Love isn’t blind when it comes to interior choices either, with research conducted by sustainable home decor brand Lick revealing that Brits really DO care about the colour of their partner’s walls at home. A staggering 70 percent of Brits think that a partner's decor style has the potential to give them the ‘ick’. Natasha
2 Apr 2021
VILLAGE EFFORT: Grace Crawford, Anne Scott and Emma Spry from Utass were delighted to receive a cheque from Natasha Bradley and Diane Gamack, from Barclays Bank
A WINTER fundraising campaign has pulled in more than £9,000 for a dale farming charity.
Utass (Upper Teesdale Agricultural Support Services) teamed up with Barclays Bank to invite residents to dress in their winter woollies to show support for the charity and make donations. For every £1 given, Barclays Bank matched the amount.
Grace Crawford, from Utass, and Natasha Bradley, branch manager at Barclays in Middleton-in-Teesdale, came up with the idea to provide fun for the community during the lockdown festive season. Donations poured in and businesses, individuals and school children shared photographs wearing their woolly items. The campaign raised £4,991, which has been doubled by the bank, meaning £9,981 will be given to the charity. Ms Crawford said: “We’re overwhelmed with the amount of support
Want to breathe new life and energy into your home? Wallpaper is a quick way to make a big difference to your decor, and might just cheer you up, too.
Sales of wallpaper have seen a healthy uptick over the last year, and gone are the days of people trying to retain a neutral palette. Lockdowns have encouraged us to be bolder and more original.
‘What we’re seeing is people being more true to themselves,’ says Fi Douglas, founder of the Scottish design studio, Bluebellgray (bluebellgray.com). ‘It used to be all about property and selling, whereas now it’s about people embracing the home they have.’