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Ideal Home
Ideal Home
Charlotte Boyd

6 clever ways to make a radiator look good – there is no excuse for an ugly radiator to sabotage your scheme

White bedroom with rattan headboard, black radiator and a black stool as a bedside table.

Whether you love them or wish they would quietly disappear, radiators are essential fixtures throughout our homes, keeping us warm and toasty during the colder months, but rarely winning style points. More often than not, they’re a large, white eyesore you have to work around, rather than an attractive and considered part of your room scheme. So how can you make a radiator look good?

I live in an old cottage, most of the radiators look like they were installed decades ago, far from “designer”! They work well enough so replacing them has never realistically been an option budget-wise, but as a stylist, I can't help but want my home to look beautiful.

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