8 tips for buying bespoke
Having something made to your exact specifications if both exciting and exhilarating and with more and more people opting to buy bespoke, rather than off the shelf, you need to understand how to get the best from your designer. When you ask an artist or maker to...
Designing a sustainable home
With COP26 in full swing, sustainability and the future of the planet are at the forefront of our minds. Whilst it is great that governments are making pledges to make significant reductions in the production of waste and greenhouse gases; it is important to remember...
How much does a wall mural cost?
It’s probably the thing that I get asked the most, how much does a hand painted mural cost? And what are the comparison costs with a printed mural or wallpaper? Well, as you would expect, the answer is not straight forward, there are many factors that determine the...
How nature can affect our mental health
The benefits of being in touch with nature to both our mental and physical well being have been well documented over the last 12 months. Many people cite their daily walk or run as being instrumental in helping them to deal with the anxiety and stress, that living...
Using art to make you happier
If there is one thing many of us are missing right now, it's a hug. Rewind to last March, if you had asked me then, what am I going to miss in lockdown, I am not sure I would have said hugs, but that is the truth. Hugging releases Oxytocin, one of the four happiness...
How has lockdown changed your relationship with your home?
The last four and a bit months have been the most unusual in any of our lifetimes. Our way of life has been restricted, our freedoms curtailed and we have been forced into a monogamous relationship with our homes and gardens in a way we could never have anticipated....
Garden Art
Why a mural in your garden could be just the thing this summer. Whether at home or in pubs and restaurants, the growth in outside garden murals is significant. Find out why painting artworks in your garden could be just the thing to lift your spirits or your business and how easy it is to do.
Staying at home, a guide
Never before has our home been so important in how we feel every day. Suddenly, we are in our homes a whole lot more than we ever planned to be and whether we are conscious of it or not, how it looks has a major impact on how we feel and therefore, how we are coping...
Summer activity murals
Summer has finally arrived, the sun is shining (most of the time!), the tennis is on and my own locality is about to be descended on by the F1 circus. The schools are breaking up, some already have and parents up and down the country will be looking for something...
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