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Well there's not much to say other than have another glass of water and see if any of these rooms cool you down - it's only now that I look back over what has caught my eye this week that I notice the predominance of plants and tiles and screens - as if we knew

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

I have to say I’m normally very last minute when it comes to Christmas posts but I had a bit of time to plan this year and having decided on the general themes that I’m going to look at (always trying to make it a little different from everything else out there) and the thing

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

Good Morning and welcome to Wednesday Ad Break. This week I have collaborated with Next on a post about getting ready for Christmas. Too soon? It's just under a month people, we need to face up to this now. Of course, I'm sure many of you are way ahead with present buying and list-making but

Now I'm not saying that the fashion for dark interiors is over. But I am going to say that its dominance is perhaps beginning to wane. That it's having to move over to make room for its lighter cousin. Suddenly I feel like I'm seeing lots of light walls and warm colours and it looks

And in many ways the only proper response to that headline has been - and about time too. H&M has been quietly gathering a reputation as the place to go for affordable cushion covers and bed linens as well as small household items such as mugs and vases. Finally, they are expanding in to small

Earlier this summer I wrote about going to Homesense for the first time and I  called it the interior shopper's best kept secret. Many of you were incredulous that I had never been before and the comments about the amazing bargains people found filled both blog and instagram for days. Well, reader, I have to

As some of you may be aware, last week I went to the George Northwood salon for an insanely expensive haircut to get over my raging midlife crisis. Well the haircut was lovely and clearly I am now ruined for anywhere else but, more to the point, what a gorgeous salon. I instagrammed a picture

Tanner's Brown, with Oval Room Blue and Dead Salmon Now that Spring is officially sprung, I thought we could return to these colours which might have seemed a little outre back in January. Since I first posted them, I have advised one client to use setting plaster in her office, teamed with Railings on the