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Kelly Hoppens Range of Shutters Target Sleaford!

Kelly Hoppen Shutters Target Sleaford in an edition of the sleaford target giving readers tips on how to use shutters for home improvements and how to revamp your home in the sytle of the Queen of Cream, Kelly Hoppen

Kelly Hoppen and her range of exclusive designer shutters are featured in The Sleaford Target. Shutters are an excellent way of covering windows, as they are a natural wood product, they offer insulation and a stylish functional window covering.

Kelly Hoppens range of shutters are an exclusive partnership with B&Q, The Califorina Company and the interior designer Kelly Hoppen. Often Called t...

Read More November 19, 2009

B and Q in The Resident Magazine, Showing how Kelly Hoppen Shutters are Big News in Interiors

The Resident Magazine is a publication for Belgravia, Chelsea, Fulham, Holland park, Kensignton, Knightsbridge, Mayfair, St James, Pimlico, South Kensington. Shutters from the exclusive Kelly Hoppen Shutter range at B&Q are featured in a recent edition showing how Kelly Hoppen is big interior news at the moment.

Made to Order shutters from The Kelly Hoppen range are a big investment, which w...

Read More November 16, 2009

DIY Shutters a Hit in the Recession

DIY shutters article Newspaper article showing how solid wood shutters from B&Q are being used to save money but decorate their homes

Due to the recent changes in the economy and the UK being hit by a recession, many of our customers have benefitted from our low cost DIY Shutters by fitting themselves. Making alterations to their homes rather than selling up has been a solution to the economic downturn. Making their homes livable and comfortable rather than selling up and moving on is definitely the option for those on a budget...

Read More November 09, 2009

Kelly Hoppen Shutters in House Beautiful

Kelly Hoppens range of designer shutters available to B&Q customers at affordabe prices featured in Novembers House Beautiful Magazine
Kelly Hoppens range of exclusive designer shutters is featured in this months House Beautiful magazine. B&Q's range of affordable shutters has expanded with a little help from Interior Designer Kelly Hoppen. Kelly has created these shutters using her trademark pallette of taupes and greys - and in the range there are 5 new paints and 5 new stains. The painted shutters are available in a...
Read More November 01, 2009

Kelly Hoppen Shutters in Womans Weekly

Article in Womans Weekly featurign Kelly Hoppen Design Plantation shutters

A Womens Weekly reader from Chester wrote in requesting alternative options to her net curtains. Net curtains are getting rather dated and with interior design shows on daytime tv our customers are getting a little more creative when it comes to finding solutions for their window coverings.

Val Wooten, the home expert for magazine Womans Weekly has suggested Plantation Shutters as an alternative...

Read More September 07, 2009

Kelly Hoppen Exclusive DIY Shutters Featured in Real Homes

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Interior designer Kelly Hoppen has partnered with The California Comany and B&Q to produce and exclusive to B&Q range of DIY Interior Shutters.

These DIY shutters are available to buy from the site from just £99.

In true Kelly Hoppen style, this exclusive range of shutters are available in a pallette of colours which are somewhat signature colours of Kelly Hoppens design.

Availab...

Read More September 01, 2009

Kelly Hoppen Shutters Launches Exclusively at B&Q

Kelly Hoppen Shutters News Article Daily Mirror 24th June
B&Q became the first retailer in the UK to sell a new range of plantation shutters from leading Interior Designer Kelly Hoppen. Launched at the exclusive Soho Hotel in London, as part of B&Q's Autumn/Winter 09 Decor event, Kelly Hoppen Shutters gives UK shutter consumers something different from the norm. Personally designed by Kelly, the range uses innovative finishes, colours and t...
Read More July 24, 2009

B&Q Shutters Featured in She Magazine for UK Shutters Shoppers!

