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Hiring an Interior Designer: Brief & Budget Best Practices

[fa icon="calendar'] Sep 1, 2015 10:59:00 AM / by Deborah McMullin posted in Interior Design

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Best Practices for Working Out an Interior Design Brief & Setting Your Interior Design Budget

It can be exciting but daunting to approach an interior designer for help in redesigning your home. You are ready for change and have an idea of what you want, but worry that your taste and personality will be smothered by a designer impressing their own style in your home.  You fear that somehow you will be convinced to put on an extension or redesign the entire interior of your house when all you wanted to do was modernise your bathroom.

All of us are familiar with the cliché of the bullying designer cajoling the unwilling clients into increasing their interior design budget to pay for a design plan they didn’t actually want. When a client’s expectations are not met or budgets run out of control the fault can usually be attributed to a lack of communication. I believe open and honest communication is vital to the success of any interior design project.

Therefore, regardless of the scale of a project three key items need to be identified at the outset; the interior design brief, budget and agreed project, fee.

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Redesigning Your Kitchen: Not Just the Heart but the Nerve Centre of Your Home

[fa icon="calendar'] Aug 28, 2015 3:48:00 PM / by Victoria Owens posted in Home Decorating

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Kitchen Tips by Guest Blogger Victoria Owens of 'A Home Made by Committee'.

Victoria Owens is a talented Irish blogger originally from Cork now living in Dublin. She, along with Cathy Clarke spawned the popular lifestyle blog 'A Home Made By Committee' which discusses all things home related. Vicky recently moved from a mid-sized old house with a tiny kitchen to a tiny house that is mostly kitchen making a huge difference to the way she cooks and what she can cook...

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6 Tips for Decorating Your Home

[fa icon="calendar'] Aug 25, 2015 9:25:00 PM / by Yummy Yummerson posted in Home Decorating

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6 Tips for Decorating Your New Home by Guest Blogger Yummy Yummerson.

Orla O'Sullivan is an exciting up and coming Irish food blogger based in Cork. Her aptly named Yummy Yummerson blog covers all things food, from recipes, to kitchen tips and restuarant reviews. Having recently bought her very first home, Orla kindly parted her wisdom on the moving process sharing some great tips for decorating your brand new home. 

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A Modernist Home in Cork Created by Local Talent

[fa icon="calendar'] Aug 23, 2015 10:23:00 PM / by Guest posted in Architecture & Interiors

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A family of 6 who were looking to move back to their home in Cork, Ireland, having lived abroad in the UK and Amsterdam since 1990, were looking for a home that reflected their passion for modernist design. McMullin Design took on the project with the help of Fergal O’Leary of Horizon furniture, and delivered a beautiful modernist home in Cork using locally sourced materials and talent.

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5 Home Decorating Mistakes

[fa icon="calendar'] Aug 11, 2015 11:33:00 AM / by Guest posted in Home Decorating

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5 Home Decorating Mistakes that can be easily fixed.

Whether you're decorating a new home or just rennovating an exisitng room here are some common home decorating mistakes to avoid or change.

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