Laura Jane Clarke is an architect who specialises in residential properties. In her case that means, and I cannot stress this enough, in real houses for real people. She’s not interested in glass skyscrapers and million pound budgets. For her it’s about – as the tagline on the podcast goes – making your home really…
None of these ideas need to cost much money. What they do cost is time. Time to hunt down the right things that work in your home. Some will cost more than others, of course, but I have tried to give you adaptations on the principle where possible. And sometimes it’s about spending money on…
Well. At the start of “all this” as it seems now to be known, I promised you a calm space to escape and, judging by your many comments and messages, that is what you have found here. On Friday, as I finished reading my lockdown story on Instagram (Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan for…
I swear I don’t do it deliberately (would that I were actually that organised) but time again and again the, often accidental, theme of Monday’s post comes back round for Friday’s househunter. Last week it was white post-pandemic design and a slightly shabby chic white flat for sale. This week, well, we started with the…
I started this series on different design styles at the beginning of the year and thought it was time to revisit it as, it seems to me, that while everyone has been writing about Art Deco for months, it’s the natural, curving forms of Art Nouveau that fit more with the current zeitgeist. And, in…
Morning and welcome to Wednesday’s Ad Break. It’s been a while since we had one of these, but this week I have teamed up with Barclays Mortgages to put together a list of easy things you can do at home during this period. This has come about following research* carried out by Barclays which found…
Well we’ve reached the stage of lockdown where it’s time for me to share some of the places that I go when I want to learn something, be entertained, have something to read. I am, of course, hugely appreciative that so many of you choose to come here and I hope you will continue to…
Last week I wrote about post pandemic design and how there is a theory that white will make a return to our homes because of its association with cleanliness and hygiene. You can read it here if you missed it or want to have another look now you’ve had a chance to ponder. This week…
I’ve had to hunt about a bit this week to find you something you might think it was worth getting your virtual coat on for (not to mention shoes – what even are they and how do they feel?) but this is a very pretty house in north west London that is on the market…
For all the fact that the days are blurring into one they seem to be going really fast don’t they? Just me? I can’t believe the podcast has come around again so fast. This week we were supposed to travel to Shropshire to meet furniture restorer, upcycler, sustainable designer and, more recently, television presenter Jay…