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Interior Design - What Will Shine in 2009
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] The world changed in 2008 in ways that nobody predicted and this is now affecting the style of homes and interiors. Colors, patterns, construction, feel and functionality are all under the microscope. Find out what direction interior design will take in 2009.

Fitting Curtain Poles - Tips From Professional Curtain Fitters
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Fitting a curtain pole should be a straightforward do-it-yourself job but if it is done badly it will ruin the effect of the curtains or perhaps even worse if your drill finds a hidden electric cable. Here are a few tips for success straight from our experienced fitters.

Interiors and Home Remodeling in a Credit Crunch World
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] In tough times we all need to lift our spirits, so what could be better than improving your home and adding value to it. Obviously in tough times you'll want to keep a tight rein on your budget. Let us show you how.

Eco Friendly Interiors For Your Home - More Quick and Easy Tips
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] In a previous article "Eco-Friendly Interiors For Your Home in 6 Easy Steps" I covered the six main areas you could focus on when designing home interiors. Many people, however, have asked me for some tips that they could implement quickly and cheaply. So here is a collection of practical ideas that will make your home a healthier place to inhabit as well as reducing your carbon footprint.

Choosing Window Blinds - 12 Tips to Avoid Expensive Errors
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] With so many designs of blinds available nowadays do you feel spoilt for choice? Depending upon the window and the situation you will find that some blinds are more suitable than other. Come learn the trade secrets from the experts.

Eco Friendly Interiors For Your Home in 6 Easy Steps
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Everyone is talking carbon-footprint these days, but have you stopped to think about the impact your home is having on the environment? In its own way, here are six steps for more eco friendly interior design.

How to Create More Valuable Space in Your Home
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Have you ever wondered why you never have enough space at home? Or why every nook and cranny is full of stuff? Well now is the time to do something about this situation and to give yourself some well deserved space. Your family will surely thank you!

Credit Crisis and Your Home - Don't Move, Improve!
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] The credit crisis of 2008 has affected every homeowner; falling house prices, difficult to get mortgages, stalled housing market. The solution? Stay put and improve your existing home.

Measuring For Curtains - The Complete "Do-it-Yourself" Guide
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Do you think that measuring your windows for a set of beautiful new curtains is beyond you? We show you how you can measure for bespoke made to measure curtains.

Attracting Quality Tenants - 11 Interior Design Tips
[Real-Estate:Leasing-Renting] When you put a property on the rental market looking for a quality tenant, you are entering a beauty contest. Find out how to make your property shine, find a good tenant quickly and command a premium rent.

Choosing Curtain Fabric - Eight Secrets you Need to Know
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] You've decided that your home needs new curtains or drapes and you are about to select the fabric. Stop! Find out eight important trade secrets from the professionals before you buy any fabric.

Refresh Your Bedroom in 7 easy steps
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] You spend a third of your life in this room, so doesn't your bedroom need to be kept fresh and attractive? Here are 7 tips to ensure that your bedroom is in tip top shape.

Interior Design By Mail Order - Does It Really Work
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Are you too busy to see an interior designer? Are you too ashamed of to your home decor to invite a designer in? Maybe you live somewhere rural and remote too far from your nearest professional interior designer. Now there is a practical and affordable solution.

Refresh Your Kitchen
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Kitchens get heavy daily use in any house, and nowadays they often double up as kitchen, diner and family room. The combination of usage, water, cooking and dirt quickly make any kitchen soon look tired and distressed. Fortunately it is easy to breathe new life into a kitchen, cheaply and quickly. Just follow some or all of the following interior design tips to surprise your family and house guests.

Teen Friendly Decor - Interior Design for the Teenager
[Kids-and-Teens] Living with a teenager sometimes feels like having a cuckoo in the nest. Despite the almost inevitable stresses and strains, you can try out teen friendly decor to prevent the cuckoo pushing everyone else out of the nest! So what exactly is teen friendly decor?

Pet Friendly Decor, or Interior Design for Cats & Dogs
[Pets:Dogs] Maybe you've heard the phrase "You can't design a room around a cat!" Is it possible to have a canine or feline family member and still maintain a beautiful interior decor in your home? Here are a few tips for maintaining harmony between two apparently conflicting requirements.

Refresh Your Bathroom
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Bathrooms get heavy use and can easily look the worse for wear. Luckily it is easy to breathe new life into a bathroom, cheaply and quickly. Find out how.

Should I Use An Interior Designer? Or Do It Myself?
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Interior designers are pretentious and expensive and impose their ideas on their clients. True or false? Doing my own home makeover or room remodelling is going to save me money and I'll get exactly what I want when I want it; or will I? Find out the truth.

Interior Design Customers From Hell
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] What makes a normally benign person turn into a customer from Hell? Is interior design any worse than any other industry? Here are some genuine case studies of Customers from Hell. Of course you are not like this, but next time you want to call in an interior designer, take a quick glimpse in the mirror before you phone them!

Interior Designers - Professionals Versus Amateurs
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] When you next need help with the interior design of your home no doubt you will look in Yellow Pages or do a Google search on the web. But how do you know whether you are dealing with a professional or an amateur?

Interior Designers - Finding The Right One For You
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] You do not have to be rich to hire an interior designer, but how do you find a designer who is right for you? How do you find one who is on your style wavelength? Could you work with a dogmatic control freak? Follow this guidance to help you pick the right interior designer for your project.