Home >> Department Stores, Catalogues and Supermarkets Deal of the Week - New customers can join Sky TV and get 33% off selected Sky TV Bundles + £25 reward until 20th Oct. Existing customers: upgrade your package for 3 months half price Sky Sports until 13th Oct. Standalone customers: Sky Fibre Max without TV only £15 p/m for 12 months until 27th Oct.Loved by florists and restaurateurs, loathed by singletons, and often a source of anxiety to the safely coupled-up. Our advice is to forget a night out in an overcrowded restaurant and instead create a loved-up haven closer to home. Here are five updates you can make in the bedroom that will help it feel more like a dreamy retreat and less like a space for crashing out and storing piles of washing. With all the different roles a bedroom can be called on to perform – a storage space, a dressing room, a reading room, even a home office – the sleep aspect can get swamped. Put sleep – and sex – back at the heart of the space by investing in a centrepiece bed.

For the ultimate in fairytale romance it’s got to be a four-poster. If this conjures up images of Barbara Cartland then think again. Four posters come in many different styles, from heavily carved historic numbers to pared back dark-wood styles suitable for a luxury Bali retreat. Even better, you can also find versions on the high street. This example, which appeared in House & Garden magazine, is actually from Littlewoods. The metal frame would look cool and contemporary on its own, or you can style up with miles of flouncy fabric for a softer look. On a similar theme of putting the bed back at the centre of your scheme, adding or creating a headboard will also have a big impact. There are a number of options here. You can invest in a new bed with a gorgeous headboard – we like the super-tall buttoned velvet style which looks luxurious and cosy at the same time. You can also add a headboard to the bed you have already, and have it upholstered in whatever fabric you like. Or, you can think a little more imaginatively and create something between a headboard and a feature wall.

This example uses Samphire wallpaper by Farrow & Ball as a visual extension of the existing headboard. It frames the bed and adds visual interest without the need to buy a new bed.chandelier yallingup For a full-on boudoir feel, forget about silky sheets and chandeliers. chandelier lustres porto alegreInstead prioritise a mural-style wallpaper that evokes the fin-de-siecle style of a Parisian lady’s apartment. crystal chandelier ukulele chordsBack in the day wall panels of hand-painted silk would have been the ultimate luxury decor for lying about and swooning next to. Popular motifs included birds, creeping flora, butterflies and even exotic Chinoiserie scenes. Recreate the look with a company like Surface View, whose bespoke mural service lets you select anything from Renaissance paintings to botanical prints for your walls.

Conventional wisdom says that red is a passionate colour to paint your bedroom. We say, go for your lives, but if you want something that won’t make you dream that you’re in a Hammer Horror film from the 1970s, then go for encompassing, intimate black instead. A dark shade of grey, a soft black (like Railings by Farrow & Ball, pictured below) or a deep aubergine shade will all create a cocooning, conspiratorial atmosphere that effectively shuts out the rest of the world. What could be more romantic than swanning from an indulgent bubble bath a-deux straight to a luxurious bed? We’re not talking about an en-suite here, but a spectacular free-standing bath big enough for two set right in the bedroom itself. A major draw in the best boutique hotels, it is a trend that has moved into the domestic sphere. Just add a side table for balancing two glasses of champagne and floor-length, floaty drapes at the window for total privacy. My name is Barbara Hart. I grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and now make my home in Buffalo, New York.

I've always been creative, interested in music and the arts, and very interested in people and their stories. I studied creative writing and art at Louisiana State University, and subsequently worked several years in arts management and fundraising. It wasn't until I turned 40 that I really began to dedicate myself to creative pursuits. Ten years into it, I still feel I'm at the beginning of a vast and wonderful adventure. I've even opened a small art gallery in Buffalo. WHOLESALE: Purchases of $200 or more receive a 20% discount. Besides Little Wood People, I make nature-inspired jewelry. You can view this at my other etsy shop, Studiohart… Born on July 22 Joined May 12, 2009 wood, paper, colored pencils, beadsEllie's happy and whimsical room Photos by kc kratt In making it their own, Erin—who has a keen eye for design—started with the kids’ spaces. “They mostly missed their bedrooms,” she says of their move from the only place the kids had ever called home, “which is why it was important to do their spaces first.

