Decorating Your Yard And Garden With Garden Ornaments
Grand Illusions
There is no doubt that garden ornaments are quite popular, and
have been growing in popularity over the last few years. And,
these are not simply the lawn and garden ornaments that our
parents and grandparents had in their yards. More modern lawn
and garden ornaments are very beautiful, even classy; you don’t
have to go for the cheesy garden gnome look, if you don’t want
to. Instead, you can choose to decorate your garden with glass,
crystal, and simply beautiful ornaments. If you like
butterflies, fairies, frogs, gazing balls, decorative
thermometers, or just about anything else you’ll find that
there are great ornaments that will dress your lawn and garden
up a bit more and make it a place that you will love to be as
well as a place that your friends and neighbors admire.
It doesn’t matter whether you are looking for garden ornaments
UK, or in the United States, because anywhere you go you’ll
find that there are plenty of lawn ornaments to go around! If
you want something a bit bigger you’ll find that there are also
water garden ornaments that are just as beautiful as the smaller
ornaments. You can choose from small waterfalls, fountains,
birdbaths, ponds, and more. Water features such as this can act
as a great focal point for the lawn or garden, and make a great
addition to a lawn or garden that already is decorated nicely
with garden ornaments. Garden ornaments are a fun way to dress
up the outside of your home as beautifully as you decorate the
inside of your home.
Grand Illusions was created by Nick Ronald and David Roberts in
December 1987, initially with just one small store in St
Margaret's, Twickenham. The mission was to promote gifts, cards
and accessories of good design and taste at an affordable price
- still very much the core business ethic to this day.
Shortly afterwards, they discovered and developed a paint range
that was to transform their lives. In those days, painted
furniture was something of a rarity, and a twenty two drawer
chest painted in one of the new paints caught the eye of 'Homes
& Gardens' magazine - the small feature resulted in over a
thousand telephone calls and the seeds of the highly acclaimed
furniture collection were sewn.
This also led to the publication of three Grand Illusions books
on decorating techniques and design inspiration, published in
five countries by Ebury Press and accompanied by guest
appearances on BBC2's Home Front and various local BBC radio
stations.
They published their first mail-order catalogue in 1990 which
was immediately voted as one of the top 200 catalogues in a new
worldwide review and several issues later, they were awarded the
contract to operate 'Country Living by Post' on behalf of the
magazine, in addition to their own unique program.
Today, the company's activities are currently concentrated on
their two stores in St Margarets and Shaftesbury, with
mail-order, paint studio, trade-sales and distribution also
located in Dorset. The team regularly exhibit at quality retail
and trade fairs like Country Living, Top Drawer and the RHS
Flower Shows at Chelsea, Hampton Court and Tatton Park. Their
products are now available at quality retail outlets across the
UK and some stores in Japan, USA and Germany.
The publication of this web-site sees the return to mainstream
mail-order for the accessory collection, which is just one of
the exciting developments planned for the near future - so
watch this space.
About The Author: Grand Illusions was created by Nick Ronald
and David Roberts in December 1987, initially with just one
small store in St Margaret's, Twickenham. The mission was to
promote gifts, cards and accessories of good design and taste
at an affordable price - still very much the core business
ethic to this day.
http://www.grandillusions.co.uk
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