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I saw two new, brilliant and very different fabric and wallpaper collections on Friday afternoon and the contrast between them highlighted their strengths beautifully. I know that some of you will love one and not the other which is what makes our work so interesting and keeps us hunting for individual expression at home – so, I’d genuinely love to know, which do you prefer?

The first is the Purity collection from Harlequin. I was properly impressed with this collection and I think it will be tremendously useful in our design schemes. It is elegant and understated in a very confident way and uses small amounts of colour in clever ways. For the price, you get a lot of class for your money.

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The second is from Scion (which is under the same mother brand as Harlequin) and is the Levande collection which has created a decidedly different look. It is fun, there is a retro reference but it is up to date and it is different. I was really taken with this collection and I think it represents great value for money.

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So Purity or Levande? What’s your cup of tea?

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We were rather thrilled when a very beautiful press release arrived from Fired Earth announcing their new collection of ten paint colours and two wallpapers in four colours inspired by the British country house. In the name of research, I went straight round to the lovely Cambridge showroom and got my hands on some samples and they are indeed gorgeous. The press release says that the paints and wallpapers are reminiscent of ‘classic country interiors, lazy bygone days and summer cocktail parties’, which is a quite a promise but I have to say, they do give more than a nod to these sentiments, especially when shown off in the charming settings shown in their images. If your style errs towards the traditional British, I think you are may be in for a bit of Easter weekend decorating. I am already wondering where to put a bit of Margaret Rose paint here at Chateau Burren.

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