Notes on making a room work
Section
Materials
What wears well, what only looks good new, and where it is worth spending more.
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MaterialsJudge a material at year five, not year oneThe useful question about any material is what it looks like after five years of people who are not being careful. Almost everything…
MaterialsThe difference you cannot see from the frontSolid timber and veneered board can look identical when new. They behave completely differently over a decade, and the difference is…
MaterialsA room of smooth surfaces reads as flatA room can be well planned, well furnished and correctly lit and still feel like nothing. Usually the reason is that every surface i…
MaterialsSheen matters more than the colourPeople agonise over the colour and accept whatever sheen the tin happens to be. The sheen level changes how a wall reads far more th…