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For all the Interior Design ideas you need!
August is a quiet month as everyone takes their summer holidays and heads south to find the sunshine.
 With the "credit crunch" and many people taking holidays in the UK you
may need to create your own summer sunshine in your home. After some time away, the trend for 2008 as predicted by Dulux, is for yellow.
If you want to know more about colour trends check out the ICI website and use the information there to update your home.
Remember - fabrics, wallpapers & soft furnishings are available through
MCH Interiors!
So, please contact us if you need any help or information and don't forget our Interior Design Services, hand-finished soft furnishings and the interior design courses and workshops.
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Testimonials
A BIG thank you to all the following who gave permission for us to use their comments.
Good fun, very interesting. Teaches you to look with different eyes at interior decoration and gives you a step by step approach - Anja, London
Good fun making mood boards and insightful-especially the psychology of colour - Richard, London
A good introduction to a fresh look at design - Mary, Buckinghamshire
You'll be amazed (of ) the ideas you can find! - Pat, Cambridge
If you want to learn about colour schemes this is the right place for you - Ina, Surrey
'It was all very interesting. I got more than I expected from this course - Jean, Stevenage
Really enjoyed myself thank you. Very interesting and fun course to do - Joanne, Welwyn Garden City
A great insight into how to start to use colour- the right way - Danielle, Doncaster
Enlightening! - Garry, Basingstoke
...its very inspirational and makes you want to do more - Kerry, Chichester
I had a lovely day. Thank you. Interesting and educational. - Jo, Welwyn Garden City
...first step to getting YOUR home how YOU like it - Ranna, London
A very useful course that helps you believe in your visions - Louise, Cambridge
Briliant real inspiration at whatever stage you are at - Anne, Cambridge
A solid and unpretentious view of interior design. Thank
you - Lissa, Essex
More than I expected as I had no idea that there was so much involved to get it right. Absolutely excellent! - Tracey, Kent
Thank you so much for all your help with transforming my home into my own personal sanctuary - Christine, Kent
Very interesting and helpful in terms of focusing on the use of colours and patterns for a room - Maxine, London
Very interesting and good fun - Dee, Luton
Good fun, quite a lot to try and fit in the day - Michelle, Newton Abbot, Devon
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France
Part IV - more about the Barn in the Haute Vienne, France and how I decided how to decorate it.
Planning the schemes.....
When moving into a brand new property it can be quite daunting planning how you are going to use the space and how you will decorate it. You will generally have an idea of what the room was designed for (see Barn Floorplan) but may not initally see how you can use it.
I think it’s important when moving house to consider the style of the property and your exisiting furniture and decide whether or not you want to update the style.
When we moved into our modern box shaped house 13 years ago we brought with us several pieces of good quality antique or reproduction furniture. It was always understood that these would be replaced by more contemporary items, although as several had sentimental attachments, it was a decision we delayed pending buying the property in France.
Now we have the Barn, I need to consider the style taking into account the furniture that is ear-marked to move over there. Plus, removing the furniture means that we also need to re-stock here. A lot to think about!
So, time to clear the mind and put ideas, thoughts and pictures of how our home in France will look on paper.
The first thing I decided was the colours and instead of my favourite blue, which will continue to be used in the UK, chose to use red and green. Next I spent several weeks working through lots and lots of home interiors magazines tearing out any pictures that made me think of France, a personal dream or related to the look I wanted and, so that I didn’t lose them, I stuck the most important ones into a notebook.
 
The notebook also details what is to be taken to France and what needs to be bought and then each area in turn:- Larder/Utility, Bedroom (Back), Kitchen, Living/dining area, Bedroom (Front); in more detail. More on these in later instalments.
So, watch out for next months thoughts and ideas for the Utility space.
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