How big a sideboard or TV unit you need, and how to style and organise one in a dining room or living room.
Size GuidesA sideboard is one of the hardest-working pieces in a British home. It stores the good plates, hides the board games, holds a lamp and a few framed photos, and in plenty of living rooms it doubles as the TV stand. Yet size is where most sideboard purchases go wrong. Too deep and it eats…
Styling & ColourA well-styled sideboard can pull a whole room together. A badly styled one becomes a dumping ground for post, keys and chargers. The difference usually isn’t money. It’s a handful of simple principles that stylists use without thinking: height, grouping, balance and restraint. Once you know them, you can style any sideboard in about ten…
Room IdeasChimney breasts and alcoves, with their charming and unique architectural appeal, can often be overlooked in home design. However, they can bring about an incredible transformation to the room they’re in if used in the right way. 1. Chimney Breast Alcove Shelving Shelving within the alcove of a chimney breast can enhance your living space…
Styling & ColourAh, the beautiful sideboard. The perfect way to make the home feel fancier for guests and the place to keep the good tableware so you don’t feel bad about your great aunt’s crystal glasses living in the attic. No longer needing to dig them out from some dark spot, pushed behind everything else, you can…