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Mad About … Cement Tiles

11th August 2014

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tile flooring by egue y seta for a house in Barcelona

Oh I do love a cement tile floor. Practical as well as pretty and, if you install underfloor heating, warm too. tile flooring by egue y seta for a house in Barcelona I have some cement tiles on the wall in my shower room and they never fail to make my heart sing when I

BIsazza Tiles

28th June 2016

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Frozen Garden by Marcel Wander for Bisazza

Last week I was invited to the Bisazza tile showroom in London to have a go at doing my own tiling. Now let's be clear on one thing, there was no preparation or grouting involved. This was purely a design thing. A chance to see the endless possibilities that are available with tiles. Why not

Reclaimed Tiles from Bert and May

14th December 2014

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vintage cement tiles

reclaimed tiles from bert and may I love patterned tiles and reclaimed and vintage are among the best. Now, obviously the tile you choose can be dictated by how many are in stock and how big an area you need to tile but, having said that, there is a certain vogue for patchwork tiles at

Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms

29th November 2021

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moonlight shadow tiles by ottotiles

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

Meet The Designer: Lindsey Lang

7th May 2019

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Last week I travelled to south London (a journey involving a bus, a tube, a train and Shank's pony) to meet the award-winning textile and tile designer Lindsey Lang for the launch of her new range of tiles at Domus. Regular readers and podcast listeners will know that I'm fairly decisive. I know what I

A Moroccan Scandinavian mash up

18th November 2014

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I mentioned yesterday my new discovery Zoco Home, the Finnish company specialising in Moroccan design, and today I thought I would show you a few of the things they actually stock. And yes I have checked, they ship worldwide although US costs are added at checkout and will be more than the €10 (for up to

Mad About … Black and White Geometrics

29th August 2014

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black and white geometric tiles with pink from aloma

Two of the hottest trends at the moment are black and white and monochrome. Put them together and you get one of my favourite styles of all time. black and white geometric tiles with pink from alomadesign.com The joy of a monochrome base is that it goes with everything. You can keep it very minimal

Tile Inspiration

22nd July 2014

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I was helping a friend with her kitchen redesign the other day and as she showed me the samples for her cupboards, worktops and splashbacks and asked me to advise on floor tiles, it occurred to me that without the injection of some colour or pattern, it was just a collection of surfaces. Very beautiful

The First Room Is Completed

17th April 2012

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We decided to do the shower room first as it meant that while chaos reigned around us we would still have at least one nice room to keep us going and remind us of what we had set out to do. And let's face it; having a good bathroom is very important to one's psyche.

Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms

12th June 2023

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langdon court manor by donna ida image by nico wills

Welcome to a new week and a new set of rooms that have caught my eye and which I thought might inspire you for your own places and spaces. Now perhaps I was drawn to this as I have just made a curtain for my own kitchen to divide it from the hall - and

The Househunter: A Four Bedroom Victorian Terrace

10th March 2023

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This week's property is perhaps nothing special on the outside- it's attractive - but there are some clever ideas inside and it's a classic four bedroom Victorian terrace family home. The sort of thing that will be familiar to many so it's always worth having a look around. It's on with Litchfields for £1,395,000 and

Snapshots from a Reno III

1st February 2023

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A fleeting visit this week as there hasn't been a huge amount of visible change. The sitting room is now finished but there's still a pile of boxes in the middle of the back of the room. This will be moved in the next week or so and replaced by the contents of the kitchen.

The Househunter: Low Beams in Milton Keynes

20th January 2023

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It's Fantasy Friday again and we're looking at the property market to see what we might buy or be inspired by this week. So far this year we have been to a palatial property in south London, a 60s terrace (complete with serving hatch and short curtains) and now we are heading to a low

When it comes your decorating the floors come first.

19th October 2022

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book wallpapered hidden door at madaboutthehouse.com shot by mark anthony fox

There are countless posts on where to start when you are redecorating your home. I have written many of them! But the truth of the matter is you need to start from the bottom up and that means the floors. Alternative Flooring Jute Big Panama Brioche runner This is partly because flooring is the most

The Househunter: A three bedroom Georgian Terrace in Northumberland

25th March 2022

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I've said for a long time that the Georgian vicars got all the best houses and now, it turns out, the Georgian doctors did pretty well too. This terrace, near Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, is believed to have been his (and it would have been a he) home with the surgery next door. Now it's Grade II

Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms in chocolate and cream

24th January 2022

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chocolate brown walls in the hallway via half a hall

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

Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms

25th October 2021

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wes anderson belmond train carriage

Well after a week of travel - first time on a plane for 20 months (I'll tell you about it on Wednesday) when I flew to Mallorca to start a very exciting interiors job, I thought I'd come back to earth- literally - with a train today. But this isn't just any train this (cue

Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms

6th September 2021

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alumiminium doors at madaboutthehouse.com

This is it then; school's back, work's back and it's all happening again - perhaps not quite in the same way as two years ago, but the nearest we've had to normality in a long time. So, to continue with some normal let's return to our Monday classic with some beautiful rooms to guide you

Design for Diversity: The First Bursary is completed

21st July 2021

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At the beginning of last year Maxine Hall and Paula Moss were pondering the lack of diversity in interior design. Co-founders of Blackpop, a successful textile business based near Derby, they were thinking about offering a bursary to a local black student to see if they could start to make a difference to this imbalance.

Monday Inspiration: Singing the blues

12th July 2021

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striped flooring by otto tiles

Now, as dedicated as I am to the cause of bringing you this blog I am not writing this after the result of last night's sporting event so while we may indeed be singing the sporting blues (or not) this week's post is about what has caught my eye this week. And in a week