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flamboyance both in his personal style and in his colourful makeovers for BBC’s Changing Rooms and Fantasy Rooms,


appears to have undergone an image change. It’s to suit his new TV series, Design Rules,


an informative guide to the fundamentals of interior design that has just started on BBC2


and is accompanied by a book of the same name.


still characteristically enthusiastic and volu­ ble as he explains: “There’s loads of informa- tion packed into each programme and I just didn t want people to be distracted by think­ ing, Ooh, look what he’s wearing this week,’ or.( ‘ What has he done with his hair?’


Serious the show may be, but Bowen, 38, is


n’t always work: “I suppose foppish little remarks do tend to sneak out now and again...but apart from that I ’m not rushing around showing people how to create a Moroccan bed chamber, or go wild with fake fur or whatever.”


style because he’s aiming to go where Delia Smith and Alan Titchmarsh have gone before. Bowen says: “Delia and Alan went back to the basics for cookery and gardening and so I was terribly flattered to be asked to do the same for interior design. Actually this was the missing


The emphasis is on substance rather than


ance on how to get the best out of rooms and spaces.” t he does admit with a beam that it does­


little more than normal because I’m giving lots of down-to-earth information and guid­


I m trying to blend into the background a


LAURENCE Llewelyn-Bowen is look­ ing rather restrained — his long flowing locks have been trimmed to a bob, and there isn t a trace of a frill or a flounce. The interior designer, whose trademark is


whether everything I had experienced and learned through working on all the interiors for different programmes over the years could be backed up by scientific fact. It could, as a mat­ ter of fact. I t’s all about the effect that size, shape and colour have on the brain and the eye.” Fortunately, Bowen doesn’t bombard with complicated equations - instead he distils design into understandable examples. He demonstrates practical ways of using light, fur­ niture or wallpaper to make rooms look bigger. He says: “Space is an optical illusion. If you


paper is commonly thought to make a room - look smaller, because pattern is supposed to


focus attention on the centre of a room, your brain finds it difficult to calculate where the corners are and assumes the room is bigger. He counters popular misconceptions. “Wall­


floor look bigger • Keep furniture away from walls. This shows up more floor space,


BOWEN’S TRICKS OF THE TRADE ® Paint your skirting in a similar colour to the carpet to make the


stops you looking at comers, and makes a room seem bigger. ® It’s not compulsory to hang a mirror over a fireplace, experiment


by hanging a mirror on either side which will make a room feel bigger. • Symmetry helps to bring a designed feel to a room. If an arm­


chair is placed to the left of the fireplace, position another to mirror it on the right.


• Wallpaper with a square grid or tiling a room in squares gives


the impression it is bigger than it is. The smaller the grid the larger the room appears.


• Disguise oversized sofas by breaking up their upholstered sur­ face with a different coloured or textured runner or folded throw.


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son’s nightmare - but what we are trying to do here is keep all of that out of it and just present the facts of how design works and the golden rules.” To that end, a year of planning went into making the programmes and Bowen visit­ ed America and Scandinavia, where he talked to.colour theorists, behavioural psychologists and designers. “It was a fact-finding mission to establish


one in the equation but undoubtedly it is the most difficult. Cookery is fundamentally chemistry and about making ingredients work together, gardening is biology, but there is so much subjectivity involved in interiors. “One person’s beautiful space is another per­


reason for that as people need to be a specific distance away from another face so they can focus on their eyes and mouth. If we’re too close, we find it uncomfortable and unsettling.” Other insights offered are that we generally


there may be an unexpected haz­ ard lurking in your interior. "Never have a threeseatersofa- it will dominate a space and no more than two people will ever want to sit on it at once.There’s a psychological


fall in two personality types in our interior taste - which Bowen dubs “Roundheads” and


“Cavaliers”. He explains: “Roundheads are introverts who like an enclosed, cosy environ­ ment with dark colours, hidden corners and lots of possessions around them. Cavaliers on the other hand are outgoing and love orderly interiors with clean lines that are full of natur­ al light.” And he predicts that minimalism is well and-truly over and that the newest trend is “cocooning” as we treat our homes as a “healing domestic refuge away from the inces­ sant demands of ordinary life”. He advises: “Cocooning is not just about comfort and pri­ vacy - it can be glamorous too. “Think of a room as a magpie’s nest - with


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draw the walls in. That’s not the case. If you choose a free- flowing design, or a soft floral, it will actually open a room up.” And he reveals


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1996 in the first episode of Changing Rooms and has gone on to enjoy fame - and riches - with the success of a host of other series as well as four books and a complete range of home products, is clearly hugely enjoying his role in influencing and guiding our taste in


Or rather creating your own private comfort zone.” Bowen, who made his television debut in


interiors. But he grimaces at being called a ‘guru’. “Oh, don’t use that it sounds like someone


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SOME 17 members and guests of Clitheroe Ramblers ventured into Yorkshire to walk on Ilkley and Rombolds Moors. Starting at Ilkley, the group


took the footpath east before gaining height and passing through the wooded area of High Moor. A convenient morning cof­ fee break was taken at the well known “swastika stone”, allowing the group to examine the “cup and ring” carved rocks made by Ancient Britons dating from the Bronze Age, 2800 to 500 BC. Bypassing the wireless station, the group reached the cairn and


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in one returning car of "On Ilkley Moor Baht 'at”, the nine-mile walk arid novel locations were enjoyed by all. The ramblers are pictured at the Roman baths, (s)


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every Monday at 1-30 p.m. Solo whist winners at the Pen­


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the group returned to Ilkley, but not before a stop at the Roman baths at White Wells. Judging by the rendition given


trig point, which is the highest place on the moor. The sunny day and walk on high ground provid­ ed the group with wonderful views, both north over Ilkley and south to Keighley. Joining the DalesWay Link,


Police link two weekend burglaries in village


in Whins Avenue was targeted sometime between Friday and 8- 15 a.m. on Sunday. Entry was gained after a pane of glass was taken out of a French window.


in Padiham Road was targeted by burglars who entered the premises through a rear kitchen window. Stolen was jewellery, a vacuum cleaner, a laptop and good quality fishing equipment including a Hardy Marquis disc salmon reel. The total value of goods taken was £3,500. In a second burglary a house


POLICE are linking two bur­ glaries in Sabden over the week­ end. On Saturday night a property


make proper security arrange­ ments when they are going away so it is not obvious they are on holiday,” added Insp. Ford. Any information about the


burglaries can be passed to the police by ringing 01200 443344 or by contacting CrimeStoppers on 0800 555111.


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Bob Ford said he was anxious to hear any information about sus­ picious activity in the area. He also urged residents to be extra vigilant when their neighbours are away on holiday. “Householders should also


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