Ferns, pampas grass and acacia, Narnia and Magic Roundabout are just some of the designs Clarissa Hulse has created to use on cushions and wallpaper in her online store. Her colours are modern and range from neutrals, brown stone and cream to hazy purple and dark red. It's a small and very different collection but extremely attractive. Check out also the stationery collection, featuring Clarissa's designs on beautiful silk covered notebooks and photo albums and perfect for presents.

Farrow & Ball is the last remaining traditional paint and wallpaper manufacturer in Britain. Their complete on-line service enables you to learn more about their high quality paints and papers, to request samples and colour cards, buy their products, answer your technical queries, and of course, ask for their advice. They’ll deliver to you wherever you are in the World and offer an express delivery service for the UK.

Here you can choose your high quality paints. Order their colour card first (you have to pay a small charge but it's hand made using their exact colours, so I suppose it's fair) then choose your colour and type of paint from acrylic to oil based - they give you advice on which type of paint for which surface. You can also download their Point and Paint software which enables you to visualise your new colour scheme on screen.

Here you'll find a wide selection of wallpapers, all of which you can order online, from designers such as Graham and Brown, Sanderson, William Morris, Osborne and Little and Cath Kidston. The only problem really with this is that there's so much choice you need to have at least some idea of what you're looking for before you start. They have a really good 'Design Ideas' section, where you can select from 'Fresh Air and Muddy Boots', 'Country Cottage', 'City Living', 'Kids' and 'Grand Elegance'. Click on any one and you'll get ideas on how to decorate your chosen room. They also sell all the tools you'll need for the job, offer you guidance on how to wallpaper a room and will deliver to you fast.

From the same family as wallpapersdirect.co.uk, comes this excellent website, offering you a wide choice of high quality paints from makers such as Farrow and Ball, Cole and Son, Designers Guild and Zoffany. For a very small sum you can buy the colourcard pack which includes all the makes (highly recommended) and you can explore all the colour areas in their Colour Picker. If you’re looking for an antique style you can visit their Heritage Library and they’ll advise on paints for a specific era. Whatever kind or colour of paint you’re looking for, you’ll almost certainly find it here.

With stores in London and New York, Marson and Langinger had the enviable reputation as the market leader in the manufacture of custom-made timber-and-glass conservatories, poolhouses and garden rooms. On their attractive website you can order from their range of furniture, lighting, garden tools, accessories, textiles, and Marston & Langinger's own-label domestic paint. Make sure you've plenty of time before you stop off here, there's a great deal of this beautiful collection to browse through.

Graham and Brown offer you the opportunity of buying innovative and dramatic wallpapers online by designers such as Laurence Lleweln-Bowen, Linda Barker and students from the Royal College of Art. Take a look at their roomsets and you can quickly judge if there's a paper there for you. Alternatively you can invest in one of their stunning Wall Art canvases, buy from their chic storage range and order wallpaper samples. They deliver to the UK, US and Canada and some EU countries.

Fabricsandpapers.com is a new online shop where you can buy thousands of fabrics and wallpapers for upholstery, curtains, bedspreads and cushions from leading British and European design houses. Use their design board to see various schemes for different types of room that they've put together and if you order everything they've chosen you'll get a 20% discount! Lovely fabrics for children in particular and a lighting range as well.