BQ Shutters featured in She Magazine June 2009
B&Q's Shutters are featured in the June 2009 edition of She Magazine. As part of She's piece on 'Don't Move - Improve', shutters from B&Q are highlighted as an excellent way of dramatically changing the decor of your home. With more people choosing to stay put and improve their UK homes rather than move, B&Q shutters offer a cost effective way of dressing your home...
Read More May 21, 2009

B&Q California Shutters Featured in Prima Magazine

B&Q Wood Shutters Prima Magazine
Leading womans magazine, Prima, featured B&Q's California Shutters as part of a recent window coverings feature in May 2009. B&Q's online shutter shop opened for business in January this year, extending the partnership with the UK's leading online shutter company The California Company. All shutters are made to measure shutters, specifically to match customers design requireme...
Read More May 12, 2009

www.diy.com Relaunched Today

Screengrab of www.diy.com website
Britain's largest home improvment retailer B&Q has today relaunched their online store, www.diy.com www.diy.com has been redesigned to make the site easier to navigate and more inspirational for B&Q customers.B&Q has been working hard to develop many of their stores to extend their range to include a wider variety of home furnishings including designer wallpapers, soft furnishing...
Read More March 11, 2009

B&Q Shutters Wave Goodbye to Curtains

B&Q Shutters Story in Belfast Telegraph
B&Q's partnership with The California Shutters Company was mentioned in The Belfast Telegraph in February. The article discussed how plantation shutters work so well as a window treatment and how shutters are gathering in popularity. The shutters feature goes on, "Shutters can look brilliant as long as you ensure that you choose the right style to suit your home. Shutters also allow you...
Read More February 26, 2009

California Shutters Avoid Price Increases

Image of British Pound notes for shutter company

The California Company announced today that they will not be following suit with other shutter companies and will keep prices of their wooden shutters at the same level as they enter 2009. California Company Director Murray Clark explains….

“2008 has been a challenging year for most industries, and the shutters business has been no exception. Cost of raw material have increased sign...

Read More December 09, 2008

California Shutters and B&Q Shutter Shop Now Live!

New B&Q Shutter Shop in partnership with The California Co

Working in partnership with B&Q, The California Company are delighted to launch their dedicated online shutter shop for B&Q customers. Having started co-operation in 2007, B&Q and The California Company commenced sales of custom made plantation shutters via a select number of B&Q stores. Since then, the partnership has gone from strength to strength and in July 2008 it was decided...

Read More December 09, 2008

All DIY.COM Shutters Made from FSC Approved Wood.

FSC certification for the California Co

The California Company announced today that they have completed the final stage of gaining approval to market their wood shutters as being made from FSC certified hardwood.

Founded in 2003, The California Company has grown to be the UK’s premier online DIY shutters specialist. A partnership was formed with B&Q in 2007, which has grown and developed, most recently seeing the launch of B...

Read More December 07, 2008

California Shutters Company Announces Real Life Story Winner

Shutter real life customer stories winner announced

The California Company today announced Ms Patience Gent of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales as the latest winner of their ‘Real Life Stories’ prize draw.

Patience was delighted to be chosen having submitted her shutters story to The California Company back in September 2008. As Patience tells us...

“I was delighted to get a call from Chrissie to tell me what I’d been chosen for the p...

Read More December 04, 2008

Shutters 2008 - An Expert View

Shutters articles from DWC Magazine

(The following article is an exert, taken from November 2008’s edition of DWC Magazine. To see the full article please click here)

“Shutters are one of the original window coverings – the most classic of treatments. They will continue to increase in popularity as consumers seek quality products that are an investment over the long term. Shutters add to the appreciation and resa...

Read More November 13, 2008

B&Q Shutters in House Beautiful

B&Q's partnership with The California Shutter Company featured in House Beautiful Magazine
B&Q's partnership with The California Company is currently features in this months edition of House Beautiful Magazine. The House Beautiful feature discusses how The California Company can provide you with beautiful, yet affordable made to measure FSC-certified hard wood shutters. The feature explains that, "Louvred wood shutters are a great solution for rooms when you need privacy but...
Read More June 17, 0009