REALLY USEFUL GUIDE TO…
…the finishing touches that make your home uniquely yours. Brought to you by the editors at House Beautiful
CUPBOARD HANDLES
BOMBAY DUCK
Find something completely different here, as this retailer prides itself on stocking the unexpected bombayduck.com
HAUTE DECO
For the prettiest, most glamorous if pricey handles hautedeco.com
ROWEN & WREN
Nice selection of hardware, including door handles, hooks, latches and knobs rowenandwren.co.uk
SCREWFIX
Easy to view its stock on the website. You can see them in the flesh in a store before you buy and then order online screwfix.com
ZARA HOME
Perfect for breathing new life into cabinets, the range here is varied with reasonable prices zarahome.com
DOOR FURNITURE
BEARDMORE
A wide choice of tempting handles, from period to contemporary, all made in England since 1860 beardmore.co.uk
CHLOE ALBERRY
This shop’s an Aladdin’s cave of handles and door knobs. Situated in London’s Portobello Market, it’s a favourite of homes stylists! Also available online chloealberry.com
DOWSING & REYNOLDS The devil’s in the design detail for this company, which produces original and statement styles dowsingandreynolds.com
JIM LAWRENCE
A great selection of different door handle styles plus other door accessories, such as hinges and locks as well as switches and sockets. Not the cheapest but good quality and choice jimlawrence.co.uk
THE HANDLE GUILD From the luxurious to the whimsical, these are talkingpoint door handles doorhandlecompany.co.uk
TURNSTYLE DESIGNS Family-run business with a wide choice of door furniture and bespoke options available turnstyledesigns.com
WILLOW & STONE
For a more traditional look, this company specialises in period fittings willowandstone.co.uk
XL JOINERY
Best known for its sustainable approach to internal and exterior doors, this firm also has an eye to stylish door furniture and finishing touches xljoinery.co.uk
INTERNAL DOORS
ARTSTEEL
With a modern take on traditional Crittall style, these doors really make a statement artsteel.co.uk
PURE SCANDI
We love its clean and simple designs in birch ply with hidden handles – very now purescandi.co.uk
THE LONDON DOOR COMPANY
With designs for inside and out, each door from this company is available in a wide selection of timbers londondoor.co.uk
WICKES
For a great selection that’s functional and stylish wickes.co.uk
XL JOINERY
See Door Furniture
LIGHTING
DAVID HUNT
An excellent choice, from wall lights to table lamps davidhuntlighting.co.uk
HABITAT
Always worth a look for the latest contemporary designs, especially if you want your home to make a statement habitat.co.uk
HEAL’S
Lighting royalty! Heal’s offers an exclusive range, with designs and collaborations from some of the world’s most talented designers heals.com
IKEA
Contemporary, innovative lighting with the latest smart thinking, all at very reasonable prices ikea.co.uk
ORIGINAL BTC
This British-made lighting brand, including Davey Lighting and Beadlight, offers a range of elegant designs that are also relatively affordable. The showroom is in London originaltbc.com
POOKY
Great for colour and unusual shapes pooky.com
ROCKETT ST GEORGE With a wide selection of traditional lighting fixtures and more than just a few glamorous statement pieces, there’s something for everyone rockettstgeorge.co.uk
DOWSING & REYNOLDS
Has a good metallic range dowsingandreynolds.com
FORBES & LOMAX
We love its Invisible Lightswitch acrylic plate designs forbesandlomax.com
PAINTS
BENJAMIN MOORE
A US paint brand that’s becoming a decorator’s favourite benjaminmoorepaint.co.uk
CROWN
Its Breatheasy coloured emulsions are low VOC and 99 per cent solvent free so are easier to live with for asthma and allergy sufferers crownpaints.co.uk
EARTHBORN PAINTS Eco-paints with a really lovely range of colours earthbornpaints.co.uk
EDWARD BULMER
Love this for its colours and sustainable credentials and health benefits edwardbulmerpaint.co.uk
FARROW & BALL Synonymous with rich pigments and depth of colour, Farrow & Ball has a classically elegant palette that works well in contemporary and period properties alike farrow-ball.com
V33
Covers everything from walls to woodwork all in one go. Great for when you want to quickly freshen up the whole house in one go v33.co.uk
VALSPAR
Has more than 2,000 colours to choose from plus can create any bespoke shade you want valsparpaint.co.uk
CLARISSA HULSE
Great colours and innovative designs – ideal for something a little bit different clarissahulse.com
BLENDWORTH INTERIORS
For something more bespoke blendworth.co.uk
H&M HOME, IKEA & ZARA HOME
These high street favourites all offer lovely linen drapes at great prices hm.com/ikea.co.uk/ zara.com
HABITAT See Lighting
JOHN LEWIS & PARTNERS
Everything from blackout to voile and eyelet to pencil-pleat johnlewis.com
WALLPAPER
COLE & SON
For wonderfully glamorous bold prints cole-and-son.com
DESIGNERS GUILD The destination for beautiful British blooms and colour designersguild.com
LITTLE GREENE
A vast selection from metallics to florals and birds, with plenty of decorating advice online littlegreene.com
MURALS WALLPAPER Such a wide variety of colours and designs and some really striking wall murals muralswallpaper.co.uk
ROCKETT ST GEORGE
Not cheap but perfect if you want a statement wall. See lighting
STYLE LIBRARY
The knocked-back colour palette of the Pure range gives its Morris & Co papers a more contemporary look
stylelibrary.com
CARPETRIGHT
The new engineered wood flooring range, in a variety of Scandinavian muted tones, is a fraction of the price of many other places carpetright.co.uk
HAVWOODS
With a focus almost entirely on wood, this company provides expertise, good customer service, and reasonable prices havwoods.co.uk
KAHRS FLOORING
Good quality engineered wood flooring that’s less expensive than solid hardwood and works with underfloor heating kahrs.com
TED TODD
Handcrafted in the UK are flooring ranges from newlyproduced planks to reclaimed, antique wooden floorboards tedtodd.co.uk
THE NATURAL WOOD FLOOR COMPANY
Has a floor suitable for every room in the house naturalwoodfloor.co.uk