What to consider when choosing and styling a console table

What to consider when choosing and styling a console table

Top tips on how to choose a console table, how big it should be, where to put it and how to style it to look welcoming and beautiful anywhere in the home, from the hallway to the bedroom.
Essential decluttering guide

Essential decluttering guide

Here are 10 tips for creating a minimal haven with minimum hassle. Don't put off a clear-out, tackle surfaces, sort into piles and make sure you have enough storage – these are some ideas to help you conquer a big declutter. Decluttering can be very therapeutic once you get going...
January 12, 2021
Extending tables for easy entertaining

Extending tables for easy entertaining

Extending dining tables are ideal for entertaining or for large family gatherings – and an absolute boon at Christmas! Here's our guide to choosing the right extendable dining table and an introduction to our newest weathered oak 2-metre dining tables, which extend to a magnificent 3m in next to no time.
September 22, 2020
Why a dining bench makes perfect sense

Why a dining bench makes perfect sense

Dining benches have been used since medieval times but they’ve made a big comeback in our kitchens and dining rooms over the past decade. A sturdy weathered oak dining bench with fitted cushion not only looks stylish but is space saving too. Squeeze up please...!
10 ways to make your home feel summery

10 ways to make your home feel summery

From bringing in the sunshine with yellow accessories, adding the timeless beauty of sky blue into your decor scheme, conjuring up the Med with lush greenery or the tropics with coconuts and palms, here are our tips for sizzling looks in the home for summer.
The ultimate ottoman styling guide

The ultimate ottoman styling guide

Originating from the Ottoman Empire when they cushioned seated sultans and their palace courtiers, ottomans are on the rise in British homes. If you haven’t yet been captivated by their versatile charms, prepare to be won over. Here's our definitive guide to the ottoman and how to style one.
The great dining room revival

The great dining room revival

After years of open-plan living, dining rooms are coming into their own again. So what shape of dining table is best for small and large dining rooms? La Residence Interiors' weathered oak dining tables come in different shapes – rectangular, oval and round – and sizes to fit any room.
Colour trends for 2020

Colour trends for 2020

Blue is the colour: Instagram's house renovator and bridal boutique owner Becks Doyle was ahead of the trend when choosing her blue kitchen island. If you’re planning to redecorate this...
February 04, 2020
Top Christmas tables

Top Christmas tables

A festive garland, silver candle holders and pearl and silver napkin rings add some festive glamour to the Belmont dining table in our showroom.   We’ve been busy spreading some festive...
Proof we're potty about pumpkins!

Proof we're potty about pumpkins!

Our mini white pumpkins look very at home in the showroom right now, on our Osborne Ottoman. If you’re on Instagram, as we are, you can’t fail to have noticed the...
October 24, 2019
Cosying up for winter

Cosying up for winter

Now that the leaves are piling up outside, it’s time to pile on the layers – and not only when getting dressed. Autumn is the perfect time to add different...
October 08, 2019
Adding textures to interiors

Adding textures to interiors

Well the seasons are changing and what better time to address one of my favourite subjects… texture. Now, we all know that texture can be experienced in different sensory ways:...