Welcome to a fun and fabulous month of blog posts. We’re launching January with my very own AA design-ometer. All month we’ll be going through makeover tips to make uninspiring rooms an incredible space to hang out in! Follow all the design-ometer makeover posts here. Yesterday I wrote a post on how to up the ante with art, today we’re sticking with art but this time how to find art on the cheap. The best news there is no direct correlation between price and taste. Might shock some people but there isn’t, taste as I say a lot has absolutely nothing to...

Welcome to a fun and fabulous month of blog posts. We’re launching January with my very own AA design-ometer. All month we’ll be going through makeover tips to make uninspiring rooms an incredible space to hang out in! Follow all the design-ometer makeover posts here. Adding art to your walls is one of the most transformative things you can do. It gives them instant kudos as well as adding colour, dimension, texture on and on I could go! It’s not easy I know finding the perfect piece, see my sources list below, but once you start its kind of addictive. You...

I have to say I’m really enjoying my AA design-ometer month, hope you guys are too! For the final makeover of this month we’re focusing on Helena’s pad and a living room makeover. “A room desperately in need of the AA touch” to quote Helena! So where to start? Let’s address the main problems first shall we. First and foremost there isn’t enough colour variation which is why the scheme looks a little dull. The walls sort of merge with the furniture so we need to address that. Next everything is quite boxy, i.e. sofas, bookcases, ottoman, table so we need more...