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…
This Wednesday’s Ad Break (paid collaboration) is with La Redoute, a company I have worked with every year for about six years now and am always happy to recommend their products. This year we have made a video answering some of your questions about creating the red thread and how to plan your lighting and…
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…