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FIVE ESSENTIAL TIPS FOR GROWING YOUR INTERIOR DESIGN BUSINESS
Jenny Grove - author of Interior Design: A Professional Guide, Jenny Grove, shares her Five Essential Tips for Growing Your Interior Design Business, with advice from some of the most successful and enduring interior designers working in the industry today......
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CHRISTMAS WITH KATE FORMAN
The House Directory asked Kate Forman to share how she and her family will be celebrating Christmas this year. Read the blog for inspirational Christmas images, gift ideas and a glimpse into the Forman family's holiday celebrations...
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How To Combine Pattern, Colour And Print In Interior Design, with Penny Morrison
It takes skill to design a beautiful room combining pattern, colour and print. If you are unsure about how to balance pattern, colour and print in interior design, consider beginning with a simple scheme and adding accessories – from cushions,...
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How To Choose The Perfect Rug.
Choosing the perfect rug presents a challenge, but a beautiful rug can provide the finishing touch to pull together the interior design, adding and enhancing colour, texture and warmth. If the interior is simply and neutrally decorated, a rug can...
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Design for Diversity : The Beginning
Kate Watson-Smyth, of Mad About The House, and Interior Designer Rukmini Patel discuss how the Design for Diversity initiative was born and how to be a part of the change. Image: Co-founders Rukmini Patel and Kate Watson-Smyth Q1: What does...
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HOW INTERIOR DESIGNERS AND BRANDS ARE ADAPTING TO LIFE UNDER LOCKDOWN
The Designers’ Advisor Polly Williams asked some of the interior designers and brands in her thriving Camberyard Collective how they’re coping during the pandemic. Focusing on three key questions – how it’s affected their work; what, if any, silver linings...
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What I Learned From Reading Mad About The House: 101 Interior Design Answers
Kate Watson-Smyth has been writing about interiors for 20 years and she has helped clients to style their homes. In her new book, Mad About The House: 101 Interior Design Answers, she shares her expertise and offers a wealth of...
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Top tips for building a brand & developing your business
Polly Williams, the multi-award-winning Designers’ Advisor, founded Camberyard, an interior design business development consultancy, in 2015. Inspired by the belief that collaboration is better than competition, she also formed the Camberyard Collective, a select group of like-minded designers, brands and...
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How to maximise your business at trade shows
Polly Williams, the Designers’ Advisor, is the founder of Camberyard, a multi-award-winning interior design business development consultancy. Here, Polly shares her expertise on how to maximise your time at trade shows – and why it’s so worthwhile to attend. 1...
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Neisha Crosland: Life of a Pattern
NEISHA CROSLAND, LIFE OF A PATTERN (by Merrell Publishers). Renowned for her sophisticated colour combinations and attention to balance and proportion, Neisha Crosland sees pattern everywhere. She seeks out symmetry, order and structure wherever she goes: in artefacts, buildings, paintings...
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