Catherine W

Today is Christmas Day!  Seasons Greetings from all of us at Stone and Chrome; we hope you have a wonderful day.   But what many people don’t realise is that Christmas Day heralds the start of the twelve days of Christmas as referred to in the well-known Christmas song.  The twelve days mark the interval between […]

Tis the season to be jolly so we thought we’d take a little look at some of the different ways you can enjoy your bathroom this Christmas!  Firstly, have you thought about Christmas decorations for your bathroom?  It is often the one room of the house that gets neglected in this respect!   But, as the

Today as we keep hearing is Black Friday!   But what exactly is it?   Black Friday is the day immediately after Thanksgiving in the United States.  It marks the start of the Christmas shopping season and there are many special deals to be had.  Much like the January sales but before Christmas not after! Businesses participating

Whether you have just moved into a new home, have been in your home and while and want to do some updating, or even are building a new home from scratch, it can be difficult to prioritise where the money goes.  In this article we want to give you five good reasons for a luxury

Bathing habits have varied greatly through the ages, from the early public baths to the privacy preferred by many people today.   In this article we look at different examples of bathrooms to suit every taste – no matter how public or private you wish to be!

What’s in a name?  There are many schools of thought on this one.  Names supposedly have meanings.  Does that mean therefore that the name you give a child will determine his or her future path …. or is it perhaps more the case that people form particular expectations of certain names and therefore react differently

 There is something horribly depressing about August Bank Holiday!  It feels like it should be the final glorious day of the holiday season: summer’s swan song.  Yet it is often a damp squib – both in terms of poor weather and also the frenzied activity of the dreaded “Back to School”.   At this time of

It’s the time of year when many of us are able to travel far and wide, with varying degrees of success! Most of us will hopefully return home with wonderful tales of happy times and good experiences; some, however, may not be quite as wonderful – even to the extent of being a catalogue of

We recently enjoyed watching the film Into the Woods.  Have you seen it?   With a glittering cast, including Emily Blunt, James Corden, Helen Mirren and Johnny Depp, the story is based on a fascinating combination of characters from different fairy tales with the plots of each becoming increasingly intertwined.   There’s Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk,