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                        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

14 days to go and the big day will be here!  However you spend your Christmas Day there is probably a sense of relief on your part that all the planning and preparation is finally over?  Every year we tell ourselves not to get drawn into all the Christmas hype and hysteria …. but every

Is it safe to come out yet?!   If your email inbox is anything like ours you may have become rather weary this week of all the Black Friday hype.   Where did Black Friday suddenly come from?!  Black Friday is always the day immediately after Thanksgiving in the United States and marks the start of the

Remembrance Sunday is always a time to take stock of what has gone before and made us what we are now.  Today we honour and respect all those who sacrificed themselves to make it possible for us to live in freedom and absence of fear.  Even though we are living in a time of great

Halloween is with us again!  With putting back the clocks heralding the darker nights we expect there will be lots of pattering of tiny feet tonight demanding sweets with menaces!  The American concept of “trick or treat” probably dates back around 100 years but was definitely a regular part of American culture by 1951, when

Don’t panic!  Despite the title, we are not suggesting that we all start sharing bathroom time.  We know that most of our discerning customers view their bathrooms as a peaceful haven from the hustle and bustle of life:  a little slice of joyful solitude in an otherwise hectic day.   No, we are referring to

Summer seems to finally be over and that distinctive autumn nip is in the air.   We are now in that brief lull before the winter festivities start: Halloween, Bonfire night, Thanksgiving and – dare we mention it?! – Christmas.  This is often the time when we feel a little restless, as if we ought to

As the Paralympics get under way prepare to be inspired!  Twelve days of an enormous variety of events with many world records expected to be broken.  The image on the left shows the Paralympic Mural which was officially unveiled on Wednesday.  Made of tiles and decorated with waves of orange, blue, green – the colours

  Well done Team GB!    We are so proud of them for clinching second place in Rio and for all the hard work and effort that they have put in to be able to do that.   We’re now looking forward to the Paralympics and wish them too every success.   Why the green water?!