(EN) Have you ever lived in a place where you can hear your neighbours or any of the walls is ice cold during the winter season? There is a solution for both these issues, and it's a wall panel. As an interior designer I always need to look for new things and solutions to make people's homes comfortable and functional - a place where they love to be. With wall panels you can insulate, sound proof and design a room all in one go. Finnish Halltex panels are great for all this. At Halltex they have been developing these insulating panels since 1946.

(FI) Oletko koskaan asunut kodissa jossa kuuluu naapureiden äänet tai seinät ovat jääkylmät? Molempiin näihin löytyy ratkaisu seinäpaneeleista. Niillä voi kerta heitolla eristää lämpöä sekä ääntä ja sisustaa huone uuteen uskoon. Sisustussuunnittelijana etsin aina uusia tuotteita ja ratkaisuja erilaisiin epäkohtiin. Minulle on tärkeää, dettä ne kodit jotka sisustan ovat viihtyisiä ja toimivia - paikkoja joissa ihmiset haluavat asua. Suomalaiset Halltex-paneelit käyvät tähän tarkoitukseen erinomaisesti. Halltexilla on kehitelty seinäpaneeleja jo vuodesta 1946 saakka, joten ammattitaitoa löytyy.      

(EN) Here're some points why it's good to get insulation done:

Keeps the heat inside

Prevents mould

Reduces condensation

Sound proofs

Looks good 

(FI) Tässä muutama pointti miksi eristystä kannattaa harkita:

Pitää lämmön sisällä

Estää hometta

Vähentää kondensaatiota

Äänieristää

Näyttää hyvältä

(EN) These wall panels which you can see in my pics are from Halltex's Taika collection. The surface of the panel is vinyl wallpaper. I like especially this Taika 06 which has different hues of brown and it's also a bit shimmering when light comes in a certain ancle.

The wall panels can be assembled in vertically or horizontally, and panels with different colours can be mixed and create a unique look to a room.

There're some of my previous works where Halltex wall panels have been used - click here, here and here! 

(FI) Kuvissa näkyvät paneelit ovat Halltexin Taika-kokoelmasta, joissa on vinyylitapettipinta. Tykkään erityisesti tästä Taika 06:sta, jossa on ruskean eri sävyjy ja jonka pinta aavistuksen kimmeltää kun valo tulee tietystä kulmasta.

Seinäpaneelit voi asentaa vaaka- tai pystysuuntaan ja eri värisiä paneeleja voi yhdistää keskenään ja näin luoda jotain ainutlaatuista ja omaperäistä huoneeseen.

Täältä löytyy muutama kohde jossa on käytetty Halltex-paneeleja - klikkaa tästä, tästä ja tästä!

Refresh A Grey Sofa

Every now and then it's nice to refresh home with something new. It does matter how our home looks - it affects for the whole mood.

Easiest way to create a new look is to add or replace some textiles, such as cushions, blankets, curtains ans rugs.

If you like to keep everything simple, and white-grey-black is your favourite colour combo, choose a nature tone like sunny yellow or leafy green, and add just a splash or two of that hue.  

Below you can see the sofa that needed some refreshing!

It's from Ikea and called "Backabro". 

Which colour would you choose to brighten up your grey couch?

ps. the white wall panels are by Halltex.

Small Bedroom

This small bedroom had an iron-wrought bed and shiny orange walls, which were actually handpainted with a special (and expensive) technique. It was not possible to re-paint the walls nor to put there any wallpaper. Instead used simple, thin basic white panels by Halltex to hide the plastic looking and overwhelming (restless) effect of the walls. 

The owner had already bought a dark Ikea Malm bed and 2 high chest of drawers beside the bed. There's storage place under the bed, which is a great idea for a small bedroom. To keep the bedroom fresh and airy added white curtains and white linen duvet cover. The owner has a loads of photos, posters and souvenirs, which he wanted to put on display, and anyway those are the pieces that makes a place home.

The colours of the posters give nice warm look and feeling. 

Here are some tips to keep in mind when furnishing a small bedroom:

• Light colours enhance the feeling of space,while darker hues tend to close in. Lighten up tour walls and furnishings.
• ditch the king size (or evven queen) bed and use space-saving furniture. If storage space is an issue, under-bed storage containers can free up a lot of space.
• Visually expand the room by using mirrors.

You can find more great inspirations fro a small bedroom at Freshome!

PS. This was the starting point:

Still kept the warm tone - at least slightly!

Colour Splash

I continue with the same nature colours - leafy green & sunny yellow. Those just feels the right hues for spring!

Play with the patterns, have some fresh-cut flowers, hang a colurful painting on your wall. All these are small things to do, but make a big difference to the atmospere. They make the place super cosy.

You might have noticed that granny squares are my favourites!

ps. the white wall panels are by Halltex.

Blooming Branches

The task was to shot Halltex panels to show the texture and color of the different panels, and show them in another surrondings than usually. Somehow I got so fascinated by the delicate blooming branches than I found in the nearby park (yes, I did cut with clippers a branch or two out there - sorry!). I have no idea what is the name of this bush. It's one of the first spring-flowering ones and the scent is absolutely gorgeous. So anyway, here're a few pics of those branches.

Here you can see more of the Halltex panel ans its texture.