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Back into familar routines at last and it's our regular post of beautiful rooms to get the week off to a good start. I'm assuming by now the kids are back at school - as far as possible (don't mention the concrete). The 20yo has finally found a student flat and is off at the

It's been nearly a year and now I'm thrilled to show you the finished house as it appears in the 25th anniversary issue of Red magazine which is out now (even though it's the October issue). I will go through all the rooms in turn showing you what we did and where we sourced things

Monday again and we seem to be having a bit of a summer moment. And while I have been inclined to complain* (*mention in passing) that the kitchen is dark compared with the last one as it has no skylight, I have to say that at the back of the house with a stone floor

It's time - this house is a few minutes walk from the beach and it has an outdoor pool and it lies in a protected area of outstanding natural beauty which means no-one is going to come along and build a house right in the middle of your view. And this week had the longest

How is it Friday already? This week totally ran away with me and I wanted to tell you first that my book is now OUT. I made a video telling you all about it which you can watch below if you fancy to find out where the inspiration came from and who it's for (spoiler:

Welcome to a new week. At the time of writing the sun is out, the sky is blue and while the house is still full of dust we have reached the decorating stage of the kitchen renovation. So, after a super stressful day when the worktop was due (hence the lack of post last Friday)

As ever a collection of images that have caught my eye this week - some in relation to my own renovation and others just because they are, as the title suggests, beautiful rooms. We tend to think of rich russet, golden yellow and conker brown when it comes to Autumn but pink is also rich

The decorator is IN the building! And we're off. Well sort of. He has juggled things around to come to us for two weeks (one room hopefully) and will then leave for two or three and come back again until Christmas (another room, hopefully). By then the radiators should be in - which means the

Well we're in. I had slightly underestimated the toll moving took and had agreed to travel to Bournemouth the following day to celebrate the launch of Farrow & Ball's new paint colours (more on that at a later date) so while it was lovely to escape the boxes and mayhem for a night in a

Well as it turned out it wasn't a bad week to have Covid as it was a long weekend with lots of telly and no-one was reading blogs anyway. But we're back now and normal service is resumed. Thank you all for your kind wishes over the last ten days. In the end, for me

Wandering round the internet this week in search of beautiful rooms for you to see and be inspired by, I came across a few which were not only lovely, but where the designers, or owners, had added something clever to really bring the space to life or elevate it above the ordinary - and aren't

Maybe it's January maybe it's fashion, but either way I was drawn to these warm colours of vintage wood, rich cream and shades of chocolate this week. It all feels very cocooning and comforting but, at the same time, is essentially taking a classic black and white base and turning the dial round to the

I know that many (most?) of you are interested in sustainability and trying to live in a more eco-friendly way so today I thought I would share this report on the future of the sustainable home and office which has been put together by Springwise and Aritco (a London-based global innovation intelligence platform for positive

There's no doubt that Autumn is my design season. I wear her warm sludgy colours all year round and my house is full of soft pinks and plums with deep chocolate and warm cream tones with, yes, the occasional splash of ochre (this is creeping in more) and, in one or two places, the odd

A riot of pattern and colour for you this week - well mostly - and if there's no pattern and not much colour then there's texture. So important, so often overlooked. Let's dive in with this wonderful floral wallpaper: image via josh and tonic using Jannah wallpaper by Warner House 1870 This pattern, which comes

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

Online interior design, or e-design as it’s more commonly known, is a phenomenon that has grown hugely over the last year, partly out of necessity and partly, I suspect, because we have all had to adapt to a more online life and familiarise ourselves with the technology that comes with that. interior e-design by topology