TREND 2010: VICTORIAN-TECHNO AND CHALKY PASTEL FURNISHINGS AND INTERIORS.

HOUSING UNITS

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March 19, 2010.

TREND 2010: VICTORIAN-TECHNO AND CHALKY PASTEL FURNISHINGS AND INTERIORS.

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“Victorian-techno”, chalky-pastels, striped carpets and classic floral flooring look set to be the design cues for post-winter 2010 as weather and finance-delayed interior updates gather pace.

Buyers and designers from Housing Units, one of the UK’s leading home furnishing stores, are returning from design shows and manufacturer visits with clear views on how 2010 could be one of the most distinctive design years yet.

“Striped, and two-colour floral-on-plain carpets are the easy ones to describe, but while ‘chalky pastel’ sounds a bit watered down, it’s actually producing some fabulous centre-piece accessories because of the fine balance they achieve between looking good but not being too colour-dominant,” said Nick Fox, director of Housing Units.

“But what is really exciting is something we’ve called ‘Victorian-techno’: typically, we have a large sofa called Balmoral which is front-to-back - or top-to-floor - stripes which are in waves or groups varying between beige and metallic cerise.

“Bizarrely, the richness of the colours causes it to slot in with rich and opulent Victorian and Edwardian-style rooms, but it also looks fabulous in what we might term ‘footballer-chic’ rooms where it is a classically-shaped techno-colour centrepiece over a minimalistic or monochrome floor or décor background.

“It’s fantastic modern glamour that straddles an astonishingly wide range of décor tastes.”

Housing Units – known for its top-hatted doormen - was established in 1947. It is a family-owned furnishings retailer based in Wickentree Lane, Failsworth, Manchester M35 9BA, next to Junction 22 of the M60. It stocks 30,000 high-quality lines across a range of departments in two buildings and prides itself on its unique style of customer service, the value of its goods and the shopping experience it provides.

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Further information:

Iain Macauley

0161 929 0446/07788 978800

im@pressrelations.co.uk

www.housingunits.co.uk