Julie Rawding
I am an architect and holistic interior e-designer specializing in residential holistic design and eco-friendly lifestyle. Before you start making any changes in your home, I recommend reading my FREE guide – The Best Colour Scheme Advice so that you won’t make any basic mistakes. 🌱I base my designs around Feng Shui rules, thereby creating the perfect space for you. ✨ Space where every inch makes sense.✨ Learn more about me from Why do you really need a beautiful home?
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Unique ways to enjoy Summer with Graham and Green
This year, British Summertime has really made us wait for it, hasn’t it? Earlier this year, when I received the Summer catalogue from Graham and Green, I was just hoping we would have some nice weather at some point this year. Now it’s finally here and in a proper way. So, to help you enjoy the weather in your garden (or outdoor area), I have three Summer outdoor activities for you. So, what can you do in your garden? Do some gardening I love the idea of seeing wildlife in my garden. Feeding beautiful birds is a great idea not…
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How to Build a Mum Sanctuary
This article is for all you mothers out there who need to sit down, relax and maybe daydream about some improvement in your homes or lives. Is this you? Create a perfect sanctuary for yourself; a place where you can be alone and dream freely. First, you will need a theme, your throne and some soft furnishing, to make yourself comfortable and happy. Furthermore, don’t forget some motivational wall art, which can remind you of either what you have already achieved in your life or the journey you are on right now. If you are looking for inspiring wall art,…
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Free tools to organize your home design ideas
How many times have you tried discussing your brilliant home design ideas about your home with your partner and he had no idea what you were talking about? How many times did you try to describe what you meant and you couldn’t find the right words? It happened to me a million times and I should have the knowledge and vocabulary as an architect. Sometimes I couldn’t describe what I meant and sometimes my husband stopped listening because he just couldn’t visualize it. So how to keep and share your home design ideas? And, because we are not exceptions, I…
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How to create a healthy home
Originally, I wrote this article one year ago. The panic over Covid-19 was very fresh and we just had no idea what we were going through. Even now, I can still feel the situation is not as calm as we all would wish for, but at least we have enough toilet paper rolls and hand sanitisers are everywhere! So, I have decided to update this article so that it is more relevant to healthy home in general and not just to fight the virus. More than ever, I’ve been thinking of my grandmother, who was half-German, and she just loved…
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How to create a Scandinavian style bedroom
I've just finished a Scandinavian style bedroom design for my friend and her partner and I am so happy I can show it to you all. They decided to adopt a Scandinavian vibe for their bedroom (even though they might not have called it that!). So, let's reveal this project.
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Find a happy way to compromise over decorating
Experience suggests that decorating your house with your other half might be very tricky, but coming to a compromise over decorating leads to finding a way you can both feel happy in your home. So, here are some tips and tricks for better communication between you two so that you can actually create a cohesive home where you both feel happy. I might be lucky because my husband and I have very similar feelings when it comes to finishing off our house. We love discussing different options and we also love that thanks to our constant discussions we found a…
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How to style a grey living room
How to style a grey living room? What colour goes with grey in a living room? Is grey a good colour for the living room? What goes with grey walls in a living room? What colour furniture does go with grey walls? Are these your questions? Then, keep reading… How should you style a grey living room? Just imagine you have a room with grey walls, a simple white sofa, one white cabinet, grey shelves, a photograph of a boat on the water, which reminds you of your lovely holiday last year and a couple of nice big plants. How…
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Get a discount when you shop for home decor
I love a good old discount. And the best discounts are the ones you get before you actually shop. So you can try the shopping experience, the customer service and the shipping with a little off the price. Because I am always sourcing online for good design deals for my clients, I have noticed that a lot of companies offer a special discount if you sign up for their newsletter. So, I created this list for you so you can go through it and get your home decor/furniture cheaper. Nordic Nest Home of Scandinavian Design – You can choose from…
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Unique home decor and accessories ideas inspired by lips
May is the month of kisses. Check out this unique home decor inspired by lips, from a keychain and vases to a sofa, soft throw and pillow. In the Czech Republic, where I am originally from, May is the month of Love. The first of May is officially the main love celebration day. On that day, you are supposed to go and kiss your loved one under a blooming cherry tree.(Btw, the first of May is also Workers’ day in the Czech Republic, but I’m focusing on the romantic side of this day because of the theme of this blog…
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Your Menstrual Cycle Can Make You A Superior Decorator
What your menstrual cycle and home decor have in common and how you can use this to your benefit. Find out what kind of housework is great to do at different stages of your menstrual cycle and when the best time is to ask your partner special questions. Menstrual cycle and home decor PHASE 1 – MENSTRUATION Phase 1 is the time from when the bleeding starts to the time it ends. A normal period may last up to 8 days but on average lasts about 5 or 6.Your energy is low, you might feel tired and introspective. Your main desire…
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Design Your Own Home Better Using These Strategies
I believe that everyone deserves to live in a nice and happy home. Therefore you have probably tried to design your own home many times, but sometimes the result was OK and sometimes it was a complete disaster.
