Leonardslee in West Sussex, one of the country’s great ornamental woodland gardens has closed its gates to the public after being purchased as a private residence. Read the rest of this article »
Falmer Road, Brighton
To paraphrase a famous Aussie – that’s not a massive garden, this is a massive garden! At 4,500 sq ft, mixing up laid to lawn with plant, shrub and tree borders – as well as a large terrace area, you could live outside all summer here. It measures 120’ x 38’ and is all set for barbecues every night of the week. Inside the detached bungalow is a 26’ kitchen/breakfast room, a 15’ living room and an 18’ master bedroom – one of four bedrooms. Loads of room to spread out and kick back. At the front is your own off-street parking. Bonza!
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Leonardslee in West Sussex, one of the country’s great ornamental woodland gardens has closed its gates to the public after being purchased as a private residence. Read the rest of this article »
The nights are getting longer and warmer, and now is the time to be making most of your outside space. There is nothing better than sitting back and enjoying the flowers and plants that are now bursting into bloom for the summer months. It is a time to relax in the evenings after a day’s work with a big glass of crisp white wine and admire the garden. Read the rest of this article »
I have recently teamed up with another local businessman who I discovered offering a fabulous product: garden rooms.
I have often thought that I need an extra room in my home; personally I have wanted a larger office which is separate from the house and, being a garden designer, what better place to have an office than in the garden? It would enable me to have a highly insulated, heated room with lighting and all the mod cons looking out through large, double glazed bi-fold doors onto a beautiful garden.
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Plants are my love and passion. I see them as a way to enhance spaces and evoke different atmospheres and concepts. I use them in the gardens I create alongside hard landscaping such as paving and decking to make special places that have interest all year round. Here are a few of the factors I consider when thinking about the planting in my designs. Read the rest of this article »
Now is the time of year when one starts to longingly look forward to those warmer days of spring. It is also the time of year to start preparing. When the sun does finally arrive, those of us lucky enough to be living in the South are in the best place to enjoy it. You may be ready and waiting for the warmth of spring, but is your outside space ready? Read the rest of this article »
At this time of year Latest Interiors – along with everyone else – has had enough of the office and is just itching to step out of our work wear, crack open a bottle of Pimms, and get outside into the sultry afternoon heat. And if, while out there, you find yourself thinking this really should be the year you do something more interesting with your patio/balcony/garden, we’ve got some splendid summer ideas for your outside space.
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Dressing your outside room
The most important spot in your garden is the place where you sit. Even if your garden is small, you can create a dining table and chairs and another space elsewhere to just sit and relax.
Garden furniture still needs to come a long way to match the scale and scope of choice that we have indoors. It’s very easy to create a ‘look’ in the garden with very little in the way of additional staging. A few cushions, some pots arranged on the table, pretty crockery. You’ll soon have it looking like the cover of Country Living magazine.
Keep the dining furniture on a hard landscaped area. You can’t keep moving tables and chairs every time you cut the grass. It’s not so important with sun loungers – especially if they’ve got wheels. If your garden is completely paved, we like to build a little overhead structure, or enclose you in some way, to make it feel like a separate area of the garden. This need not be a heavy or fenced in area. Even some square picture frames around you can make all the difference. If you have a hot and sunny garden, it’s nice to grow scented climbers to provide shade and a heavenly place to sit.
Building beauty
There are so many different materials available to use indoors, they are not subject to weather, dirt and the wear and tear of outdoor life; so light colours, soft fabrics and different flooring materials can look wonderful. Outdoors we have to stick to stone and hard landscaping but there are still some different and quite wonderful things available.
The usual materials for paving are different types and colours of manmade concrete, and limestone, sandstone and other natural stone elements like travertine and granite. These can also be cut in different ways with riven edges or diamond cut edges for a more modern finish with clean lines.
Some stone is still very expensive and quite difficult to work with and lay. I do think that inexpensive materials, combined with a few more expensive details, can look great. It’s a bit like buying an Ikea sofa in cream and then adding a really expensive throw and wonderful cushions that cost a fortune. It keeps the overall price of sofa and cushions down, but still looks the part. I like the outdoor furniture you can buy now – the ‘rattan style‘ sofas and armchairs. Instead of the cream cushions that come with this furniture, I have bought more expensive fabrics that are waterproof and outdoor proof with stripes or spots – it lifts the whole thing into another category.
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