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Door Furniture for Conservatories

April 30, 2010

One item often overlooked in conservatory design is the use of correct period door furniture to match the style of conservatory being built. Someone once described doorknobs as the jewellery of the home and while you may ignore them in everyday use, a

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Conservatory Early Origins

April 5, 2010

The word ‘conservatories’ is derived from the Italian conservato (stored or preserved) and Latin ory (a place for). This was originally used to describe a non-glazed structure used for storing food. Some people might call the development of this a greenhouse, but

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Victorian Conservatories – Tiled Floors

March 30, 2010

If you are planning to install a Victorian Style Conservatory, you should consider a Victorian Tiled Floor. There were two types of tiles

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Jemima Goldsmith Buys Orangery

March 16, 2010

Last week Jemima Goldsmith, whose father was the financier Sir James Goldsmith, and who was once famously married to cricketer Imran Khan, purchased an orangery in Oxfordshire for close on £15m. Mind you, it did have a mini stately home attached to it

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