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How to Identify ercol Furniture

Maybe you’ve spotted a vintage Windsor Chair in your local antique shop or are bidding on a second-hand sideboard online. Whatever the case, if you want to know how to identify ercol furniture then you’ve come to the right place. Today, ercol is renowned for crafting timeless furniture that’s at home in both modern and […]

How to Create a Sociable Living Room

Whether you’re an avid entertainer or an occasional host, there are bound to be times your living room is used for socialising. It could be anything from movie nights or parties to catch ups over coffee. A truly sociable living room will help your guests feel relaxed, welcome and comfortable. By following our carefully compiled […]

Tips for Hosting Christmas Dinner

Hosting Christmas dinner has earned a bad reputation for being stressful, but it needn’t be. There are plenty of ways to make hosting Christmas dinner so enjoyable, you’ll want to host next year too. To help, we’ve compiled some of our tips. Read on to discover how to make this year’s Christmas dinner extra special. […]

How to Style your Table for Christmas 2021

We eat with our eyes as well as our stomachs. So, make this Christmas bigger and better than ever with a beautifully decorated festive table. Whether you’re hosting an intimate dinner party or a feast for the whole family, there are plenty of ways to personalise your Christmas dining table. We’ve compiled some of our […]

What are Natural Mattress Fillings?

Did you know that mattresses can be full of all kinds of nasties? For example, memory foam is made using polyurethane foam. That’s right, when you settle down to sleep on a memory foam mattress, you’re actually sleeping on a layer of plastic. As you can imagine, that makes memory foam a bad choice for […]

How to Put Lights on a Christmas Tree

There’s nothing quite like a beautifully decorated Christmas tree that’s adorned with heaps of lights. However, there are many pitfalls that can happen when you’re decorating the Christmas tree. From blown fuses and tangled cables to not having a long enough string of fairy lights. That means it can be tricky if you don’t know […]

How to Spot a Fake Eames Lounge Chair

As one of the world’s most iconic chairs, it probably comes as no surprise that the Eames Lounge Chair is the victim of untold inferior copies. In fact, fake Eames Loungers sit unknowingly, or knowingly, in peoples’ homes across the globe. Maybe you’re looking to buy a vintage Eames Lounge Chair online. Or perhaps you’ve […]

How to Stop Cats Scratching Furniture

So, you’ve invested in a new piece of furniture that you absolutely love, but unfortunately your cat does too. From sofas and armchairs to the dining table, scratching furniture is perfectly natural behaviour in cats. Typically, cats with access to a garden will scratch on outdoor objects like fences or trees. However, plenty of indoor […]