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Video tips: How to style cushions on your sofa

June 3, 2013 By Jen Bishop 2 Comments

Temple & Webster share their top tips and a helpful video.

We can’t get enough of cushions. We welcome all shapes, sizes and colours, and reserve a special place in our hearts for the unique and hand-embellished. In this welcoming and supportive environment, it’s safe to admit it: we’re cushion addicts.

The great thing about cushions is that they can be totally transformative. Want to explore a new look? Try new colours, mix patterns or follow a trend? It’s all possible with cushions, which have the added advantage of excellent bang-for-buck value. The endless possibilities are also the problem with cushions. We’ve seen a few crimes against cushionry in our time. Over-cushioning, under-cushioning, and the modern day epidemic: crazy-clashy-cushioning.

In the following video, Temple & Webster’s Head of Styling Jessica Bellef explains how to create cushion magic by following three simple rules: [Read more...]

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Buy one, get one free on Freedom sofas

April 19, 2013 By Jen Bishop Leave a Comment

Winter is drawing closer and it’s just the time for the staying in on the couch with a cosy throw blanket or entertaining friends with comfort food (or is that just me?)! If you need a new sofa or two, now could be the ideal time to buy! Freedom is offering buy one get one free on sofas from tomorrow (Saturday) until Wednesday 24 April.

What: Buy a Freedom sofa, get the second sofa free.

Where: Participating Freedom stores. [Read more...]

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Pillow talk (or why men hate cushions)

February 22, 2013 By Damian Francis 22 Comments

My fiancé enjoyed his last therapeutic guest ~~rant~~ post so much, he’s back for more!

This isn’t a blog about men versus women. Or interiors addicts versus non interiors addicts. Or gay versus straight. This is simply a blog about practicality and function. About being able to use your abode for what it was always intended – living. Which brings me to a rather controversial topic: cushions.

Let me be tactful. Cushions… no. When you use cushions… no. Cushion usage… no. You know what, screw it – people, no matter who you are, what you do or what you like, you don’t need 20 damn cushions on your two-seater sofa! Or your king size bed! Or your… in fact, it doesn’t really matter, you just don’t need stacks of pillows.

I get the fact that some cushions are pretty. The aesthetics of a good pillow add to a room. That’s cool, I’m down with that, I bet Jay-Z has some pretty cool pillows. Maybe JT does too, he likes a good suit and tie after all. But any more than three on your sofa, or your bed, or anywhere else really, and I think you may be missing the point of what that piece of furniture was all about. [Read more...]

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A little lounge for your apartment?

February 21, 2013 By Jen Bishop Leave a Comment

This cute two-seater from Jimmy Possum would be perfect for a space-poor apartment. It’s available in all manner of textile designs and leathers.

King Furniture’s latest lounge: Neo

December 28, 2012 By Jen Bishop

There’s no doubt King Furniture’s Jasper has been a big success but it’s great to see a new design at last!

The new Neo continues in King’s tradition of flexibility through an entirely new type of customisation. Neo is available in either the original or deluxe models, with the latter offering additional customisation options. [Read more...]

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Customised, Aussie made sofas, delivered within four weeks!

April 20, 2012 By Jen Bishop 1 Comment

What’s not to like? Project 82 has launched a custom sofa service. With a focus on stylish, affordable and well-made sofas, you can choose from a range of styles then customise your sofa by selecting one of their high-grade commercial fabrics. They can even work with alternative fabrics if there’s a special project at hand.

Supporting Australian-made, Project 82 works with a reputable Sydney-based commercial manufacturer that ensures their custom sofas are produced locally. This means they can be made, ready and delivered nationally in as little as four weeks.

To find out more, visit the Sydney showroom at 82 Fitzroy Street, Surry Hills, call 02 9360 1471 or email shelley@project82.com.au.

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