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Dec 2, 2024 | houzz.co.uk | Hannah Young |Sims Hilditch |Plain English

Add some creature comfortsIf you have a spare room, it might well be used for numerous purposes other than for guests – an office, laundry room or playroom, for example. If this is the case, it might not contain the usual bedroom accoutrements. As you’re trying to turn it from chaotic, multi-purpose zone into calm, restful guest room, think about slotting in a few helpful conveniences, such as a table lamp, clock, wastepaper bin, some tissues and towels, and perhaps even a radio.

Jun 28, 2024 | houzz.co.uk | Kate Burt |Plain English |Kingshill Furniture |Declutter with Sarah

Keep your cereals, pasta, beans and tins of tomatoes in order – and do it beautifully. Here’s howInside a pantry, tucked into a compartmentalised drawer, snuck behind some sectioned-off shelving, in vintage boxes or secret pull-outs, or stashed on the other side of some antique doors… Where do you keep your packets, cans and jars? If there’s room for improvement in your dry goods storage, let these ideas from designers on Houzz inspire you to reorganise or rethink.

May 26, 2023 | houzz.co.uk | Victoria Harrison |John Lewis |J M Interiors |Plain English

It’s a link to our pastWhen it comes to modern colour palettes, many UK kitchen companies look to the past for inspiration, in particular the Georgian era, when kitchen cabinets and walls were typically painted a muted shade of grey or blue. “When the Georgians first adopted this style of painted furniture, they typically favoured ‘cake icing’ colours,” Anthony Earle says. “Think duck-egg blues, pale pinks and greens, which were easier to produce at the time.