Metal Design Furniture visits Grand Designs Live
This weekend, Metal Design Furniture went on an outing to the ExCel centre in London to have a look around the Grand Designs Live exhibition. Packed to the roof with fantastic ideas and innovations for your kitchen, garden, living spaces and bedrooms, the show was a must for anyone with an interest in making their homes as beautiful and functional as possible.
We were especially taken with these handy outdoor tables, which had spaces that could be used as either a cooler for wine or a BBQ pit. One could quite easily imagine passing the long summer nights sitting around one of those with friends and family, a tipple in one hand and a hot dog in the other. We also enjoyed sitting in some amazing chairs that hung high in the air and had a gentle swinging action, reminiscent of a hammock, but with a little more structural integrity… and better cushions!
Over in the kitchen section, we were blown away by the amazing Vitamix blender, which can make everything from soup to ice cream within seconds. A very charismatic man explained how it worked, chucking in ingredients and producing restaurant quality dishes while we watched. After tasting his amazing soup, which went from ingredients to the hot finished product in the flash of a, well, blender, it took quite a lot of convincing to get Mrs Metal Design Furniture to leave without one tucked into her handbag!
We then ventured into the design section where we cooed over affordable art, relaxed on crazily comfortable chaise longues and were dazzled by pet jellyfish, if you can believe that. This is definitely a treat for anyone who loves amazing home living… and we know all Metal Design Furniture fans are in that group. See you there next year?
Valentines Getaway under Romantic Garden Gazebos
Still looking for Valentines Getaway? Take advantage from Grims Dyke Hotel special Valentines offer ad enjoy your Valentines comfortably – on Oliver metal garden chairs and under romantic gazebos!
Grims Dyke Hotel with Metal Design Furniture chairs
Our Visit to the Ideal Home Christmas Exhibition
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The Ideal Home Show at Christmas was on at Earls Court over the weekend for festive inspiration. We visited last week (totally work-related of course) and are still brimming with excitement and ideas.
There were 600 exhibitors in 6 sections – Interiors & Furnishings, Food & Drink, Home Improvements, Fashion & Beauty, Technology & Gadgets and Gifts & Decorations.
The interior hall includes 2 of Christmassy sets designed by Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen – one naughty, one nice. Naughty was glamorous and sophisticated in rich red and black. Nice was fresh and invigorating in pure white with peacock greens.
The outdoor Living area within the home improvement section had lots of great ideas to enhance outdoor spaces and get more use out of it in the winter months, a subject that’s very close to our hearts. This included gazebos, heating, outdoor furniture and décor.
There was a How to theatre with a full program of exciting presentations including-
- How to make up-cycled xmas decorations by Daniel Hill
- How to get your garden ready for xmas by Katie Rushworth
- The perfect floral Christmas by Jamie Aston
A key trend for the 2012 season is reclaimed, recycled, up-cycled and anything that’s hand-made. Visitors brushed up on their present wrapping and learnt how to make delightful homemade cards in the gifts section. Workshops included how to make a wreath and table setting tips. Plus there was an amazing market that was full of hand-crafted goodies.
Gino D’Acampo and Olly Smith were at the food theatre – sharing loads of Christmas tips on spicing up canapés, cake decorating and of course, cooking the perfect turkey. Visitors enjoyed the champagne bar next to the catwalk show too – chatting abour festive fashion and beauty.
Get TV style tips by watching Kristie’s Vintage Home on C4 Thursday at 8pm for some great vintage crafting tips – create the perfect space or hand-make gifts this xmas.
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