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FURNISHINGS Whether living on your own or with a family, your main living area is an important space. This room is where you spend most time and it is the room where you will welcome guests. With that, you need to make sure that it is well designed to make it comfortable for everyone. Choosing furniture for your main living room can be fun and
at the design but also think about how long the furniture
give you a sense of achievement. .
needs to last you. Avoid mistakes by getting samples. Ask
Start with the basics. Most living rooms contain a sofa,
for fabric swatches and paint cards to determine how well
armchair, side table and coffee table. Look for these basic
certain pieces and colours coordinate with one another
furniture items before adding extra pieces. What will you
and the room.
mostly be using the room for? This needs to be considered
Pick paint colours, flooring, and finishing details that
when buying furnishings, like the cabinet for the TV,
coordinate with your choice of furniture. Choose a theme
storage or a place where you can place your drinks when
for your interior. If you decide to get an eclectic look, then
you have guests.
this gives you the freedom to mix and match furniture. If
If your living room is used as a daily family hangout, you
you want to get a modern look, then get modern pieces.
will need sturdy, stain-resistant furniture, especially if you
Aside from the basic furniture that a living room needs,
have young children. On the other hand, if your living
add some dual functioning pieces like an ottoman. This
room is mainly used by adults and will only entertain
can also be an additional seating area especially when
the occasional guest, you can choose fragile pieces made
you have guests, you can also add other accessories on it
with delicate fabrics. Stain-resistant fabrics are especially
like throws or cushions
useful if you have young children, but they might still be
Once you have your main furnishings sorted you can
a good idea even if you only plan on using the space for
start adding accessories. Just a few pieces, such as an
guests since spills and stains can happen to anyone. High
interesting painting or a glass-front cabinet to show off a
quality furniture can be an investment so don't just look
collection of something can personalise the space.
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KITCHENS
Most rooms in a home are there for a particular purpose and their functionality is key as to Many say, the kitchen is the heart of the home and nowadays is to be so much more than a what you will do with them. A general check list is a great idea and here's what you should place for cooking and laundry. think of for every single opportunity. If you follow our plan, every room should be a success. Saying this, it can be the most expensive to design, refit in as many units as possible but consider that drawer 1 | TAKE MEASUREMENTS
glazing, new radiators etc.... Add to that who is going to
and decorate because it requires appliances as well as
units offer more storage capacity than cupboards. It may
Use a tape measure with a steel end, the type that keeps
do what? Professional decorator or you? Those decisions
furniture - at the very least a cooker, fridge-freezer, oven
be an idea to fit the insides of doors with wire shelving
straight and measure the room. Length and width. Sketch it
become part of the To do List.
and hob and washing machine. Because the kitchen is
for storing smaller items such as medicines or herb and
on a large piece of paper and position windows and doors
4 | BECOME THE PROJECT MANAGER
multifunctional, it is also the room that takes the most
spices, and make use of carousel mechanisms in corner
as well as things that you cannot get rid of such as columns
If you are looking to do a bathroom or a kitchen, many
planning.
units. You an always free up cupboards by keeping
etc.... Measure the windows and doors as well!
more elements will come into play than a simple paint or
To achieve a dream kitchen, one that is not only functional
frequently used items, such as plates and bowls, on open
2 | SAMPLES
wallpaper job. If you are doing a house a bit at a time, write
and practical, requires budgeting and forward planning
shelving and by using hooks to hang up pans from wall
Make a mood board of what you like by grabbing magazine
down what you want to spend on each room first. Once you
1 | THE LAYOUT AND APPLIANCES
or ceiling racks. Make sure everything you are storing
pictures or pictures. Stick those on a large sheet of paper.
have ordered your furniture/white goods/bath tubs etc. mark
Unless you are building your own house or a new
away is organised and easy to access.
Look for colours and what you feel when you look at them,
on a calendar when they will be delivered with an overall
kitchen extension, your layout will almost be decided
A larger kitchen space allows you to consider additional
textures as well. Blue skies and ice for a bathroom, green
end of that room project. Then book installers, plumbers
by the space of you room. Smaller houses or flats with
features such as islands, butcher’s blocks, larder units
trees and grass for a bedroom for example.. it w ill help make
and electricians and keep on top of everything. This is the
kitchenette-style areas tend to have galley, L-shaped or
or kitchen dressers. Or the ultimate luxury in kitchen
decisions. Go to your local stores and get samples in the
most difficult part as one missed delivery can seriously
U-shaped kitchens. But designing a dream kitchen can be
designing, deciding to leave a space empty.
mood board colours you have chosen. Just ensure you know
impact a project. This is why, again, it is important to choose a
easiest and least expensive in a smaller space because
As you plan your storage, consider your lighting too, so
which sample comes from what store and costs by labelling
reputable local firm to carry out the work.
you don't have to spend hours thinking where to place
you will always have directed, functional lighting over
them as you go.
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things as there tends to be little choice.
worktops as well as gentler mood lighting elsewhere.
