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Well here we are then. One year on. I remember the last time I went on the tube – to interview Orla Kiely for the podcast. I remember shutting the front door and opening it weeks later to find all the plants in the tubs in the front garden had died. And I remember the

Now, first of all, before we get into this house a word about the house with the controversial staircase. The architect emailed me the other day to say he was loving the post and all the chat - he admitted the stairs were very Marmite - and suggested we have a chat about well, the

This, as befits a blog about interiors, is a post about a cushion. But it is also a post about what happened in Syria 10 years ago. And about what is happening now. Because this is not just any cushion. It is a cushion made by a woman, one of a group of women, living

Since 2005 property lovers of all budgets have escaped to The Modern House to soak up the magazine-style photography and browse the beautiful homes featured on its pages. It matters not that they have no intention of buying or that they (by which I mean we) probably can't afford any of the properties anyway, for

Right get your coat (and your passport) we're off to Norway to this colourful period flat, which not only features in one of the country's most popular dramas (EXIT - can't get it here I've tried) but is also the cover of the hugely successful Rockett St George Extraordinary Interiors In Colour book. Rockett St

It is now about six weeks since I founded Design Storey Shop, the idea being that I would "edit" the internet for you to find you the best of each item to save you time scrolling through endless pages of tat to try and get to the good stuff before it a) sold out or

A masterclass in the red thread from the outside in this week. This two bedroom house in Brixton, south London, with a private courtyard garden was designed by the Angel O'Donnell studio and is on the market with The Modern House for £775,000. It's a bold move to paint the outside of a house -

Now I don't know about you but for the most part I like things to look like what they are. So I'm not a fan of tiles that look like wooden floors (I have tried but it never quite works) or worktops that look like marble but are actually a form of laminate. I have

It took a global pandemic and a year of lockdown but new research launched by Heal's today has found that not only do we no longer care about trends but we have gained the confidence to make our own choices of furniture and colours that we want based on what we need from our homes

Right we're all going to need a collective rummage down the back of the sofa for this one because it's expensive but it's lovely - at least I think it is although I'm aware that we don't always agree on these matters. Remember it's Fantasy Friday and for the eleventy billionth week of lockdown I

Having started this slot towards the end of last year I missed out January because there was basically nothing on my radar! With the country (and parts of the world) in lockdown it felt like we were all hibernating. Now, as I posted yesterday, the doors are beginning to open at last and my inbox

As ever, when I began looking to put this post together I had no theme in mind. Then I looked at my most recently saved posts on Instagram and realised I had been drawn to doors this week. And then, because if you can't become introspective in a lockdown when can you (?) I realised

Well after last week's outrage over the narrowest, most expensive house in London let's try this. Although firstly that post was picked up on by a blog in Italy and secondly I saw on the local news last night that there is now an offer in - from a buyer in Cyprus so if I

I’m not sure if you’ve noticed this and it might be one of those micro trends that is about to build but have you noticed a proliferation of gingham? Just me? society of wanderers fuchsia gingham pillowcase set via antipodean dream  This cotton check material – which, for those of us who grew up in

I have always thought of my house as a narrow London terrace although at 17ft wide it feels significantly wider than my previous London terrace which was 15ft wide. Both of these those are spacious compared with today's property which comes in at just 5ft 6ins wide. Which means I could barely lie across it.