Off to Dorset this week to have a look at this unlisted Regency Vicarage with a large Victorian extension which is on the market with Knight Frank for £1,100,000. It has seven bedrooms, five bathrooms, four reception rooms and parking for three cars and is described as typical of properties built to house members of…
I promised you that I would get going on Christmas present ideas over the next couple of weeks – which is all we have left I know – and I thought it would be good to start with these three which we review on the podcast today. In addition to this we also dive into…
I have to say I’m normally very last minute when it comes to Christmas posts but I had a bit of time to plan this year and having decided on the general themes that I’m going to look at (always trying to make it a little different from everything else out there) and the thing…
I’m going to wish you all a Happy Monday even if you feel it isn’t because you know – fake it till you make it and all that. And then we are going to wander through some lovely spaces, breathing deeply and drinking in the inspiration. And then we can have a cup of coffee…
The Georgians really did know how to build houses – generous rooms, tall ceilings, ornate plasterwork and, I was told when I researched this years ago for a series of features on architecture for The Financial Times, they built them much better than the Victorians, who, I was told basically knocked up rows of terraces…
Our houses are getting smaller and our piles of possessions are getting bigger and, at some point, something is going to have to give. With the average British kitchen now measuring 13.4sqm (down from its largest of over 15sqm in the 1960s) this room really has to multi-task as it’s a space to cook, to…
As always a selection of images that have caught my eye this week and which then turn out to have a theme, so today we are looking at curtains and how they can be used differently, styled differently and serve different purposes. It’s not just about windows you know. I have written about curtains a…
There are so many things I love about this week’s property that I ended up wanting to include too many pictures but I have tried to restrict myself to those that are useful and which illustrate so many of the points that we discuss on these pages time and again. Also, some of the pictures…
And the podcast is back. This week Sophie is having a maximalist existential crisis – listen to find out if she should ditch her cushions. And even the yellow sofa is making her stressed and she might be about to rip down her gallery walls in favour of a more streamlined look. Also on the…
Today an edited extract from my latest book The Planner because, between now and 23 December, if you buy my online course you will receive a free copy which means, should you have cause to be buying presents for any reason over the next few weeks (ahem) you can give someone something to unwrap on…