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Holiday season is almost upon us.  Whether you are travelling far and wide or enjoying a staycation this summer, keep your eye open for unusual baths!   For many people, a bath is a bath.   But for the more discerning there is a growing trend for a bath to become rather a statement item.   […]

Yes you did read that correctly!  2018.  In our last blog The Merry Month of May we talked about the Bank Holiday season and how quickly 2017 is passing by!  We were therefore very interested to read home-related predictions for 2018 from the KBIS – Kitchen and Bathroom Show – held in Orlando earlier this […]

So, May is here and we are now well into the Bank Holiday season.   Easter was followed in rapid succession by May Day: not to be confused with the May Bank Holiday on Monday May 29th.   Then we also have August to look forward to!               Why all the […]

Yes you did read that right!  Your bathroom has a significant impact on the state of your hair!! Read on to find out more …   An article in the online version of Good Housekeeping magazine this week made the bold proclamation that there is one very simple thing you can do to give you […]

  Today is Mother’s Day, the day when we show love and appreciation to our mother.  Yes of course we should be doing this all year round anyway but as with many things sometimes life just takes over and we do not get round to doing it as much as we should. So today is […]

Many people have the  subconscious assumption that home improvement projects are primarily for the younger generation.  In particular for growing families who need more space for everyone to fully function as they get older.  But this assumption is incorrect! One only has to look at the popularity of property programmes such as Escape to the […]

So here we are again – Valentine’s Day!   Social media sites are full of heart emojis – different colours representing different emotions of course.   As we speak, shops will be coping with a last minute rush for garish red and pink cards – before packing them away to make more room for the next big […]

We’re at that time of year when it seems winter will never end!    For many of us it’s dark when we leave for work in the morning and dark when we return home in the evening.  We may already be a month past the longest night but it still feels dark and dismal out there! […]

                        So, what does 2017 have in store?  What will have happened when we reflect back this time next year?     kbbreview Retail & Design Awards 2017   There are already good omens for us at Stone and Chrome!   In December the full […]

                Christmas Eve is upon us and we therefore offer to you our own version of the wonderful poem A Visit from St Nicholas by Clement Clark Moore …….   A Visit from St Nicholas! ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature […]