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June 13, 2023
The standard height for a towel bar is 48 inches, though a few inches higher or lower can work for many people. Here we look at the points you should consider when setting the height of your towel rail, along with the recommended height of towel rails for people with limited mobility and disabilities, as well as the most suitable towel bar heights for children of different ages.
February 2, 2024
Table lamps come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, and while there is no ‘wrong’ size of a table lamp, there are certain guidelines you can follow to make sure your lamps look well-proportioned with the rest of the furniture in a room, and that they function in the most useful way. Here we explore the typical size of lamps, how to correctly choose a table lamp size, and how to select the right size shade for a table lamp base.
July 17, 2023
In this blog post, we will explore the various elements that influence how many houses can be built on different plot sizes, discuss how to maximize your land usage and delve into the benefits and drawbacks of building on smaller or larger plots. We will also address some frequently asked questions related to this topic.
June 11, 2023
For media rooms which are primarily going to be for movie nights, dark walls and ceilings in black , brown, or dark gray will work best. If your media room will double up as a family room, then black might be too intense. Here we explore the best colors to paint different types of media rooms.
June 10, 2023
Mindful Gray and Agreeable Gray are both popular paint colors from Sherwin-Williams. They are both classed as warm grays, but they have some differences in terms of their undertones and overall appearance.
June 4, 2023
For a true brown, mix an even combination of all three primary colors; red, blue, and yellow. You can alter the shade of brown you get by varying the amount of the primary colors in the mixture. By using the principles of color theory, you can also create brown by mixing a secondary color with its complementary primary color.
May 31, 2023
Antique white is a shade of off-white which has a warm tone. It is made by adding the smallest amount of yellow to white, to create a very pale, creamy color. By comparison, white is neither warm nor cool, and is perfectly neutral because it lacks color of any kind.
November 19, 2023
Almond is a natural neutral based on the pale color of these edible nuts. Here we explore everything about the color of almond, looking at the best colors to use alongside it, and the meaning of this color.
May 29, 2023
Interestingly, yellow can be made by mixing two other colors together. When red and green are mixed, the red neutralizes the blue in green, which leaves us with yellow. This is a trick that works well with lighting, but isn’t always as successful when it comes to mixing paints.
August 19, 2023
Red is a primary color, while purple is a secondary color, and when the two are mixed in equal proportions, the resulting color is magenta, which is a tertiary color.
May 29, 2023
When blue and purple are mixed, the resulting color is called blue-purple or blue-violet. This is a color that sits halfway between blue and purple and has a cooler temperature than regular purple, though it isn’t quite as cool as solid blue.
May 26, 2023
When red and blue are mixed in even proportions, they will make violet. If you alter the percentages of red and blue in the mixture, then the final color will still be a shade of purple, but it will either be a cooler or warmer shade depending on the amount of red and blue in the mix.