I wanted them to be happy and cozy. Now they love it.  Goldstein knew that the best way to make each room special was to make it personal to the child. Using either an item or personality trait as inspiration for each room, she engaged the kids and their ideas in the decorating process. The first bedroom up the spiral staircase from the sitting room belongs to seven-year-old Madison. The glass chandelier, billowing tulle over her bed, pink rug, and white shag reading chair would make any little girl feel like a princess. The wall has been hand stenciled with a purple dandelion, accented by wispy turquoise dandelion seeds blowing away from the flower and across the wall. The seeds are mixed with personal touches: pink music notes and silhouettes of dancers and gymnasts. “I saw this photograph of a dandelion and it reminded me of her,” Goldstein says. “Then I wanted to incorporate all of the things she was into, piano, singing, tap, jazz, and gymnastics. The en suite connecting Madison’s bedroom and bathroom is also pink, with a window seat hosting three large Beanie Boos and a vanity full of lip gloss and jewelry—charming enough for a younger princess, but sophisticated enough for an older girl with evolving interests.

At nine, Cole is the oldest child and a video game lover, which became the thematic piece tying his room together. A collage of framed Minecraft pictures and shelves full of vividly colored Mario Brothers stuffed toys, ordered from places as far away as China, offer sophisticated pops of color. It’s a cool space. With an attached bathroom, modern light fixtures, funky black swivel chair with a brown plush cushion, and a thumbs-up metal bulletin board embalzoned with his name, it looks like a place where a boy and his friends would love to hang out. Goldstein made a conscious effort to pull Cole into the decision-making process, which he enjoyed. “The Internet is such an amazing tool! We looked through pages and pages of things that he could have painted on his wall,” Goldstein says.  “We would go on Pinterest together, and he started pinning things he liked. He has big ambitions for his room!” Goldstein easily created the Minecraft collage by framing calendar photos in matching picture frames.

She anticipates changing the photographs over time to reflect Cole’s emerging interests. The youngest child in the Goldstein family is four-year-old Ellie. Ellie’s room is also pretty in pink, but more whimsical than her older sister’s. A colorful flag banner proclaiming “Best Day Ever” is instantly cheerful as an invitation to play. “With Ellie, it was the sweetness I wanted to capture,” says her mom. “She’s at an age where she plays in her room so much. It was really important that it be her play place and her sleep space. I wanted to keep it happy and light.”A montage of baby pictures lines one wall. A small play kitchen, white kid-sized vanity, teddy bears, and bookshelves line the walls and are tucked into the corners. The most delightful and eye-catching part of the room might just be the massive pink canvas tepee nestled in one corner; a menagerie of butterflies, attached to the ceiling, flies above it. It all feels like something out of a fairy tale—perhaps just the feeling Goldstein was hoping to create for her curious little girl.

The three kids’ rooms line one part of the house and are connected by a long hallway that hosts one other kid-friendly room: the craft and playroom. It’s the craft room of any mom’s dreams. There are cool light fixtures, a chalkboard, and well-placed display hooks for the kids’ art. The room also features a long black desk with cubbies and stools where all of the children could theoretically be coloring or painting to their hearts’ content without ever having to make a mess of more communal parts of the house (like the kitchen counter or dining room table).  Having a designated room means kids have their freedom to leave projects out for a while, a mess one can close the door on. (Today, however, the space is enviably clean.) A Singtrix karaoke machine sits in one corner, and dress up stuff is tucked away in the closet. When it comes to decorating for kids, Goldstein’s advice is relevant no matter how big or small your space might be: 1) keep it personal; 2) give the kids a voice by pulling them into the project;