occasionally, brown-with-white), can be a little obstructive when it comes to my more fabulous interior ideas.
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Sitting room designed by Ben Pentreath (benpentreath.cpm): neutral walls with bright cushions, lampshade and artwork to bring in colour
Q: I want to make my home colourful - how can I ensure I won't get it wrong?
Interior designer Jessica Buckley says: If you're a little hesitant about using colour I'd recommend you start by adding colour to a neutral backdrop.
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The bedroom in fashion boutique owner Emmanuel de Bayser's apartment, with Bridget Riley art on the wall. Photo: Manolo Yllera
Q: I want to buy a piece of contemporary investment art – which artists should I be looking at?
The Pink House's art consultant Vanessa Brodrick says: Some contemporary artists are a better bet than others – here are my top three recommendations...
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Graham and Kristina Farrow & Balled an Ikea cot and charity-shop wardrobe
DESIGN DECODED: a non-girlie girl's room in Edinburgh
Kristina and Graham's three-year-old daughter Clemence has bedroom decor most adults would kill for, and on a tiny budget.
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There's no place like gnome/Photo: Jonathan Lappin Photography
DESIGN DECODED: A colourful bedroom in East London
Emilie Jacob, interior stylist and blogger at Stella + the Stars (www.stellaandthestars.net), talks us through the inspiration behind the fabulous bedroom she shares with her husband.
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