STYLE NV - TRENDS: Head on a Onyx Chopping Block

Now if I didn't make any trend predictions, then I wouldn't really be much of an interior stylist now would I? And when I start to predict trends, I feel sympathy for weathermen, British in particular who often get it wrong, and have to put their head on the chopping block. Today my chopping block is going to be made of green onyx. http://www.stylenv.co.uk/blogs/blogEntry.cfm?b=20

STYLE NV Rave - Suzani Textiles

Well it’s official Moroccan is OUT and Uzbekistan is IN!
Everyone from John Lewis to Graham and Green has enough pouffes and cushions and throws to bolster, cushion and warm herds of camels (or people I suppose but camels do sound funnier - can you imagine a herd of camels walking into John Lewis and buying up all their cushions)?!! http://www.stylenv.co.uk/blogs/blogEntry.cfm?b=19

STYLE NV Review - The Betsy Smith Bar, London NW6

The Betsy Smith opened it's doors recently and STYLE NV went to check it out the interior design. The Design team behind it, Kai Design, have created a fictional Dickensian character, 'Betsy Smith' whom roamed the sreets of Kilburn, north west London, where the bar is located. The design concept is inspired by a fantastical, theatrical, Victorian, fairground. Inside you are greeted with so many topsey turvey wonderland installations, that it is hard to know what to look at first. http://tinyurl.com/2vlef3r

STYLE NV CHATTING WITH - Ayme Fitzgerald

Ayme Fitzgeralds’ wallpapers speak for themselves; strong and vibrant they jump right off the roll. Her work caught attention three years ago at New Designers exhibition in London and since then she has selling her designs to leading designers and exhibting in London, New York and Tokyo. I caught up with the young designer to talk to her about her work.http://www.stylenv.co.uk/blogs/blogEntry.cfm?b=17

STYLE NV Rant - Stating the Obvious

RANT This is just something that really bugs me - Decorative words I mean WHY?! . .http://tinyurl.com/3xjcmru

STYLE NV Wishes Happy Birthday to Sir Terrence Conran!

STYLE NV Would like to wish a Happy Birthday to Sir Terrence Conran!

It would be almost impossible to work in design and not know who Sir Terrance Conran is. His influence over the design and catering industries in Britian for the past 50 years has been extensive.
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STYLE NV Rave - The Ghost of a Chair

VANQUISHED! - I was totally surrounded. Thirteen giant ethereal shapes outnumbered me, I was quite frankly speechless. Possibly because I was slightly out of breath from climbing five flights of stairs at the Designer’s Block 2010 at the London Design Festival. But also because I was staring at Valentina Gonzalez Wohlers’ The Ghost of a Chair. http://www.stylenv.co.uk/blogs/blogEntry.cfm?b=14

STYLE NV - Styling Tip - Colour Coded Shelves

Ok, lets talk about books and display. Put your hand up the last time you actually USED your book shelf? I mean actually pulled a few and re read them? No? Chances are most of the time, you only re use your books when you lend them to other people or need to weight something down? Either that or they are just something extra to dust!

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STYLE NV Review - The London Design Festival 2010

There are no doubt several hundred blogs and metres of newspaper column space devoted to the London Design Festival 2010 but at STYLE NV, I’ve held back to give you an honest review about what the whole festival had offer this year. Some shows were very disappointing, some were a lot better than former years and some were oright.
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STYLE NV Quelquechose - Pom Pom Chandelier

I've gone completley pom pom potty - Jo, my boyfriend has told its got to stop, he keeps finding my fishing out old bits of card from the recycling bin. But now that it's finished even he thinks the STYLE NV pom pom chandelier looks fabulous! Here's the project - enjoy! http://www.stylenv.co.uk/designDetails.cfm?d=4