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2021 New Cowhide Rugs in Stock

17 February,2021 |

Gorgeous Creatures has just put up online about 40 new absolutely beautiful cowhide rugs. It is our first new delivery for 2021 and their are some real beauties. Amazing new black and white cowhide rugs, chocolate brown and white cowhide rugs and taupe beige cowhide rugs. Their are a few...

Interior Décor Colour Trends for 2020

16 April,2020 |

When Pantone worked out what the interior colours for the 2020 year where they couldn't have know what a crazy new world we would be living in. The colours tend to be worked out years/season in advance. How did they know that we would be spending a LOT of time...

Fluffy White Sheepskin Footstool

18 November,2019 |

When you merge together two great décor ideas, a warm fluff sheepskin and a footstool, you get a woolly stool! We have made a few sheepskin footstools for customer but always in the natural brown sheepskin colours. Recently a customer from Australia asked if we could make a natural ivory...

Interior Décor Colour Trends for 2019

17 February,2019 |

It’s no secret that colour trends for interior décor & design closely follow fashion trends. Pantone are the world leading colour gurus. Pantone predict the incoming new season colours. And then designers from all over the world look to them for guidance and inspiration. And just like magic, you will start...

Possums an Invasive Species Introduced to NZ

18 October,2017 |

It is a fact that the exotic introduced species of Australian Brushtail Possum is a major ecological threat in New Zealand. Rats & stoats are also major introduced predators in the New Zealand bush. By investing in a possum fur product you are contributing to the survival and regeneration of...

Historical Lessons from Rabbits

18 October,2017 |

Many anti-fur people will argue that by allowing a fur trade to exist, you are by default making sure that the possum will never be eradicated in New Zealand. The NZ government has come to accept that the possum may never be completely eliminated from New Zealand. The goal now...

The History of Possums in New Zealand

18 October,2017 |

When our colonial New Zealand fore-fathers introduced possums to New Zealand, they had no idea of the terrible impact that possums would have on the delicate natural balance of the native New Zealand eco-system. The Australian Brushtail Possum (which is very different from the American Opossum) was first released into New...

Gorgeous Creatures Possum Fur Repair Service

15 October,2017 |

Gorgeous Creatures can facilitate the repair of your possum fur throw, blanket or fur coat in New Zealand only. Each project is unique depending on the age of the fur and the issues like split or perished skins, holes, weak areas of leather, dry and dull matted fur, furs that need...

When is a Possum Not an Opossum?

14 October,2017 |

Other than both being marsupials, the Australian Brushtail Possum and the North American Opossum are very difference from each other. They are not even the same species, genus, subfamily, family or order from a scientific classification perspective. Australian Common Brushtail Possum: Trichosurus Vulpecula Introduced to New Zealand from Australia, to...

A Gorgeous Fabric Queen Bed Headboard

26 September,2017 |

I made my own fabric covered headboard for my Queen bed. I’ve always wanted one but I didn’t like the designs or colours available in the shops. So I made my own! It took all day to make and I was totally exhausted, but I now have a new respect...

Using Sheepskin Rugs with Wire Framed Chairs

26 September,2017 |

How you can use sheepskin rugs with wire framed chairs in your home You have seen this look in the decor magazines, but wouldn't it be great replicate this at home? Well it's not as hard as you might think. We give you some easy pointers. We have noticed a big surge...

Gifts Ideas for an 80th or 90th Birthday

26 September,2017 |

Gifts ideas for an 80th or 90th birthday – what do you give the person that has everything? By the time you reach the wonderful old age of 80, or even better 90, chances are you have just about everything you need. Around this age, and especially by the age...