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Maximising your property potential-Styling to sell

For the majority of us, our homes are our biggest asset. If you are planning to put your home on the market, you not only want to get the best price but also encourage lots of viewers through the door.  So before you get the valuers out, ensure your home is looking all sparkly and at it's absolute best.If you are confident and are going to style the home yourself, here are some tips you might like to follow:Deep clean - First and foremost, ensure your home is spotless. It might seem ob...

As Featured in.....

It’s been a really busy few months here at Willow & Maine, with lots of interior design projects on the go. I’ll be sharing them with you once completed. We were also especially delighted to be featured in not one but two magazines in August, Your Home magazine and Living-North East edition. Your Home is a National magazine. We were photographed and interviewed back in March by the lovely Katie and Karen from Beautiful Homes in the North. Katie did all the photography while Karen added addit...

On Trend-Blush pink

Blush pink continues to be on trend.  You can see examples of it everywhere and in all rooms: bedrooms, kitchens and lounges. I do like to shop locally but sometimes, for trends, the High street stores do really well especially TK Maxx, Next and M&S. When choosing a trend, my advice would be to make sure it's something you really like. If it's a colour, use it as an accent, so it can be easily changed when you tire of it. This room was designed for a thirteen year old girl but I'm sure most...

New Website Launch

To celebrate the launch of our new website we would like to offer one lucky follower the chance to win an interior design consultation for a room of their choice. To be in with a chance to win you need to complete the following: Like and share our Facebook page or Instagram page. In the comments identify which room you would use your prize forLastly sign up to our mailing list on the contact page of our website (we won't spam you, it will mainly be to receive the monthly blog). One lucky wi...

When the decorations come down!

Christmas is a distant memory already and now we are all focusing on getting fit and losing a few pounds (ok I'll start next week!  I don't know about you, but I was actually looking forward to the decorations coming down this year! This was partly because we had to put them up earlier than usual but also to declutter. Once the decorations do come down though, everything feels a bit bare.  I took the opportunity, as I do, to look for some new accessories to add to what is already here....

Welcome to our new website

After months of hiding over on Instagram @willowandmaine we are delighted to share our shiny new website with you.  Deb at Imogen Kate photography took some beautiful shots during the photo shoots at Willow & Maine HQ and two of our lovely clients homes (there were a fair few giggles that day).  The website itself was expertly designed by Mel at Elm Marketing Solutions.  I should probably introduce myself too, I'm Lorraine and I'm the founder of Willow & Maine and I had the c...