Grow your own - our top planters!

April 8, 2009

With spring now in full swing our attention has been on the new trend of growing your own herbs and veggies. We have trawled the internet in search of the finest planters on your behalf so you can beat the recession and grow your own in style !

Fiona Wilson on how to manage clutter

March 24, 2009 You know the story; we’ve all been guilty of it. Sure, you may not have worn that hideous floral shirt at the back of your wardrobe in years, but you wouldn’t dream of throwing it out. “It is of sentimental value!” you protest, ‘The design is coming back into fashion!”.

Contemporary furniture

March 13, 2009 Belfast born, self-taught furniture maker Michael Bell left a job in the corporate sector to design and make fine furniture in 1992. He and design partner, American Susan Zelouf and their team of master cabinetmakers make warm contemporary furniture to commission in their workshop on a dirt road in the midlands of Ireland. I spoke to them about the influences behind the designs.

This modern, sustainable structure in Beijing, China, houses the CR Land Guanganmen Green Technology Showroom. Created by Vector Architects, the 500m2 project is a temporary showcase for sustainable residential design

The humble egg cup has never claimed to be an interiors statement but even we were surprised when we started looking for a selection for ten of the best. Along with modular homes this has been one of the hardest galleries to create and when it comes to eggcups we could have literally put five hundred in the gallery.

It’s something of a cliché that smoke comes with fire and when it comes to fireplaces that was until recently quite true. Whilst the functionalists out there will of course remind us that a fire is necessarily a method of heating the home

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