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Jun 19, 2020
1 min

It's time to bring back the patterned ceiling

Throughout history, ceilings have been adorned whether as part of the structural process such as the beautiful vaulted style at Ely...

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Jun 4, 2020
2 min

How to decide on your colour scheme

The first thing to know about colour is that it evokes a lot of different emotions in us. When I'm designing for clients, one of the...

How to incorporate bold colour into your home

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May 28, 2020
1 min

How to incorporate bold colour into your home

More often than not, people will think about incorporating bold colour into their interior design scheme, but will end up going for...

Bringing the outside in: incorporating nature into your home

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May 26, 2020
2 min

Bringing the outside in: incorporating nature into your home

It's calming, it's relaxing, it's familiar. Nature is not only beautiful but it's also very comforting to us beings. It speaks to an...

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May 24, 2020
2 min

The myths around interior design

There seem to be many misconceptions about interior design. People think you have to be super wealthy to hire their services, or that it...

Embrace the dark side: painting with dark colours

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May 23, 2020
1 min

Embrace the dark side: painting with dark colours

Firstly, I’d like to clarify that painting a room dark doesn’t make it feel smaller. In fact, dark colours tend to recede and studies...

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May 22, 2020
1 min

Day 2 of F&H

So here we are, we have a website at last, thanks to two wonderful daughters. It is something I have thought about, dreamt about and...

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May 21, 2020
1 min

It's launch day!

We are Nicky and Lucy, and we’re thrilled to announce that we’ve officially launched! It’s all very cliche to say that we’re living the...

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