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This has proved one of the most popular posts this year with many of you taking to instagram to describe your own red threads (rarely are they actually red) so I thought it might be useful to bring it back for anyone who missed it the first time around.  Some weeks ago I wrote about

A gorgeous colour-drenched house for you this week but one where we are very definitely not looking at the price unless some of you are much richer than you have been letting on. This last one before the annual summer break when the housing market goes very quiet (and this year that might be even

A two bedroom apartment for you in Marylebone, W1, this week and it's a riot of deep saturated colour and a lesson in how to use it. Bear in mind you might not like these particular colours but it's about how they have been used which provides the lesson. It's also a call to action

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

It's a while since we looked at location houses for inspiration and as the dust mounts here at Mad House II and the kitchen will finally be pulled out this week - we have managed to hang on to the sink, washing machine and dishwasher while all the building work was done around it and

I have been dying to show you these images and tell you about this wonderful project I have been working on but I had to wait until the various press outlets had covered it. Now that they all have done that I'm free to share and I'm so excited to tell you all about it.

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

Something about this house immediately caught my eye and I can't decide if it was the shape or the colour or perhaps the garden. Whatever the case it deserved a closer look. I think it's partly that it's end of terrace and the dramatic blue grey colour of the brickwork makes it appear detached and

We're off to the North-East of England this week to this very pretty three bedroom former station house in Rowlands Gill, Tyne & Wear. It's on the market with Inigo for £580,00 and has three bedrooms arranged over nearly 1,300 sq ft on three storeys. The house is tall for its setting because it was

Spinning the dial again this week and we go from a nearly £2m artist's studio to a two bedroom flat that is full of colour and character and proves one and for all that size isn't everything if you decorate cleverly. It's in south east London and is on with Inigo for £635,000. It's on

To West London and a rather fabulous three bedroom property designed by Frederick Wheeler in the 1890s to "suit the requirements of bachelor artists" and there's so much to unpick in that sentence that all I'm going to say is that it really needs to be bought by a woman. Maybe even a woman who

Today a round up of some new things for you as Spring has sprung, the blossom is out and the (unaffordable) heating is off. So in no particular order we have new tableware, fabric, wallpaper and, well, a table actually as well as details of a chunky 25 per cent off my interiors course. Read

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

Back to the UK this week and yes it's a narrow period terrace house (plenty of those about) but it's also full of gorgeous tonal colour and, while regular readers will know that I don't impose (that many) decor rules and firmly believe that everyone should know the tools to be able to find their

To Sweden this week and a three bedroom apartment built in 1953 with a "large, light and sunny balcony" in Gothenburg, a city (according to Wiki) that is known for its Dutch style canals and leafy avenues. Certainly my half-Swedish friend is always telling me we should visit and, were it not for the pandemic

So far this year we've done small flat with no original features, a new build and a narrow house, all of which have, I hope, provided useful pointers and inspiration for your own homes. This week we're just going pretty. I love this house and while it may not be applicable for many of you,

Right we're going aspirational for this week (after last week's post on how to add character) but I've chosen this one because I think there is value in it for everyone and we will be focusing on the downstairs rather than the numerous bedrooms. And to those who have asked for a wider variety of

Firstly, thank you all so much for your comments and suggestions on the last post. All duly noted and I will try to answer as many dilemmas as I can. So starting as requested for today's Househunter I have found a small flat. The issue is often that I don't want to be unkind about

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