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Velvet sofas are classy and timeless, having a velvet sofa in your home ups the cosy factor and adds an element of luxury to your interiors. Velvet sofas come in various shapes and colours and are key features in interior...

Console tables are a great way to create a section of your home to accessorise according to your personal style. It allows you to be creative with decoration and dress up depending on the season. We have seen a lot of cool and quirky console tables and sideboards around Christmas and Halloween that make a statement. It is also an opportunity to go all out for summer and winter styling, using accessories, flowers and stand out pieces like mirrors and artwork to layer up and make a beautiful, Instagrammable area. Here are some tips on how to make the most of dressing your console table for 2021. 

We’ve recently added this cool and quirky collection to our site, candles made to make a statement! Candle Hand is a company who hand craft bold, colourful candle designs, carefully created with unique packaging and a purpose to add powerful style and personality to your interiors.

This month we are obsessing over the moody interiors trend. This sexy and interesting trend caught the eye of Sarah Aitken, Head of Brand at Olivia’s. ’The amazing designs from the likes of moody maximalist Abigail Ahern, romantic designer Luke Edward Hall and soft furnishing expert Malin Glemme, truly light up my creativity. Sometimes I find I fall onto the neutral's bandwagon (very on-trend may I say!), certainly in my main living areas. However, if 2020 taught me anything, it’s to just do it! So that’s what I am doing… in the form of a moody maximalist bedroom of dark tonal purples, rattan and plenty of textures.’ 

2020 saw us being thrown into a way of living no one expected, with more time being spent at home, we found new routines and adapted to isolation. When it came to home improvements, there seemed to be a notion of more time for the little things, maybe there was that spare bedroom you’d been putting off decorating, or a cupboard that had been waiting forever to be organised.

After discovering this years ‘colour of the year’ from the likes of Pantone and Dulux, we know that there is more to colour than just the paint on your walls, colours tell a story and this year follows a theme...

Now more than ever we need a calm and tranquil space to relax in our homes. Here are our top tips on how to create a peaceful bedroom, whether you are working from home and need functionality, or you are simply...

Pantone Colour of the Year 2021 chooses two colours this year to symbolise unity.

This week we sat down with award winning Interior Designer and our Head of Product and Design at Olivia's, Emma Brindley.

Dulux' Colour of the Year 2021 'Brave Ground', is a name chosen by their team of colour experts to best describe the year ahead. 

Whether buying furniture for a brand new home or updating the interior design of a house you’ve lived in for yours, revitalising the decor can be an exciting project that should be enjoyed by everyone, both husband and wife.

The front of a house is where first impressions are formed, but once it has been built there isn’t all that much you can do to change the look. On the inside however, you have complete freedom to create your own private world. The possibilities are endless and simple rooms can be transformed to reflect different time periods, cultures, passions and styles. 

Hello there! I am Emma Martin. I am the founder of Emma Martin Interiors. I am an interior designer based in Nottingham and I work on residential and commercial projects across the East Midlands and Spain.

Andrew Martin, one our most popular brands here at Olivia's, is full of eclectic and fun furniture. With a huge catalogue of soft furnishings, wall art, tables, sofas, accessories and much more, Andrew Martin furniture can really make a statement...

Our latest brand Native Home & Lifestyle offers stunning collections of contemporary statement pieces, perfect for modern living. Based in the UK, Native Home & Living designs come from all over the world, bringing the best of international design into your home.

Have you ever wondered how much it would cost to furnish plush homes, such as Buckingham Palace and no.10 Downing Street? Many homeowners will agree that furnishing a house can be just as expensive as buying one, and with the UK home to some iconic properties, we thought it would be a fun exercise to find out just how much it costs on average to furnish and decorate such properties.

The Beckhams’ London mansion tops list of celebrity houses Brits most want to self-isolate in.

5 Desks perfect for WFH (plus alternative desks for smaller spaces) We are in unprecedented times. For some it’s the first time they have ever worked from home, for others a standard practise. Either way, mass working from home can take...

Soaking up the beauty of your own garden while you practise social distancing? Maybe you need to give your garden a little boost, now spring has sprung!  We have created our top tips for discovering the beauty of your own garden....

Every year people in the UK spend millions on furnishing their homes, however you’d be surprised at just how much someone’s postcode impacts how much they tend to spend. Being as involved in the homeware industry as we are, we decided to find out which areas of the UK are the most house-proud, based on internal sales data. 

Think cocktail parties, glamour and the combination of dramatic spaces and rich materials…Immerse yourself straight into this contemporary trend and transform your home into a luxurious sanctuary of entertaining.