Create your own dining style

A stylish dining table straight from the pages of a magazine, is harder than it looks to create. Whatever your plans are, full on dinner party or a candle lit dinner for two, you need to create your own dining style.

Date Night... These days its more like an At-Home Date Night

We were all familiar with the "Staycation".... but the ongoing pandemic means that even date night had to be reinvented and the "At-Home Date Night" was born. But when we are forced to work from home, home school and staycation, creating a memorable date night can feel like the hardest task.

Do you need to update your style?

With this years trend towards metal framed / legged furniture, leading furniture stylists continue to feature hairpin legs and metal frames in their designs. We are seeing more cage frames and exposed structural elements appear across key styling interior peices even in the large chain supermarket brands.

Bag yourself a Bank Holiday Bargain!!

As the final bank holiday of 2021 approaches, are you lucky enough to still be enjoying your summer holiday or will you be planning to make the most of the sales in search of an August Bank Holiday Bargain??  With Christmas dare I say it being just 17 weeks from now then the August Bank Holiday may just be the ideal time to bag a bargain to upgrade your home for Christmas. 

Here comes the sun...

July is finally here and hopefully we can now enjoy the lighter summer evenings and the better weather days. That brings me to thinking about entertaining... BBQ season is upon us so its time to invite friends and family over for a Bite to eat... Maybe even a BBQ if the weather holds out.

The thought of entertaining, even alfresco, can be stressful as it means people coming over; extra bodies in the house, bums on seats etc. So once you have sorted the food, its time to get your house in order….

Can you beleive it we may have a chance....

Euro 2020 is turning out to be just what the country needed.... we all seem to have found a welcome boost in the nations moral with our chances of featuring... dare I say winning the Euro 2020 final. 

The rescheduled Euro 2020 tournament finally got underway in Rome on June 11 and runs through to what could turn out to be an epic final on Sunday July 11. I dont know about you but our household (even though we are not big footie fans) are now turning our thoughts as to where we will watch it... the pub would be preferable but with the current situation maybe not the right choice. 

How to choose the best dining chair for you

We all know that the dining experience is won or lost by the comfort of the chairs – even the tastiest meal and finest company can become tedious if you are sat on an uncomfortable seat. If you have ever had this experience, you will know exactly what I mean. So when choosing new dining chairs comfort would always be first on my list but there are a few other key factors to consider:

Are you Dining in style?

As lock down eases further some of us may be desperate to show off our newly learnt cooking skills – after all, lockdown gave us chance to get back to cooking. So, are you looking to revamp your dining space to be able to invite guests over? If inviting guests over is on your mind and you’ve been thinking about revamping the dining room in your home, then maybe you could do with a little bit of inspiration. There are a few items of dining room furniture that are necessities so let’s start with tables.

Shoe Racks

With May 2021 still so inclement, when will it finally get better? It’s raining, it’s pouring, the old man is snoring… well actually it’s been raining, poring, and thunder storming, which means we have lots of damp shoes hanging about. Small children love to jump in muddy puddles (Pepper Pig has a lot to answer for!), adults tend not so much, but with such a lot of rain we are bound to have wet shoes and coats hanging around the house so what’s the best way to dry them?

Coat Racks

Well, it has to be the wettest May on record – or at least in seems like it so far anyway… Whilst small children love to jump in muddy puddles (Pepper Pig has a lot to answer for!), having wet coats hanging around the house can be a pain in rainy season.

With the weather set to last for a few weeks thoughts turn to coat racks and shoe storage.