Interior Design Advice

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    Lessons from Grenfell Towers – Why regulations in design matter!

    As an interior designer everyone is keen find out my thoughts on Spring trends and sexy furniture. Now let’s face it these are great things to spend your working hours dealing with and I’m never going to complain about getting up everyday to play with such great toys! However, the thing that people never ask me about is all the regulations and codes I have to adhere to when designing and boy there are a lot, but codes and regulations don’t sound sexy and the certainly don’t look good on a Pinterest image.

    Posted by Phoebe Oldrey in Interior Design Advice

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    What Makes Great Interior Design!

    Recently I have been working away preparing a TedX talk in which I pose the burning question “what makes us happy in our interiors?”. For every one of you, the answer will be different but I expect most if you will talk about the style of the room and what makes a room beautiful to you. Now this where I get all hot and bothered because to me a “Great Interior Design” is about a whole heap more than just the looks.

    Posted by Phoebe Oldrey in Interior Design Advice

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    Spring Interiors Trends to Watch Out For

    Over the last six months, I’ve attended a number of design and press shows and have looked at enough products to boggle the mind. At every event, I hear journalists, bloggers and designers ask each other what they think will be the next big trend that everyone will fall in love with. There is no clear-cut way to predict when a trend will take off, but when I’m trying to spot emerging trends, I ask myself the following three questions:

    Posted by Phoebe Oldrey in Interior Design Advice

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    The Brexit Affect – How Our Changing Relationship with Europe will Effect Interiors in 2017

    Let me start by saying that I’m neither a politician nor an economist. I am but a humble interior designer and I am not writing this post to discuss all the pros and cons of Bexit or to consider how our country will cope with the future. Instead, I wanted to take a moment to discuss how I see interior design changing in 2017 as a result of the Brexit vote. I’ve watched my industry (and my company) weather the storm of the last recession, and I know that uncertainty can lead to choppy waters ahead, so I wanted to share what I sense is coming…

    Posted by Phoebe Oldrey in Interior Design Advice

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