by Charlotte Ellis
Home is where the heart truly is. Our nests, our safe spaces, the places we can kick back and just be, places to entertain in and work from. That’s what Get Living is all about – finding and living in your perfect adobe.
If you love homes as much as we do, you’ll be keen to check out and follow these Instagram accounts for inspired home décor ideas, affordable interior design solutions – and some natty DIY, crafting and sustainable living tips thrown in for good measure. The beauty of Instagram is that we can take inspiration from the best interior design in the UK and beyond.
Get a cuppa and kick back – inspiration pending.
One of our top interior design Instagram accounts is @designhunter run by Helen Powell, who also has an award-winning blog of the same name. This account offers pared back interiors, natural, earthy tones enriched with quality design-focused forever-pieces and great tips for sustainable decorating.
Helen’s spaces work with the natural light and sprinklings of nature and are the perfect example of less is more. Saving us time (and money) Helen compiles regular top 10 roundups of things like dining chairs, rugs, blankets – and some mindful travel that’s sure to inspire home design and living.
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TV presenter, author and self-professed interiors addict, Zeena Shah opens the doors to her East London rental on her colourful handle. If you’re looking for a lesson in how to combine colours in interior design – this is it. Her eye for layering colour and print are a joy injection that even white-lovin’ wallflowers will take pure pleasure in.
Understanding the science behind mood-boosting colour, Zeena takes it and she RUNS with it – her home is a cavern of pink and pastel wonder. For those who like to layer up, this is the interior design Instagram feed you need. Zeena also posts craft tutorials and Reels for your next DIY project.
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Over to Los Angeles now where interior stylist Amy Kim has been busy bringing her family home to life. Her account is the perfect example of how you can make a simple modern space really sing. Amy’s space feels warm and utterly personal with carefully considered purchases that are bought to last.
Working with a natural tonal palette, personality comes through with a mix-and-match of intriguing design-led shapes and beautiful lights and lamps. It’s the monochrome accents throughout her home that make the whole space feel considered, pulled together cool but with an effortless LA edge.
So if you’re looking to add some LA minimalism and luxury home décor into your modern home, hit that follow button.
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Melissa Michaels, author of A Lovely Life, lives in a glorious family home full of marshmallow-soft sofas, a handful of dogs (the dream), fireplaces, painted wood panels, soft blue-hues and candlelight. It’s our go-to account for modern family home design ideas, with thoughtful sentiments behind each post and each interior design project.
Melissa credits the art of ‘pottering’ around your home and taking joy in the things that you already own as calming therapy. She makes you want to tidy up the sideboard / dresser / shelf and style it with your most prized possessions – whatever your personal preferences are aesthetically.
This account is about finding joy in the everyday, every season. And we can all do with a bit of that.
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Apartment Therapy is a curation of apartment living spaces worldwide. A voyeuristic journey through interior design ideas from real homes while also providing a wealth of home styling inspiration. Whether you’re into colour and THINGS, you’re craving a more simplified living environment or you’re after some home DIY and styling tips its’ worth a scroll for top rental home décor ideas.
The handle also delves into college rooms, real-home tours and shows us how we can make a space our own whatever the size. Small balcony? No problem. No balcony, no worries! Want to inject some colour – here’s how.
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London based fashionista Lucy Williams’ feed centres on her home renovation journey. She has enviable style and a unique edge that really stands-out in a sea of try-hard home-renovation handles.
Her page is also a curation of the most remarkable architecture, design and home styling from across the ages and the globe… from retro 70s wood houses in America, radical Italian caverns, to chintzy country piles in Scotland, there’s something to tickle every interior-design tastebud. Of course, her page is also peppered with images of the corners and spaces in her own abode – luxury home décor 1-0-1.
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Get Living works alongside interior designers to curate the furniture in all our homes for rent. In East Village, our premium apartments available in Portlands Place have special finishing touches such as mirrors, desks and picture hooks so you can move straight in and feel at home. For those looking for even more thoughtful design choices, our Victory Plaza apartments in East Village have been furnished by Danish designers BoConcept with light and space at the forefront.
Choose a home suited to your taste, style and needs with a search of apartments available to rent across London and Manchester.
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