Now I don’t know about you but I think this leopard print thing is out of hand. I went to a dinner a couple of weeks ago and out of the first five people I met I was the only one NOT wearing any. It’s all over coats and boots, dresses and skirts. There’s not…
Hello and Happy Monday (or whatever day you are reading this). Are you ready for a tour of 10 Beautiful Rooms. I wanted to start with this gorgeous pale pink room by the rug designer Wendy Morrison as I have recently found the perfect shade of pink and am currently enjoying all things this shade.…
A real live tour for you this week: the penthouse flat at BBC television centre which has been done up by the fashion designer Bella Freud and Maria Speake, co-founder of Retrouvius. There are around 400 flats of which four are penthouses. Each one was designed by a different firm of architects and each one…
I have been gathering research for the new book over the last few weeks and asking people what their most common interior design dilemmas are. One thing that has come back again and again is how to make a small space feel bigger, or how to create a room than can multi-task. A few weeks…
Now regular readers will know that I’m not really one for DIY. I’m more of a ASETDI (ask someone else to do it) but that’s not to say that I don’t come across clever ideas for maximising small spaces or improving the look of the ones you have with a neat idea, so today I…
Starting the week with this new kitchen by Devol which is in an Islington townhouse. It’s a large open plan space and by keeping it dark and not too fitted the owners have cleverly blended it into the living space so that it has become a room with a kitchen in it rather than a…
Right then this’ll wake you up. There has been a lot of talk about the return of maximalism recently and while I’m a fan of stuff, and cosy interiors, this may make some of you feel a little faint. It’s sort of House of Hackney on acid. But don’t dismiss it straight away as, as…
Pinch punch first of the month and all that, but also it’s time for episode three of the podcast. If the technology has worked you should be able to access it here if you fancy a listen. We discussed colour technology, which I was initially very sceptical about, but Sophie had some interesting points to…
Yes you read that right. It’s not about papering the walls of the bathroom (which you can absolutely do by the way) but about using wallpaper in the actual shower. I know! I wanted to tell you about this as part of my ongoing partnership with West One Bathrooms on the Wednesday Ad break. I…
This post first appeared a couple of years ago but it’s still a question I am asked all the time so I thought I would go over the guidelines again and also show you some of the new rugs around this season for those who don’t need the information but might just fancy a new…