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...Originally painted in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1952, it became the biggest-selling poster in history, decorating the walls of millions of 1950s and ’60s homes....
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...“It feels good to be a part of that tradition and to carry it on,” says Cox who, with his father, co-owns the decorating business Inside Out Painting which has been operating for more than two decades on...
...“It’s not just about decorating – it’s about how things work for you.”...
...I was asked this question at the FT Weekend Festival while discussing, with two fellow designers, how to keep costs under control when decorating a house....
...If you do your best thinking in the bath, adding a few layers can be practical, says Emma Burns, a director at decorating company Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler....
...Firstly: who am I (or “we” if decorating a family home)? What am I decorating? Where will things go? When do I need it to be ready? Then, how will I use it? How can I afford it?...
...February 17 to 25; further information and tickets here Event Setsubun The day marking the start of spring in the old Japanese calendar, Setsubun is a festival where people undergo a spiritual cleanse by decorating...
...Fabrics group Colefax has reported record full-year profits fuelled by the decorating boom during the pandemic, although it warned that inflation could hinder sales growth....
...Tech companies added to this image by decorating the office with fun features such as table football, indoor slides and telephone boxes....
...He learnt these skills in the 1950s, when he was employed in the workshop of interior decorating company Colefax & Fowler....
...“I don’t think [the robot] will [become commonplace] because, at the end of the day, the painting and decorating job is very [detailed],” said Jiménez. “You still need a human touch.”...
...“I’m a grumpy old tractor driver,” Henry tried to persuade me, whereas Susie is certainly the opposite: she worked for many years at an interior decorating company, and her elegant, country style is exemplified...
...They hold a Saturday market, and this week was no different, but for the enormous disco ball hanging from the ceiling between the whalebone-style wooden rafters and silver streamers decorating the walls....
...“Nobody at the company asked me to do [a jewellery collection], but from a brooch, I can create a buckle for a shoe. In the last couple of years, it’s become a really successful category.”...
...Ikea, the Swedish furniture store, reports gaming dictates some design and decorating trends. Dark blues and greys are popular among teens, as is LED accent lighting and gaming furniture....
...And once I got one of those amazing midcentury chain candlesticks for £5 in the Halloween decorating section....
...Testament to the transportive power of tonal decorating, the interior is an assortment of intensely saturated shades that starts with a sherbet-yellow hallway – complete with asymmetric ’70s furnishings...
...We can devote hours dipping into tester pots or poring over wallpaper swatches, but the ceiling is where we invariably default to the standard decorating option: a dab of filler, a coat of white emulsion...
...“A lot of us who are now decorating houses grew up in the Laura Ashley era,” she says, “although now it’s definitely a more pared back, more tailored version.”...
...Jane Gillespie, co-founder of The Luxury Picnic Company, tells me she has presided over 183 alfresco parties in the past 226 days....
...Decorating the tree was really important to her, and it still is. I grew up as an equestrian, so everything was pretty much horse themed and would get a horse-something as a gift....
...And patience – not just for managing the preliminaries such as mixing the icing colours and filling the piping bags (often cited by professionals as the least enjoyable parts) but also for decorating itself...
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