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Ice Cream Colours for Spring at IKEA
A quick change of textiles is the fastest way to brighten up your home for spring and summer. Just swap out the rich dark colours of cosy nesting season for light and lively prints in clear pastels. I like this selection of coodinating prints, new at IKEA, for the clarity of the colours — these cushions and drapes are printed in pale pastels, yes, but there’s nothing of the baby about the bold nature-inspired prints in clear tones of rose and soft sage green on a crisp white ground.

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Colour Coordination – Enter The Rug

Colour Coordination - Enter The Rug

If you’ve been following along with “Educator” Dan’s home renovation adventures, you’ll know why I keep threatening to drag him out east here and put him to work at my house: This man knows his way around a sheet of drywall — and now, as it turns out, he’s got a bit of a decorating [...]

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Retro Stripes for IKEA

Retro Stripes for IKEA

This beautifully retro Prisma Stripe in Moss Green is the signature design for Bemz’s new Metropolis collection of slipcovers designed to breathe a whole new life into your old IKEA furniture — or to give your personal touch to out-of-the-box new IKEA. Warm, luminous gold tones and cool, winter hues of blue and green are [...]

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Rainbow Floor Cushions

Rainbow Floor Cushions

Holiday entertaining can get a tad complicated, when you’re rushing about to find chairs for all the drop-in guests. I say, just park all the young’uns on a cluster of happy-coloured floor cushions, and let them sprawl in comfort! Auto has a great selection of cubes and poufs and floor cushions and beanbags — lots [...]

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Zara Home's Ethnic Gold

Zara Home's Ethnic Gold

If you’re in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Greece, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden or the United Kingdom, you’re in luck: all the luxe textures and subtle warm gold tones of Zara Home‘s “ethnic” linens and accessories could be yours. For the rest of us, it’s pure decor inspiration with a hint of [...]

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