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Interior design blogs are a wonderful way to discover the latest design trends, share decorating tips, see new ways of updating furniture, view other people’s houses, learn about new products and find out how to solve a particular design dilemma. Architect Angela Carr started her Living Room blog as a way to answer the most common questions people have about extending their homes. Via her blog, she provides advice on matters such as planning permission, design tips, commentary on house design, and how to make better use of the living space available. Readers can also contact her with queries. The middle rooms of houses with extensions are often lacking in natural light and tend to be used as corridors rather than having functions and personalities of their own. Angela advises homeowners on to how re-organise the internal space as well as deciding which walls to remove to maximise light. The Meet Mabel and Violet blog is connected to a wonderful online boutique but blogger Paula Asple doesn’t just blog about new arrivals to the store. The blog provides readers with an insight into the online shop and the people behind it. Paula says her most visited post is how to make your own headboard, where she transformed an old peach floral headboard into a stylish grey velvet headboard complete with instructions, costings and timing. Morgan Sattersfield lives in a mid-terrace brick house in California. Morgan and her partner Jeremy have plenty of time but a tight budget and, as they have set themselves the task of ensuring that every item for their house costs less than $100, her blog The Brick House contains details of sourcing items at thrift stores and how to give them a new lease of life. A recent project posted on her blog involved restoring six Eames side shell chairs for their dining room. They were rescued from a local college, decades of chewing gum was removed and the fibreglass restored. Affixed to reproduction Eiffel bases sourced from Ebay,
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1. A sketch proposal by Angela Carr for an extension redesign 2. Angela Carr who writes the Living room blog 3. Angela Carr’s kitchen post refurbishment 4. Paula Asple who writes the Meet Mabel & Violet blog 5. Meet Mabel & Violet blog
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Seeking a solution to an interior design dilemma? Tap into the community of interior design bloggers for inspiration. Words By Lorna Sixsmith
blog watch 6 7 6. Morgan Satttersfield, who blogs at The Brick House 7. Restored Eames dining chairs featured on The Brick House blog 8. The Brick House blog
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