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Christmas Shopping: Supporting Small Businesses

8th December 2021

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ribbed kaanch flower vase from birdie fortescue

It's more important than ever to support small businesses and since I have, for once, managed to post this early in the month there is plenty of time to allow for slower shipping and nicer working conditions for those who are selecting, wrapping and delivering what you have bought. Last year I posted a Directory

A Directory of Small Businesses

3rd November 2020

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black table lamp and vintage plates by alijoedesigns with tap and drip design

Now this is going to be a collective post and so I'm going to need you all to chip in in the comments and if you come to this later on make sure you read the comments too. With the news of a second lockdown and the plight of small businesses once again pushed to

5 Small Businesses You Might Like and how you can help in other ways

7th May 2020

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trestle desk table from woodmancote retro

Now I don't know about you but as we wade through the seventh week of lockdown, I have started to look at the shops again. It's been a dilemma - should we shop anything other than essentials? Is it wrong to shop when so many people are struggling to buy food? Is it wrong to

Small Businesses for NHS

9th April 2020

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table lamp by laurie lamps

Now I don't know about you but what with the change in weather and the realisation that most of my clothes are definitely meant for outside and not hours on sofas with slippers/indoor shoes, I have felt myself wandering towards shopping sites for the first time in weeks. Just for a look you understand. And

Small Buttonback Sofa

25th August 2015

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So the other day I was putting together a lookbook for a client and I came across this gorgeous little sofa which is just perfect for a bedroom so I thought I would share it here. Whenever I visit a client's house for a consultation I put together a detailed PDF lookbook afterwards which includes

Narchie – the new app for buying and selling homewares

2nd February 2022

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brass candlesticks from Narchie via Dinks seller

A new homewares shopping app has landed and it promises to be the Depop of interiors. And if you don't do Depop (pre-loved fashion) but you want to furnish your home with vintage or antique things or from small businesses and one-person outfits and to do it in a sustainable way with products that are

Christmas Shopping: So Beautiful so Eco

13th December 2021

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While many people claim not to want presents feeling they have enough and others feel it hard to justify asking for more "stuff" I have to say I love both the buying and the giving and, yes, the getting, so perhaps the answer lies in buying presents that won't add to the landfill overload (see

Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms

29th March 2021

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poochi wallpaper by divine savages in creme

A riot of pattern and colour for you this week - well mostly - and if there's no pattern and not much colour then there's texture. So important, so often overlooked. Let's dive in with this wonderful floral wallpaper: image via josh and tonic using Jannah wallpaper by Warner House 1870 This pattern, which comes

Five of the Best Gift Guides

8th December 2020

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mantel garland by melanie lissack for red magazine

This year, instead of my own gift guide ( I feel like I'm a bit late to start that party now) I thought I would share some of the best gift guides I have seen for design lovers and that way you can all discover new people and ideas. My philosophy on choosing presents hasn't

Interior Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms

9th November 2020

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pomegranate wallpaper by tatty lowther

Everything's coming up roses... well not necessarily yet but shall we go with the green of new beginnings ? Or maybe just - it was a long week but it all turned out all right in the end. So here are some lovely rooms for you to stroll through on this Monday morning when I,

A Guide to Christmas Gift Guides

27th November 2018

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It's time. It can no longer be avoided. December is imminent and it's time to face up to the Christmas shopping. Last year I published guides to presents based on the room they might go in. This was because, as I said then, I object to being classified as the fat female foodie, or the

Trouva: Shop Local Online

28th February 2018

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As the internet becomes ever bigger with ever greater enticements to shop online from the comfort of our own homes, a small, but growing, backlash against the dominance of these virtual giants has begun. The High Street is finally fighting back. #shoplocal has over 14 million posts on instagram and customers (that's us) are enjoying

Five Finds: Clerkenwell Design Week

23rd May 2013

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This year at the third Clerkenwell Design Week, the focus was firmly on the floor with the launch of Covered, a new exhibition space dedicated entirely to materials for floors and walls. Here are my five favourite finds from there. First up a collaboration between traditional carpet company Brintons and the edgy Scottish duo Timorous

Huguenot Splendour In Spitalfields

15th September 2023

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PLEASE NOTE: The site will be down over the weekend for essential maintenance, updates and a small tweakment. So you need to read this post and visit its delicious house now! All being well we will be back up and running on Monday.... These Georgian Huguenot townhouses in Spitalfields, east London, are just dreamy and

The Househunter: Vintage 70s in Italy

1st September 2023

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1970s vintage flat for sale in lerici

Hello everyone and welcome back to the blog. I hope you have all had a lovely summer. In an effort to prolong that holiday feeling I have a very special househunter for you today which is a fabulous flat in Lerici, Italy, that is complete 70s vintage from the floors and light fittings to the

THREE DESIGN STORIES FROM NORWAY

14th June 2023

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stacking chairs by eikund

I was recently invited to Oslo for a 24 hour press trip to learn more about three Norwegian businesses. It was my first time in Norway but the last of the Nordic countries I had yet to visit. We didn’t get to see the fjords as they are all on the western side of the

Come With Us To Italy

11th May 2023

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fondazione prada in milan

SOLD OUT Have we got news for you (as the saying goes)! Do you fancy coming on holiday with me and Sophie? A Great Indoors Road trip? Five days with us and 20 other like-minded design lovers? Where to you say? Well, how about a couple of days in one of the most famous

The Househunter

28th April 2023

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How is it Friday already? This week totally ran away with me and I wanted to tell you first that my book is now OUT. I made a video telling you all about it which you can watch below if you fancy to find out where the inspiration came from and who it's for (spoiler:

Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms

27th March 2023

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bathroom at Paris hotel les deux gares

Good morning to you from the dust hole. We are now, hopefully, in the final stages but, as The Mad Husband pointed out, it's the bit where we have nothing and then suddenly we have everything. The base units are in but unpainted and with no handles. The appliances are in the right places but