3 | TO DO LIST
Check deliveries and installations carefully before
Whatever the space you have to deal with, once you have
3 | STYLE
What do you now need to do to make the room “happen”?
signing off. Once you are happy you can cross that task off
decided on the position of your appliances you can then
The choice of kitchen style, colour and materials can
Think from the bare walls to completion, from electrics to
the to do list. You will soon find that the project is finished
decide on wall and base unit storage. You’ll also need to
be very personal, but considering the budget you have
lights, from wall prep to wall finish, think possible double
off successfully
spend time researching appliances to find the models
available, will be influenced by the type of home you live
that work for you – freestanding or built-in oven; electric,
in (country cottage, Victorian, Georgian, modern flat or
gas or induction; washing machine or washer-dryer/
1930s semi). Most people will go for traditional, modern
tumble dryer?
or country and most kitchen manufacturers design their
In larger spaces you will you may be able to design a fully
ranges accordingly. Within each of these core styles there
open-plan space that opens out to the garden and across
are, of course, all sorts of permutations to make decisions
your ground floor, to include a fully multifunctional
around – fitted, freestanding, Shaker, rustic, painted, hi-
family space. In larger houses it might even be possible
gloss, retro. Whatever style you choose, it will dictate the
to remove some basic kitchen functions to other rooms
materials you use throughout the kitchen. If you go for a
by creating a separate larder or utility room.
country-style kitchen chances are you will have painted
2 | STORAGE
units, a ceramic butler sink, oak worktops, stone or brick
When you stop and think about it there is an awful lot of
flooring, a butcher’s block and range cooker. Essentials
things that we store in a kitchen: food, drink, tableware
for a modern kitchen would probably include handle-
and cutlery, glassware, pots and pans, utensils,
less gloss units, stainless-steel sink and appliances,
cookware, linens, small appliances such as food mixers
composite worktops and marble flooring. So the style
and blenders, cleaning and laundry products, refuse
you choose will, to a large extent, determine the choices
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For smaller kitchen areas you are inclined to squeeze
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WALLS Paint or wallpaper? Thousands of choices, what will work best? As ever, the answer lies in what you want to do, how you want to proceed and the type of home you live in. Painting is easiest. There, we have said it. BUT, (there is
border around the whole wall, ceiling, skirting and
always a but, you should know that by now), your walls
corners, leaving a rough edge on the inside, then paint
must be pretty perfect. A new coat of paint can highlight
the wall with the roller, overlapping the previously
every blemish and if that worries you, then you need to
painted borders.
decide as to whether you will use a liner (smoothing over
As in all decoration, good preparation is vital, sanding
defects) or forget it altogether.
down the walls and using a first dilute coat if there is a
If you are going to paint, here's how to best do it: Buy
great colour change or the walls are newly plastered,.
a good quality roller and a 2" brush. At this stage, don't
Also take out as much furniture as possible and cover
worry too much about getting the lines straight, you can
anything left behind as well as your carpet, you'll be
always wipe the emulsion off with a damp cloth.
surprised where splashes can get to.
Paint one wall at a time. Using the brush first, paint a
Wallpapering is trickier but if you are ready for a challenge
it can also be the solution to hide a multitude of sins. To do
choose. It's one thing to be good at DIY and another at taking
it well, you will need tools (table, trimming knife, sponges,
on a huge challenge that you will have to live with forever.
brush, etc...) and again your local store will advise you as
Ask your decorating shop, they will be able to recommend
what to buy and do. Preparation is key here and perfectly
someone and you may be surprised at how reasonable
clean walls a must. So be ready to sand, sugar soap and
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Sadolin Classic Wood Protection and Extra Durable Woodstains 2.5 Ltr .......... £14.00 Johnstones Shed and Fence Treatment Ebony .......................................................... £7.50 Crown 7.5 Ltr PBW Matt ......................... £15.00 Dulux Silk 6 Ltr special offer ................... £12.00 Dulux Non Drip Gloss 2.5 Ltr ................... £15.00 Berger Liquid Gloss 2.5 Ltr ..................... £12.99 Dulux Kitchen & Bathroom 2.5 Ltr Cookie Dough ........................................... £11.00 Dulux Muddy Puddle Endurance 2.5 Ltr . £11.00
FIND US AT: Unit 1, Manor Complex, Kirkby Bank Road, Kirkby Industrial Park, L33 7SY
TELEPHONE: 0151 548 6756 Opening Times: 8.30am-5.00pm Monday-Thursday 8.30am-4.30pm Friday • 9.00am-2.00pm Saturday
We accept all major Credit Cards. SOME items we sell may be discontinued in other stores and colours may vary from other stores.
Autumn Deals This weeks hot picks! RONSEAL GA GARDEN ARDEN FURNITURE STAIN
2.5 2 . litres
£5.00 1litre £2.00 00
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£18.00
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WE MIX ANY TYPE OR COLOUR PAINT including RAL and BS numbers
750ml Johnstone
£7.99
2.5ltr Crown
£17.00
On offer while stocks last
FREE BRUSH SET Spend £25 in store and get a 5-piece brush set ABSOLUTELY FREE on production of this advert - while stocks last
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10 Ltr Magnolia & White Masonry Smooth
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£299
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IInfinity fi it 890
£199
Grand Nirvana Marble Surround
with Down Lights
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Beatrice Marble Surround
with Down Lights
£499
£649
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ALL FULLY FITTED COMPLETE WITH GAS OR ELECTRIC FIRE AND DOWN LIGHTERS
Sacramento Marble Surround
with Down Lights
Clifton Arch Package
with Gas Fire
£499
£799
Webster Marble Surround
with Down Lights
Turnbury Natural Oak
with Black Granite set
£549
£549
87/89 Eastbank Street, Southport, PR8 1DG
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Putting the fire back in life since 1979
£2,250
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Lonsdale Full Marble Surround
Gas Fires
The Champion • Wednesday 17 September 2014
Open: Mon-Sat 9-5 • Sun 11-4
1132673
Tel 01704 531041