tuiss goes wild :: we’re giving you wildflower seeds

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What’s tuiss up to?

We have teamed up with environmental charity Landlife and are giving away 1,000’s of free wildflower seed packs to customers who order a blind sample. The complimentary seeds are available from April 1st, until our stocks last.

Why are we up to this?

Supporting the Landlife charity project very much fits with our company touchstone of Greener by Nature and it’s a chance for tuiss customers to return a little bit of their gardens to the wild. The selection of seeds is beautiful including Poppies, Marigolds, Cornflowers, Corn Cockles and Chamomile and can be sown in April and May for a blaze of summer colour .

Landlife is a registered charity and works for a better environment by creating new opportunities for wildflowers and wildlife and encouraging people to enjoy them. Details of the charity and its projects can be found at www.wildflower.co.uk.

We’d love to see what your flowers look like so please do send us a photo.

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tuiss Love :: Love Post

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tuiss loveAs you all know at tuiss we love good design and we love it when we find people that love style and nice things as much as we do. So meet Love Post,  who love nice stationery, cards and posters and the delight of opening post! (By the way, order some tuiss samples and you’ll see that we love opening post too! Black tissue paper anyone?!)

In homage to the forthcoming Valentine’s Day I found three great posters.

Welcome to the fabulous new Love Post online boutique, home to beautiful design led stationery and gorgeous posters. The one thing that everyone here at Love Post has in common is that we all LOVE to receive nice post! Spread the Joy… post something fabulous today!

Check out the blog too.

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New tuiss feature :: Deluxe Perfect Raise roman blind side winder

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All tuiss roman blinds now have the upgrade option of being fitted with a Deluxe Perfect Raise headrail.

The deluxe perfect raise headrail featrures a smooth sidewinder control. (As you can see from the picture it’s similar to the control you would use for a roller blind.)

The control is cast in aluminium and has a smooth and easy feel, and the beauty is that the blind will always raise and lower in a straight line, i.e. there’ll be no slant.

We recommend that this sidewinder is chosen on blinds wider than 140cm or those that are made in heavier fabrics such as chenille or velvets.

Deluxe Perfect Raise

Deluxe Perfect Raise side winder

tuiss Love :: New England Lifestyle (and the colour white)

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tuiss loveNew England Lifestyle based in West Sussex is all about furniture, and all about white.

All the furniture is designed by Nick Burrin and made exclusively for New England Lifestyle. The website is full of beautifully shot rooms and scenes to make you drool ever so slightly, Nick’s love of white is really quite infectious:

“I love white because it never goes out of fashion. It liberates you from following fashion trends and makes your house feel like an eternal holiday home. I also like counting the different shades of white. In my living room, white walls, bleached white flooring, off white architrave and skirting, white sofa fabric and white furniture, all slightly different shades of white. If you’ve never lived in a white environment I always suggest starting with one room – perhaps a bedroom. Once you’ve tried one room, the whole house will follow! White interiors have a very calming effect and help you relax and feel at home.”

Check out the New England Lifestyle blog too.

Home Office

Home Office

Jemima Range

Jemima Range

Madison Mirror

Madison Mirror

If you’re loving the white then check out these tuiss beauties.

Vermont White roman blind

Vermont White roman blind

Tendril Linen roller blind

Tendril Linen roller blind

Forestria Blanc 50mm wooden blind

Forestria Blanc wooden blind

by tuiss :: Roller blinds with stripes

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Stripes are always a popular design choice, adding stripes at the window with a stripey roller blind gives a superb look, the stripes marry so well to the straight lines of the window.

So why are stripes such a favourite?

  • They are a fantastic way of adding interest to a room, launch them into a plain room for instant design impact.
  • Such an easy way to tie a scheme of colours together.
  • Stripes needn’t always be formal, they can also be soft and flowing, just choose the right stripe for the room.

We have a great range of blinds with stripes, some are a classic stripe, take a look at the Banda range, while the Astria range in voile gives a light organic feel.

A designer tip is to put stripes against a single block colour, this makes the stripes stand out and also ensures that it’s not too busy.

Banda Torino

Banda Torino roller blind

Astria Metro roller blind

Astria Metro roller blind

Facet Black roller blind

Facet Black roller blind

Outline Onyx roller blind

Outline Onyx roller blind

Banda Napoli roller blind

Banda Napoli roller blind

Banda Trieste roller blind

Banda Trieste roller blind

Banda Milano roller blind

Banda Milano roller blind

Stripey Walnut roller blind

Stripey Walnut roller blind

Astria Angel roller blind

Astria Angel roller blind

Astria Bark close

Astria Bark roller blind

tuiss Love :: Mad Men (& Fusion Venetian blinds)

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tuiss loveI think I need a box set! Everyone is well and truly hooked on Mad Men the US drama set in the 1960’s in an advertising agency, and I missed the boat!

The 60’s had many iconic style and fashion looks, from miniskirts to beehives and mods. As far as home interiors were concerned it was all about G Plan, and as this Mad Men shot shows, window blinds! These blinds with their large slats and cotton tapes puts me very much in mind of our Fusion Maxim range, the Deco in particular matches the cool 60s style.

Mad Men

The Fusion Maxim Deco with its 50mm white aluminium slats lets light flood into the room, and the wooden rails and cotton tapes give undeniable style.

If you love the look of aluminium and wood then take a look at the complete Fusion collection where you’ll see we have a range of slats, tapes and wood colours.

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by tuiss :: flower power with floral roller blinds

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There’s nothing like a vase of flowers to lift the mood of a room, they inject freshness and welcome aplenty. For 24/7 cheerfulness and charm then you should consider decorating with floral designs. At tuiss we have a huge range of roller blinds that feature flowers and blooms.

We have every style imaginable, big blowsy florals, intricate delicate sketches, hand drawn blooms or trailing stems and sprays. And what about the colours? We have natural colours just as nature intended or deep moody plums and browns, or maybe you will take a shine to zesty brights.

In a neutral room there’s nothing like a feature blind to brighten the scheme and bring it to life or in a room that’s already bursting with character then why not try a tone on tone blind instead?

(By the way Chelsea Aubergine warms up my bathroom very nicely indeed!)

Shaolin Karma

Shaolin Karma

Broderie Chic

Broderie Chic

Botanic Jardin

Botanic Jardin

Lyriat Taupe

Lyriat Taupe

Chelsea Aubergine

Chelsea Aubergine

Chambray Natural

Chambray Natural

Arboretum Black

Arboretum Black

Boho Green

Boho Green

Velluto Brown

Velluto Brown

tuiss Love :: Stylist magazine

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Have you heard of  ‘Stylist’ yet? It’s a brand new weekly magazine for style conscious women. What’s more, it’s free on the big city streets as well as being online too.

We really like its mix of fashion, style, home, features and interviews. It’s the new must read for every savvy lady who wants to be at the top in every area of her life.

Stylist clearly knows all about style as they featured our Fleurista Mono blind in this week’s issue.

The Style List

Can you spot our Fleurista Mono blind?

By the way if you love the look of the Fleurista Mono roller blind then you may be interested to know that we have a cream, green and pink Fleurista too!

Fleurista Pink

Fleurista Pink

Fleurista Mono

Fleurista Mono

Fleurista Green

Fleurista Green