With each new season, we have a different variety of wonderful blooms to incorporate into our interior floral arrangements and brighten our homes. Whether you have a creative eye or simply love to surround yourself with flowers, a beautiful floral arrangement is one sure-fire way to impress your dinner party guests and add that finishing […]
The sky is a blanket of grey, the rain is perpetually beating down all around us like a band of overzealous drummers, and we’re dressed as if heading out on an expedition to the Antarctic. This can mean only one thing – it’s springtime in Glasgow! To counter this dismal weather, we keep ourselves busy […]
Last Saturday, 24th of March, the Vanilla Square team brought a very special guest to the Former Pupils’ Rugby Match at St Columba’s School, Kilmacolm – rugby star and man of the match in February’s Calcutta Cup, Finn Russell.
If you’ve followed our blog over the last few years, you’ll know that we love the West End and believe it to be a great part of Glasgow. Recent property value figures that have been released for 2017 seem to suggest that more people than ever are thinking this too!
If you’re thinking about renovating your dining room with a new look but are worried about the cost, don’t be! It’s still perfectly possible to refresh your dining room on a budget. Here are three different scales low budgets and what you can do with them to transform your dining room.
This year marks the 150 year anniversary of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Few UK architects have had more of an influence on art and design, and been more celebrated, than Mackintosh today. His pioneering Glasgow Style went on to massively influence European design and architecture for decades.
Smart home technology feels like it’s making its way towards mainstream adoption in 2018. AI integrated devices are leading the way and responding to voice commands for anything from looking up the day’s weather forecast, providing dinner recipe inspiration or switching on the lights when you get in from work. As we rely on technology […]
As consumers, we are increasingly used to making purchases online and doing a lot of our personal business online too – from online banking to paying bills and purchasing all types of goods. In recent years, more and more online estate agents have appeared on the market, offering a service often for a flat rate […]
We know, when it comes to investing in property, we’re not just looking at the bricks and mortar, interior design or the fantastic garden space. It’s all about location, and the quality of schools in the area is of major consideration to many, especially those with children or who plan to have family in the […]
This curious looking fruit has been popping up in various forms in the home, from pineapple fabric prints and china patterns to, everyone’s favourite, the decorative golden pineapple, adorning the sideboards and dining tables of those most keen on the latest interior trends. What is it about this spiky, half-plant, half-fruit-looking object that catches our […]
