One of the most luxurious home renovations, revamping the bathroom is a satisfying way to invest in your home. Current figures state that remodelling the bathroom offers nearly a 50% return on investment. Housing trends indicate that people are choosing to remain in their homes and renovate as opposed to moving. If you’ve decided to give this room a facelift, there are a few important bathroom design trends to be aware of as you define your goals for this project.

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Livened up living spaces are on-trend this season. As we head into warmer weather, it’s often tempting to try to shake off the cold of winter by redecorating. Here are a few key trends to watch for:

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Choosing the right décor isn’t just about picking your favourite colours and making sure your room is arranged well. Modern colour psychology is a great place to start when digging deeper into how a room can affect your subconscious mind. Another concept worth exploring is perception of space, which uses proven techniques to make a space feel larger.

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Here at Cream and Browne, we recently completed a stunning transformation of an empty warehouse in Birmingham City Centre. In cooperation with our professional building partner, we built and designed a three-bedroom loft apartment transforming a bare-bones space into an inviting home. The new living quarters include a top of the line Urban Kitchen with a large breakfast bar, an open floor plan featuring exposed brick walls, and luxurious furnishings for a turn-key home ready for the rental market.

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We are proud to announce that during November a Birmingham city centre loft apartment renovation was completed by us and fully successful. We can showcase this at http://creamandbrowne.co.uk/projects/loft-apartment-design-build-birmingham/ and we would encourage you to view this for design ideas and inspiration.

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With costs of homes and rents high many people have to think about the size of their property when choosing to move or buy somewhere. Often this is a case of compromising, and finding somewhere with one less bedroom or small rooms. The trouble with this is that limited space is not appealing as it often looks cramped. The good news is that things can be done (either directly or indirectly) to try and make a difference to this problem.

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It looks grand and indeed it is. Whilst many of us have a good imagination it can actually take something more and specialist to come up with a super and amazing design. Just like solicitors, accountants, doctors etc all exist for a reason, so do interior designers. In this article we will look at the top three reasons why.

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Everyone loves the idea of keeping up with the latest trends and looking the part. Not only does this include fashion and clothes but it is also applicable to our home space too. There are many ways to make a home look more modern, and we could be writing an article to the end of time on this! Some of our selection on the best ideas are shown below.

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This guide can be useful for students, landlords or parents alike. September is here and many people up and down the country will be thinking about moving away for the first time to university or returning to their university having found that house or house share over the summer months. It is hard enough being away from home but there are little things that can be done to a room or house to ensure that students don’t completely feel as though they are in another planet.

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The first thing to point out about residential design is that there are no hard and fast rules. As we all know everyone is different and this applies to their tastes, preferences and everything else. Therefore ideas are going to be very specific to particular clients and people – this must be taken account of in the design process.

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