Everyday we meet lovely customers and chat to them about their homes, and their design problems and dilemmas. And although every customer and every home is unique, there are also themes to the questions that we get asked. Below we have answered 5 common questions that have cropped up recently.

Green is certainly having a moment right now! But with so much choice, what is the best green paint colour for your home?

“It’s been a nightmare to find help, I don’t have £1,000’s for an interior designer.”

“I’ve never had interior design help as I thought it was only for people who earn millions!!”

These are some of the comments we hear from our customers. Thankfully, once they have discovered online interior design, they realise they can shake off these beliefs and get some great help!

We love using independent home stores when designing our customers' homes. You can always find interesting individual pieces that you can’t always find on the high street. And most importantly, we love supporting amazing small businesses!

Maybe the enduring appeal of Scandinavian design comes down to the fact that it is so clever. It manages to encompass complete opposites with ease, appealing equally on a warm summer's day as on a cold wintery evening. It is simple and minimalist and yet cosy and comfortable, it is incredibly stylish whilst remaining enduringly practical.

I think with the excess of Christmas still fresh in my mind, the need for the feeling of space in my home is high on my agenda. Christmas seems to fill every available corner with clutter (sorry, decorations!) and the addition of a huge tree in the living room means a rejig of all the furniture until I feel I’m falling over stuff, or children, or cats all of the time!

Are you having family or friends to stay with you this Christmas season? Do you panic the day before they arrive and frantically run around trying to get things sorted? Obviously everything will get done, it always does! But what if there was a less stressful way?

Follow these tips to get your guest bedroom ready and impress your guests this Christmas.

December is upon us and Christmas is just around the corner - gulp!! Which can only mean one thing - it’s time to put up the Christmas decorations!

A new build home is at the beginning of its life, it’s box fresh! And this can be a great thing, and it can present some challenges. Here we are going to show you how you can add personality and life to your new build to make it a home.

Hi, it's Catherine from The Living House. Each month we want to let you know a little bit more about us and the people behind our brand.

Keep reading to hear how I created a home that works for me and my three very beautiful but very boisterous children.

Despite what instagram shows us, nearly every home has a small room of some sorts; an office, a box room, or a cozy snug and they aren't easy to design!

Dark interiors are rich, bold and amazingly dramatic - but also really scary to use in your own home, right? Wrong!! Use them in the right way and they are surprisingly easy to pull off. Follow our guide and you can confidently transform your room into the cocooning, cosy space of your dreams!!

This week we wanted to answer some of the great questions that you ask us about The Living House.

Some homes just seem to have that something extra. It’s not so much about the style or the amount of money that has been spent on the finishes, but something that’s harder to pinpoint, something more elusive. It’s more that the room feels cohesive and well, just effortlessly ‘put together’

How we used layout planning to successfully design a huge open plan kitchen/dining/living room to create a multifunctional family space.

As summer fades, embrace the autumnal hues, and bring the beauty of the season into your home.

It may be tiny, but it can still be mighty! Let your creativity flow in the smallest room in your house.

Researching, planning and designing a room takes time and the decisions can feel overwhelming.

How we transformed a dark, awkward shaped and unloved study into a dream scandi boho teen bedroom.

The kids are back at school (sigh of relief!), the nights are drawing in, and there is that feeling of change in the air. Autumn is fast approaching!