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The Truth About Forest Themed Living Rooms
Learn how to design a forest-themed living room (or any theme of the living room) in your home in no time. I found inspiration from nature as the most important one. You can go for a short walk just around your house and you will find millions of little ideas if you keep your eyes open. You can easily apply these ideas in your home and – just like that! – keep your soul happy. We are spending way too much time inside – Opinium research said that 90% of Brits spend their time indoors, btw they said this way…
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The great year of the Metal Ox 2021
The year of the Metal Ox is going to be lucky – yes, that’s exactly what we all need. This year is perfect to focus on relationships, whether we are talking about friendships or love. It is finally time to leave 2020 behind and focus on this New Lunar Year. 2021 is going to be a year when work will get rewarded. The year when we will fully feel the weight of our responsibilities. The year when it is necessary to double our efforts to accomplish anything at all. The year of the Metal Ox – lucky colours Colour of…
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Find A Quick Way To Finish Your Home Decor
Have you started furnishing/decorating your home and never finished? Find out what to do when you want to finally finish your home decor. Do you know how some rooms seem to never quite be finished? It could be that skirting boards are still lying around. It could be that pictures are still not on the wall, or you never decided on the colours of the walls that you never got back round to doing… As a consequence, you are living your life in an unfinished home and slowly starting to think this it is normal. Well, no, it is not.…
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OMG! The Best natural tree stump table Ever!
I remember when I once did a living room design and my friend saw me adding a tree stump table to it. My friend just said: “Julie, you and your stump tables!”. I think it is official: I am obsessed with tree stump tables. A tree stump table is an easy way for you to add a more natural aspect to your living room. I don’t know if it is because I grew up near a forest or just because I simply like nature. Also, if you are interested in Feng Shui, having a tree stump table will add the…
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Project reveal: Apartment in Norway
I can’t describe how happy I was when a client asked me for help with her apartment in Norway. I was probably dancing around our living room! It is funny because, in the end, it really doesn’t really matter whether I’m designing a house in the Czech Republic, San Francisco or Norway. But it made me happy because I was like ‘My first Scandinavian design for someone in a Scandinavian country! Yippee!’ Anyway, my client needed a solution for their apartment in Norway. She and her husband were discussing the options for their space but they just weren’t able to…
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This Article Will Make Your Home Office Amazing
Learn how to set up a home office, a space where you will be super-focused and engaged. It might be a separate room or it might be a corner of your kitchen, either way, it is your home office. This is the space where you write your articles for your blog, where you design websites for your clients, or where you test new cosmetics. How to set up a home office in your living room First of all, plan where in the house your sacred space will be. Is it your own room? Lucky you. Is it a corner of…
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Get your cashback when decorating your home
Get cashback when furnishing and decorating your home. In this article, I am going to show you the best cashback site here in the UK, where you can save some money while decorating your home.
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The Best Scandinavian rugs in the UK
There are many options when you are on the lookout for Scandinavian rugs, so I hope this article will be of great help to you.
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Black and white Halloween
Black and white Halloween - Make this halloween special with these two colours. This year is a bit on/off so why not to try black and white.
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The Truth About Green living room In 3 Minutes
Green living room - being inspired by nature. How life is, we are spending more and more time indoors. It might sound unbelievable but it actually accounts for around 90% of our time! That's why we need to create a home environment which will remind us that we are still part of nature.
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Hire An Interior Designer To Make Your Dreams Come True
You can ask for help in Facebook groups, where people are offering help and giving opinions on what would be the best for you. Or you can hire a designer. In this article, I will explain why you should hire an interior designer and how it will help you.
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A Cosy living room – How to get it right
A cosy living room is something we all want. Somewhere with a comfortable sofa where we can cuddle with our loved ones, a soft, gentle throw we can cover our-self with if we see a scary spider and a good quality candle with a pleasant smell which can help create a mystic atmosphere in the evening… These days, it seems, we need a cosy living room more than ever. During the day, It serves as a playground, classroom, office, conference room and everything in between. In the evening, it will change to a posh bar or a cinema (or just…
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Bedroom for a teenage girl
Your home might be nice and calm in all those neutral colours. You just feel so zen when you are there… And then you daughter decides that she doesn’t care about your Scandinavian and minimalistic look and covers all her walls with colourful posters and Frida Kahlo self-portraits. Having a bedroom for a teenage girl can turn your life into a real mess. Not only are teenage girls, in general, very sensitive, but as well they know better than everyone… I bet you still remember yourself at that age 🙂 Don’t you? There is a good chance that your daughter…
