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WOULD you be hard pressed to swing a cat in


' your tiny home? If you have a teensy sub­


urban house, a bijou city apartment or a compact stu­ dio flat, and you are suffer­ ing from a lack of space, worry no more. Interior designer Caroline


Atkins, author of “Small Spaces For Modem Living,” says you can transform a cluttered mess into a stylish and contemporary home. “Gauging and using space


aesthetically pleasing as well as practical and comfortable, you need to be sensitive to the proportions of the space available, aware of the sight- lines and focal points you are establishing and sure about the effect you want to achieve.” The secret to creating


effectively is one of the most important elements of design -the less space you have, the more deftly it needs to be handled,” she says. “To create a room that is


term needs, and decorating a house, even a small one, is a long-term investment.” Consider how you would


like to live in your home - aspects such as whether you entertain and cook a lot (in


i which case, you would spend ' more time in the kitchen and dining area), if you work from home (which means that you would need a home office), if you have children (for children’s bedrooms and playrooms), and whether you are a hoarder or a mini­ malist (hoarders need more ingenious storage systems while minimalists are so tidy that they do not need much space). From there, you can start


working out what you want to do with the available space - but there are certain pros and cons to bear in mind: • While knocking down


extra space, she says, is get­ ting to know your home and thinking practically about your lifestyle, then putting the two together and seeing what compromises and adjustments need to be made.' “Take it slowly and do not


act on a whim - short-term wants may not fulfil long­


walls allows more light to fil­ ter through and looks more spacious, it gives you less privacy and less room to hang pictures. • Incorporating .the


kitchen into the living area reclaims wasted cooking space but means that there is no door to hide cooking smells or unwashed dishes. • Dedicating the spare


room to clutter or turning it into work space would keep the living area clear but might not give overnight


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THERE is nothing like still or running water to enliven a garden. Waterfalls and fountains have a mes­


merising fascination and the sound of trick­ ling water has a delightfully soothing effect.


• A waterfall, along with a rockery planted with alpines or shrubs and trees such as Japanese maple or dwarf conifers, adds a further dimension to a water garden. The technique for building a series of


watercourses is not as complicated as it may appear, and at the same time you can also cover much of the groundwork needed for your rockery. It is best to build a waterfall or rockery,


or both, straight after you have created a pond. You will be surprised at the amount of


soil produced by excavating a pond. So to avoid waste and the trouble of transporting it to a local dump, use it to create your rockery. Obtaining a sufficient number of stones


to give the impression of a real rockery can work out extremely expensive if you buy them from a garden centre. A cheaper way is to use reproduction


rocks, which will eventually weather-in quite well. However, your best option is to buy nat­


where plumbing, electricity and construction will be most labour-intensive and expensive, so they should become priorities if you want to make major changes.” Colour, lighting and pat­


tern also play a part in effec­ tive room design. “The good thing is that


many of the space-making principles - plain surfaces, light colours, streamlined furniture shapes - overlap naturally with key modern design ingredients. “Trying to create space


THE interesting angle and line of the staircase adds structure to the room below (S)


floors, you are already halfway there,” Caroline explains. When it comes to finding


storage space, she suggests making use of places that would not normally occur to you. Wasted corners and unexplored angles, such as alcoves and unused fire­ places, can be used to store CDs, a TV or books. Baskets, crates, boxes and


and reduce clutter is not so easy if your taste is for flouncy curtains and four- poster beds, but with glass bricks, recessed lighting, linen blinds and wooden


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ural stone direct from a quarry. Real rocks can be very heavy so have them delivered as close to the site as possible and hire a strong trolley to move the stones around the garden. It is best to build a waterfall and rockery


at the same time. So that the water from your waterfall


can flow into a pond, form a small inlet at the side of the pond by leaving a large flap of flexible liner. Build shallow banks at each side of the


inlet and line it with stones. Create a stepped watercourse going


down in stages to the pond. To retain water in small pools along the watercourse cut each step with a slope towards the rear and place stones along the lip for the desired look. A flat stone will produce a sheet of water,


a layer of pebbles a rippling cascade. As you carry on the work, test the water­


.stones once the watercourse has been com­ pleted.


