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Winter Themes 2012
This Winter Housing Units have 4 key themes this Season. Wild Spirit This theme lets your creativity run free and introduce some bold colour into a neutral setting for a little extra glamour and warmth. Mixing iconic acrylic furniture from Kartell with plush … Continue reading
Get Ready for Baking!
This week it is National Baking Week and at Housing Units we want to get the nation baking. In our award winning Cookshop Depart, you will find a wide selection of Baking equipment to make your job easier in making the … Continue reading
Trends this Autumn Winter 2012
For this Autumn Winter,Housing Units have 4 main themes that run through both the Furniture and Home Accessories collection. Simply Chic is elegant, romantic French style with an emphasis on gently distressed crackle white painted finish. Distressed is definately back. New … Continue reading
Elle Decoration Tableware – Housing Units exclusive
We are very excited about the new collection of Tableware from ‘Elle Decoration’ that has just arrived instore. Housing Units are the first Store in the UK to have this fabulousTableware range, which has been designed exclusively for the interiors magazine … Continue reading
Sneak Preview
Our Buyers are already busy sourcing new product for this Autumn/Winter. One of our favourite buying trips is to the fabulous Newby Hall near Ripon, where we see the new collection of Decorative Accessories from Sia and Parlane for the … Continue reading
Clear Vision
One of our Accessories Buyers found these innovative and stylish reading glasses on a buying trip to France. We just had to get them into Housing Units. Not only are they the coolest reading glasses we have seen, but they … Continue reading
Toned-down, Teched-up and thinking big – 2012’s Interior Design Themes
I’ve just returned from the Milan Furniture Fair – a crucial barometer of interior style for the year ahead – with news that the trend-setting designers have focused on toned-down leather, built-in iPod connectivity and 10-place-plus dining tables for 2012. … Continue reading
Make a Statement!
Just arrived this week in store are these fantastic statement pieces that would give any interiors the ‘wow’ factor. Give you a room some ‘bling’ with this cool Jaguar sculpture with its ‘jewelled’ collar and almost a metre long in size. Own … Continue reading
They look good enough to eat!
A fantastic new range of handmade exquisite soaps has just arrived in our furniture Manchester store and available on-line. When people see these soaps it is a common reaction is to say ’Too nice to use’ They don’t just look real, the … Continue reading
Time Please! – British Summertime Begins 25th March
Don’t forget, clocks go forward this weekend. You’ll find a great selection of timepieces at Housing Units, ranging from the iconic 1930′ s oversized Starburst Clock from Newgate, to traditional models like the Indoor/Outdoor Wall Clock with thermometer and humidity … Continue reading