Ideas is all about MAKING your world more beautiful. Packed with creative inspiration, fresh ideas, easy projects and step-by-step instructions, this magazine is the go-to guide for crafters, stitchcrafters, makers, cooks and DIY home decorators.
I will most likely remember 2023 as my personal 'year of the house'. Of fixing faults, of selling my home, packing up, buying a house, breaking down walls, painting, beautifying, moving again, unpacking, and more beautifying. Three houses in one year. And of living in covered up, 'dressed up' chaos. Which is definitely not good for my soul. Especially when it comes to my bedroom, which has to be a haven of peace and tranquility. If it isn't, I quickly become jagged and snappy. As my beloved old house gradually changed into a storage space full of boxes, I tried to leave my bedroom for last (which in the end happened on moving day). Then it was five days in my son Anton's spare room, with everything that I might…
SIGNATURE DINNERWARE Mervyn Gers Ceramics now offers a bespoke design service to help you create your own signature set of dinnerware. The service includes a 90-minute consultation to discuss your requirements and offer creative advice. You can choose your favourite colours, shapes and glazes. All their products are fully functional for daily use, food safe as well as dishwasher and microwave safe. The company also supports sustainable job creation with each piece being handmade, which ensures a true one-of-a-kind collection. For more information, go to www.mervyngers.com. HANDCRAFTED COPPER FOR YOUR BATHROOM If you are in the market for a new bathroom, be sure to visit the Earth Gold website where you will find copper baths, hand basins and lampshades that are meticulously handcrafted from 100% pure copper by teams of…
Asking Anett Jorméus to describe her style is like asking a painter why they paint. There is no straight answer. ‘My spaces are what they are because of what I need in order to live the way I like to live,’ she says. Of course, it’s not difficult to see that Anett has a wonderful ability for creating easy-on-the-eye spaces, and in fact it’s her eye for accessible style and her impeccable design sensibility that helped shape Granit, one of Sweden’s most successful lifestyle and interiors chains. Quite simply, Anett is allergic to overly designed or overly thought-about spaces and furniture. Dig a little deeper and when asked why she decided to renovate her home using salvage-yard and junk-shop finds, the ever-pragmatic Anett explains: ‘It’s a really old house, I…
PRETTY IN PINK Wallpaper makes such a big difference to any room and immediately becomes a strong décor element. Start with your curtain fabric as inspiration, take a photo of it and have your own wallpaper printed by a printer such as Smart Art. Hang the wallpaper on the focus wall and keep the rest of the room white, also the furniture. The pink can be repeated in the cushions and throw, or small décor elements. The French bed and the dresser, with their elegant feet, work very well with the theme. And be sure not to neglect your lighting - the chandelier here is an important finishing touch. COLLECTOR'S CORNER Many of us have heirloom pieces that have come down through generations and this bedroom is a lovely example…
GET THE LOOK We used a mix of bright colours, textures and patterns to recreate our vibrant Frida Kahlo inspired bedroom. To keep it from looking cluttered, stick with one colour tone; we used bright colours. When introducing patterns, mix large ones with small ones. This way things are not fighting with each other for attention but rather working together as a cohesive whole.…
how to DIFFICULTY: challenging TIME: one day YOU WILL NEED ♥ white duvet cover ♥ design on page 38 (or use your own), printed in the desired size ♥ craft foam rubber ♥ carbon paper and ballpoint pen ♥ square of MDF (size depends on your design) ♥ acrylic paint in the colour of your choice (we used black) ♥ fabric painting medium (we used DecoArt's product) ♥ sponge applicator ♥ glue gun ♥ craft knife and cuttng mat ♥ rubber gloves To create our tile pattern, we cut our symmetrical design into quarters and used just one quarter to repeat the pattern. Cut a piece of foam rubber the size of your design and transfer the design to the foam by tracing it with carbon paper and ballpoint pen.…
