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New Zealand - New Company - Catherine Brennan Design
Catherine Brennan
What a journey this has turned out to be! We have moved to New Zealand 8x months ago. A decision has been made to run home interior business on this side of the World. It is called…
January - time to declutter! Accessories....
Catherine Brennan
Accessories and how to use them..... These things are as important as any other aspect of your home - floor, walls, furnishings and more. I call them magic touches. If you struggle to use these well then I will give you a little tip. Remove all accessories from the room that you wish to transform. Look at…
Merry Christmas!
Wishing you all Merry Christmas and happy New Year 2023! Thank you for your business, thank you for your support, thank you for your interest in our company. We will provide lots of home design tips next year and share our present and past projects of home transformations. Have a wonderful, peaceful and happy Christmas break!
Master Bedroom Makeover in Barton on Sea
It's a beautiful home by the seaside... We had a pleasure to transform majority of rooms for Teresa and Will. I have decided to share one of the latest projects - Master Bedroom. The whole…
Meet Julia
Catherine Brennan
Julia Pala is a qualified interior designer who has very recently joined New Forest Designs. Julia has graduated at Arts University Bournemouth. She…
Life change
Catherine Brennan
Guess what you can see on the photo here..... It's a beautiful reflection of the sun gently hiding behind the clouds, the ripples on the water, warmth in the air, nature at its best, toned blues mixed with off white clouds contrasting with darker low level hills on the horizon, weathered timber on close up in that almost silver grey finish... Guess where I am..... Well, I can actually say on the other side of the World - New Zealand. It's a long story but I will keep it short. My husband Neil and I went to New Zealand on our honeymoon back in 2006. We fell in love with the country and promised each other that if…
Merry Christmas!
Catherine Brennan
Merry Christmas and many thanks to all of you who visit my website and use my services. Best wishes of love, health, wealth and happiness to you and your families for the New…
Christmas Fair in Lyndhurst!
Catherine Brennan
Super exciting news as New Forest Designs will be taking part for the first time in Lyndhurst Christmas Makers Market at Lyndhurst Community Centre this Saturday 11th December. You can find handmade lavender cushions that will be skilfully wrapped - perfect Christmas present also lots and lots of fabric remnants from which you can make your own creations!…
Interior design in our home
Catherine Brennan
This year I have decided that it's in fact our home that deserves a much needed transformation. I'm going to reveal some interior design tips and share with you how I did it. Article to follow....
Changing Seasons
Catherine Brennan
With COVID restrictions starting to reduce, the long- awaited sunshine is brightening our days and the May Bank Holiday within arms reach we can start to celebrate Spring. This is such an exciting time of…
Colour schemes - perfect design
Catherine Brennan
Colour schemes and how to create a perfect design.... We all have our favourite colour and a colour scheme that feels right whether it is for our clothes, things we observe and see within the nature or items that we surround ourselves with. The right selection of…
Creating home office space
Catherine Brennan
New Year, new goals so let's get going and achieve them! We all spend so much more time at home and majority of the households lack proper space where we can work from. Below you are going to find a few design tips on how you can create your own home office that will cater for the appropriate sitting and worktop arrangement, storage, lighting and more without excessive spend. You can also follow progress of…
Christmas is on its way! Time to think about our Loved Ones...
Christmas Vouchers! Yes! Why not make your Loved One's Christmas present very special this year? Something different, practical, desired that will bring a massive smile and will be finished with a "wow!". How about a spectacular room makeover voucher? Each will include my professional home design ideas and a real transformation for a room of…
How do we feel about "CHANGE"?
Catherine Brennan
Changes affect us differently... Majority of us like what's familiar, we get used to the same routine and feel safe having structure in place and generally in our life. Making a decision to change is scary and that first step to actually decide that you are going to introduce a strong change can be overwhelming. New Forest Designs would have never happened if I didn't wake up one day and said "enough is enough", let's follow what I feel in my heart, what I'm good at, where my passion lies. Well, this wasn't actually that hard it's what…
Back on track :-)
Catherine Brennan
How have you all been? A bunch of emotions have been affecting us all over the last few months. The work and general life changes made us appreciate small things but at the same time it doesn't mean that we are stress free and most likely quite opposite. On the bright side, the business is back to sort of normal which I greatly appreciate and obviously would love to hear from you if you find that my services could improve not just your home look but also improve your…
Our coronavirus business continuity plans in place...
Catherine Brennan
The current health emergency is no doubt causing disruption to our business but we would like to however assure our clients that we are open for business so please do call us with any queries you may have. The new enquiries will be processed in a usual manner. Please call us or send us email. Please don't…
Time like never before...
Catherine Brennan
We all thought that Brexit was such a huge deal until now. We have entered into the most frightening times since Second World War. It's coronavirus that has changed our last two weeks into something we could never predict. Another day before we reach the end of March 2020 and we all have to stay at home to protect lives, to protect our key workers, to protect ourselves. People are dying around the World as the virus has spread internationally. In this sad time, majority of businesses are shut. Thankfully there's enough to keep us busy: projects that were booked over the last…
Happy New Year 2020!
Massive thank you to all who showed interest in my company. Thanks to all the clients who trusted and given me opportunity to transform their interiors, create…
Prima Magazine & New Forest Designs Ltd
Catherine Brennan
We can't say much but watch out for Prima Magazine August edition (in shops on 5th July). It's our little secret that will be soon revealed...
Exhibiting at Country Living Spring Fair, Alexandra Palace, London March 2019
Catherine Brennan
Wow! The event was amazing! Thank you to all who supported us. This was the first chance of exhibiting our range of…
Make Christmas Stress-Free with New Forest Designs
Catherine Brennan
Do you have too much on and still have no presents and no idea when or how to decorate the house for Christmas? What about the Christmas cards and food shopping? New Forest Designs offers now "Stress free - dress my house for Christmas" service. We have 3x different options on offer so…
Victoria Hammond, Kent 2018
Catherine Brennan
It has been a pleasure taking another refresher course on making Roman Blinds with Victoria Hammond, well known interior designer and accredited teacher.
Completion of Portswood Road Student Accommodation
Catherine Brennan
New Forest Designs has been providing their services to a contractor for the majority of year 2017 and 2018. It has been a pleasure to be involved in such a high-end student accommodation as this one.
Country Living Fair, London 2018
Catherine Brennan
It has been an amazing day where the inspiring creators, traders and public came together. With plenty of workshops the day was inspiring especially when meeting the lovely Queen of paint Annie Sloan.
Exciting News!!!
New Forest Designs is opening to business in April 2018!!! We are open for bookings from March. Get in touch! We…