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Feb
12

Top tips to buy a Sofa

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A sofa or couch is one of the first things you would look for when buying furniture for a new house, remodelling your current house or shifting to a new one. However, before you buy a sofa, you should take some time to read on tips for buying a sofa. Although the tips may look basic to you, but if you buy your piece of furniture based on these tips, you will benefit greatly. You will also see that your sofa will last for years to come, even if you bought it keeping a budget in mind. Here are some tips to get you started.

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Jun
18

Quick and Inexpensive Bathroom Renovations

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Bathrooms can either be a relaxing oasis or a major bone of contention for new homeowners.  Perhaps in past decades luxurious bathrooms did not factor into home decisions as much as they do now, but with the advent of big box home decor stores it is just as popular to renovate your bathroom as it is your kitchen or bedroom.

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Mar
12

DesignShell Reader Survey

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DesignShell is almost one year old already….

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Oct
09

Vertical Living Walls

Posted under Gardening

Are you tired of looking at the dead walls in your house?

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Sep
08

Swing, Swing.. Swings!

Posted under Accesories, Articles, Gardening, outdoor

Fletcher & Myburgh met in 1999 and soon shared a passion for art and nature and ultimately a vision to create functional metal work that people could interact with. Caroline’s previous collection for Liberty, Steve’s background in sculpture, and a Princes Trust loan heralded the start of Fletcher & Myburgh.

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Aug
30

Living Trees, Living Art – Pooktre

Posted under Articles, Gardening

In 1986 Peter had the idea of growing a chair. Nine years later Peter and Becky became partners. Pooktre was born. Together they have mastered the art they call Pooktre, which is the shaping of trees as they grow in predetermined designs. Some are intended for harvest to be high quality indoor furniture and others will remain living art. And this is how a beautiful story started…

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Jul
29

Talking Plant

Posted under Gardening

Ever wished that your plant could talk to you or atleast express their feelings?
Thanks to designer Junyi Heo plants will be able to do just that.
The Digital Pot measures soil conditions, temperature, humidity, and water; it then calculates the requirements of the potted plant and displays the mood of the plant using smileys and other icons on the front display. This way it is easier for you to know if the “atmosphere” you provide for your plants is a proper one or not.

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Jul
12

Get a Bigger Garden with Ecocube!

Posted under Gardening

Add a new dimension to your garden with Ecocube.

How does your garden grow? Simple – with ecocube.

Perfect for those with limited outdoor space, ecocube is a contemporary garden space made from sustainable cedar wood and bespoke to your garden. Relax, entertain, and give your garden space to grow with ecocube.

Create your ecocube in 3 easy steps

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Jun
30

Jurassic Coast Garden

Posted under Gardening

Did you ever think how it would be if you could rebuild a corner of nature which existed millions of years ago? This is the idea from which Nick Williams-Ellis started. He realized in 2006 a garden with which he participated at the design contest Chelsea Flower Show and won the silver medal. Important is not only the original idea but also the fact that he wanted to bring in the attention of the public the necessity to conservate zones and species of natural importance.

As well as using exotic plant material transported from the Sub Tropical Gardens at Abbotsbury, stone and fossil remains from the Purbeck quarries will also feature within this garden and will hint at the incredible environment that once characterised these shores some 150 million years ago.
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Jun
06

Foldable Greenhouse

Posted under Gardening, small place solution

The Foldable Greenhouse is a project designed by Daniel Schipper. It is a light-weight, flexible, modular greenhouse, made of recyclable plastics, especially suitable for small spaces like city houses, balconies, roof terraces or town gardens.
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