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Tutorial - How To Choose The Perfect Living Room Wall Lights.
Variation is the key to a successful living room lighting scheme. By including an array of different lights in your set-up, you can manipulate the strengths of each fixture to create a rich and layered display that’s functional, too. Perhaps you’ve kicked off this process by choosing a pendant ceiling light to provide the foundational glow of a room, along with a few table lamps for extra ambience and intermittent bursts of task lighting. This is a great start, but we reckon you’re not quite finished.

How To Choose The Perfect Living Room Table Lamp.
Want to find the perfect table lamp for your living room? Read on for hints and tips on how to light up those dark and dreary corners.

How To Choose The Perfect Living Room Ceiling Light.
Living room lighting can be tricky, read on to find out which ceiling lights are best for the living room and what to look out for when buying them.

Tutorial - The Perfect Living Room Floor Lamps.
Planning you perfect living room lighting scheme is tricky which is why we are trying to demystify it for you. Read on for hits and tips on how to create the best living room lighting scheme and which floor lamps to choose for your living room.

Product Focus - Opal Disk Ceiling Light.
Your much loved ceiling light, the opal disk collection. This has specifically been designed for the dining room and kitchen. With multiple uses in these spaces you can forget kitchen spotlights, they are overated.

Product focus - The Pill Table Lamp.
Ever wondered how we design our products? Well every detail is thought about and every product has a purpose in the range. This blog features the perfect bedside light - the pill table lamp in brass.

Product Focus - Diffuser Floor Lamp.
We design every piece in the houseof range with a specific use in mind, making each product completely fit for purpose. It not only helps you find the perfect product it also helps us cut down on product wastage and is part of our contribution to reducing our impact on the environment.

Inspiration - Helen’s houseof.
It is time you got to know the founders behind houseof. We founded houseof because it was something we wanted - as housewares customers. Have a read to see where Helen started renovation journey in her houseof.

Houseof x Sam
This week we talked to Sam Ward, an interior designer based in the North West. He has a Scandi-Industrial style and perfectly balances colour with neutrals in the houses he plans. You can follow Sam on @homeward_interiors.

Inspiration - Audrey Right.
Each month we are going to take our favourite rooms from social media and help you recreate the look in your own home, through lighting. We know it is tricky to know where to start but fret not - we can help with any interior design advice you need.

Inspiration - Pantone® of the year.
I don't know if you noticed but we have successfully predicted the Pantone® of the year for 2 years running! Classic blue is safe, dependable and aids concentration which is why in this busy year of change Pantone® have chosen it. Read on for a full overview of the Pantone® of the year 2020.

2019 Wrap Up.
It is crazy what can be achieved by 4 people in one year, but have a read of our little 2019 roundup. This is just the tip of the iceberg but here are our favourite moments from the year.

Inspiration - Houseof Christmas.
Christmas DIY is a nightmare, we explore how you can quickly do up your house without having to paint the walls. Adding lighting into your house this Christmas can fix most things.

Inspiration - Classic Design Styles.
Which design style are you? Do you know which design style you will incorporate into your house? Industrial or farmhouse kitchen? Mid century or scandi living room? In this post we explore the design styles which won't date.

Trade - Interior Design Collective.
Did you know we offer trade discounts? We have also teamed up with the Interior Design Collective and this month they tell us all about this exclusive club they have created.