Defining Space With Colour Hi my name is Carl Johnson and I would like to welcome you to my new section on Interior Design Advice. This month I’m going to take a look at how we can use colour to define spaces throughout the home. Whenever you experiment with colour around the home, it’s important to understand the effects that…
Interior Design Consultancy Service Interior design can be a daunting task for any home owner, to many the thought of choosing fabrics, furnishings, wall and floor finishes can be a nightmare, not to mention planning the room to make the best available use of space. At Country Interiors we offer a Design Consultation service to take the stress out of the…
Intu Blinds What are Intu Blinds I hear you ask, well in a nutshell they are a type of blind that fits snugly in too (intu) the window close to the glass. They are available in either pleated or metal venetian and operate on a tensioned cord system to allow them to stop at any position. The tensioning system has…
Bringing a Room to Life With Texture This month I’m going to take a look at the subject of Texture and how we can use it with a little creativity to bring a room to life. To use it correctly it is important to understand the effects that certain textures have on us, not only in the way…
One of todays installations involved the fitting of a pelmet and curtains into a bay window recess, the fabric involved was a Prestigious Textiles fabric lined in cream poly cotton twill. We started by removing the old curtains and valance and filling any holes that were left by the old tracks. We then proceeded to bend a swish metal track to shape…
INTU Blinds What exactly are INTU Blinds ? INTU Blinds are designed to fit into the inside frame of a window or conservatory, this makes them ideal for use on tilt and turn windows and glazed doors. The blinds have a very slim headrail and all of the mechanism and fixings are completely hidden to give a very sleek look.…
Pencil Pleat Curtains Pencil Pleat curtain are one of the most commonly found headings, mainly because they are much cheaper and quicker to manufacture than any other form of curtain heading. Pencil pleat curtains are made by adding a tape to the back of the curtain which can be either 3″ or 6″ deep, the tape is gathered by pulling…
The Heath House The Heath House in Staffordshire is the ancestral home of the Philips Family, it has been home to the Philips’s for six generations and has featured in a number of films such as the hound of the Baskervilles and A Land of Plenty. More recently the Historic building was feature in the television series “Country House Rescue” and…