If you are building a rockery, select and


place each stone to create an illusion of lay­ ers of rock. Stones placed haphazardly at odd angles tend to resemble a spoil heap rather than creating a natural looking effect. Lay large, flat rocks to form the front


edge of the rockery, placing soil behind and between them to form a flat, level platfonn. Compact the soil to make sure there are no air pockets which will damage the roots of plants. Lay subsequent layers of rock set back


from the first, but not in a regular pattern. Place some to create steep embankments, others to form a gradual slope of wide


steps. • : Pockets of soil from planting alpines or


other small rockery plants will from natu­ rally as you lay the stones, but plan larger areas of soil for specimen shrubs and dwarf trees.


course by running water from a garden hose as it is difficult to adjust the angle of


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THE origin of a plant is so pie consider when buying o~ centre or nursery, yet it can t about how to get the best c especially if it is one we have “The origin of a plant is


helping understand what t ‘ says Rosie Atkins, curato Chelsea Physic Garden in 1 of “Plant Profiles” (BBC Bo highlights a number of plant origins. “For instance, if you go


rainforests and jungle, such will find busy lizzies grow depths - this shows you tha plant for shade, although we summer bedding in sunny si dow boxes.” Of course, these days so


hybridised to incorporate di. more colour variety and cli enable us to grow them at ho not a bad thing, she says, alt some cases take us further aw- inal species. And, as has been displaye


years, particularly at the n r shows including Chelsea, pe back to nature. Says Rosie: “People wa


planting and are going back t which are often the strongest buy them in this country, but ing. A hybrid has been create man crossing different strains duce something better, wher plants which have cross-bred wild, producing a new stra selves. They are a force of nat “Learning of their origins


picture of the conditions the be planted anywhere and wil fully while others are invasive Here are a few of the pla


Plant Profiles along with tl favoured positions:


• Monardas: Originally fr


ca, they are sun-lovers which sonably fertile soil. Most see are the colourful and aroma nials derived from crossing didyma and M. fistulosa. B minty aroma, which marked attention of herbalists. • Daphnes: More than 10


umented, their shapes and si' mously. This is influenced b} graphical distribution, from wilds of the far east of Rus sunny Mediterranean islands too wet in the winter and d< out in the summer, so nee drained soil in a shady site. • Sarracenias: These insec


als originate from the sout America, growing in wet, o swamps. Commonly knov pitcher plants, their leaves de, ers that trap, flies, bees, w insects attracted to the leaf the secretion of nectar aroun In Britain they can be g


greenhouse or outside in full s they get enough water. A bog • Passion flowers: Native t


natural habitats, from the hig tains to the tropics of Asia genus incorporates 521 specie green plants. Most are vig vines and can be prolific. Thf flower (Passiflqra tarminian that it is classified as a per Hawaii and parts of New Ze* Their natural habitat ra


mountains to semi desert but found in extremely well-drai‘ something that needs repeat


grow them successfully at ho Good l ig h t is also essen


species which originate fro* areas overwinter well, provi have to sit in sodden soil in s


tures. GARDENING ■ Transplant badly posi


grown shrubs and conifers. ■ Finish pruning out all s


bier and climbing roses which soon as they have faded. ■ Clear areas of summer


make way for spring bedding ■ Tidy up borders, remo-


may harbour pests and diseas ■ Plant blocks of Dutch ir


tions. ■ Take hardwood cuttings


ing potentilla, berberis and p ■ Lift maincrop carrots an


autumn rain causes the ro split.


■ Continue watering outd '


ing tomato, beans and courg ■ Continue to pick crop


including marrows, runner b ■ Sow hardy annuals in m


you yrould like them to flow tia, larkspur and candytuft. ■ Clean and store away


supports'.' •


I TIME-SAVI Net ponds now to stop aut ing into them and creating


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