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Meet VITA, my sustainable sofa for life designed in collaboration with Love Your Home

8th October 2021

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We interrupt our usual Friday Househunter service (first time in 10 years people) because I want to tell you about a new product that I have been working on and which will debut at Decorex this weekend. Vita is a sofa. But in addition to being a gorgeous curvy number she is also as sustainable

Objects Of Design #293: Vita Eos Feather Light

18th December 2012

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the Eos feather lamp has individually applied feathers The thing about Christmas and the inevitable influx of guests is that it forces you to take a look around and see if anything needs fixing. Now, obviously I can't speak for all, but I definitely need a new pendant light in the spare room and this

Is AI the Future of Interior Design?

27th September 2023

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AI generated design of a kitchen blending the interior design styles of madaboutthehouse and sophie robinson

A controversial headline this but it’s a subject we recently discussed on the podcast (you can listen here) and I thought it was worth a follow up. Those of you on instagram may have noticed more and more AI generated designs creeping into your feed. Those of you who linger and pay attention to comments

The Househunter: Muted Victorian Elegance

8th September 2023

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Welcome back to the regular househunter slot after last week's Italian extravagance. That said, there were lots of inquiries so fingers crossed we will be visiting that at some point in the future. But for now we're back on more familiar ground with this pretty Victorian house in London. And the reason I wanted to

Quirky Bloom: A Carpet By Mad About The House

24th July 2023

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Something a little different for you today as instead of the usual beautiful rooms post I have a beautiful product to show you. This has been the result of months of work and meetings and I’m so happy to finally reveal to you Quirky Bloom, a carpet I have designed in collaboration with Alternative Flooring,

Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms

10th July 2023

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The newly renovated @plainenglishdesign showroom in New York shot by @garruppo

Well come on then own up? Who's spent the weekend cheating on instagram, twitter and blogs with the new app Threads? Me first? Yes, yes I have. And I have to say I rather like it. Having given up on the toxic cesspool that is Twitter some years ago (even this blog has somehow disconnected

Postcard from the Podcast (117)

22nd June 2023

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It’s podcast day and today @sophierobinsoninteriors and I dive under the duvet to explain how the design of your bedroom is vital for the best rest and recuperation. With more data coming out every year on the importance of sleep to our health, happiness, and longevity, it’s time to plump your pillows and get serious.

Beautiful Rooms To Inspire

22nd May 2023

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Well here we are again on a Monday and I thought it would be appropriate to start with an inspiring little home office as some of us will be heading deskwards shortly. Now many people talk about creating a working space under the stairs and it's definitely cheaper and takes up less space than a

We Bought A House in Italy

17th April 2023

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My apologies for the radio silence over the last couple of weeks. It coincided with the Easter Holidays, the last mad rush of the builders finishing and, well, a short trip to Italy where, as some of you may already know, we signed the papers for a house in a lovely village near Turin. We

New Design Project: 1 St James

20th February 2023

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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.

The Reveal: Main Bedroom

25th January 2023

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The main bedroom is done. We have two complete bedrooms (see the first one here) and brush stroke by brush stroke the grey is being eradicated. For once again this room was a sea of grey when we moved in with a pale grey carpet and walls, broken shutters on the windows that blocked the

Snapshots from a Reno

16th December 2022

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wallpaper Sarkozi by Mind The Gap, Bedside lights Margaret Howell for Anglepoise in Sienna, pink paint Temple by Paint and Paper Library, ceiling in Leather II

I thought you might like to see some progress shots from the renovation so far. As I type we are waiting for the bedroom windows to be replaced - what a week to schedule that as I gaze at snow outside. That will mean one bedroom is completely done and by early January two others

Beautiful Rooms: Add one focal colour

21st November 2022

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image via @restoringlansdowne

It's eight weeks since we moved house, one room is almost done and today we embark on a big push before Christmas. It's going to be hellish but it should take five weeks and we will have one bedroom finished, two more almost done and the sitting room begun. via The Old Potato Store, table

The Househunter: A Striking Four Bedroom Victorian House

18th November 2022

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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

It’s all in the Detail

16th November 2022

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sample finishes from corston architectural

Last week I took a trip out of London to visit the HQ of Corston Architectural to give a talk on the importance of details and I thought I would share some of that detail (as it were) with you here as I realised, when writing my speech, that the scheme for this house was

Beautiful Rooms for a Monday (and a book cover reveal)

14th November 2022

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I've never been one to show you a picture and encourage you to scroll down to the end to see more but today I'm going to do just that. In addition to sharing the rooms and interiors that have caught my eye this week today is also the day that the cover of my next

Beautiful Rooms For A Monday

7th November 2022

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It's Monday, it's raining (in this corner of North London at least, I'm going to assume Monday is almost universal) and we are going to look at some warm and cosy spaces to cheer up this gloomy day. As always I hope they provide inspiration and spark ideas as you stroll through clutching your virtual

Wednesday Thoughts and The Anniversary of My Eco Sofa Design

12th October 2022

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Vita designed by Mad about The House and Love Your Home

Today's post started out as rather more of a note to subscribers rather than something the casual passer-by might find useful. You found me defeated for a post, which I think we can all agree does not happen often. Ever. At all. The decorator/joiner starts next week on the bedrooms. My next book - due

Househunter: A Three bedroom maisonette

23rd September 2022

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As moving day approaches and, following a measuring up visit yesterday, I find I'm drawn to small houses and how they use the space. Is is just me or sometimes do rooms look smaller when they are half empty? Going round the new, smaller, house I suddenly felt the impact of our imminent downsize and

Thank You To The Mad House and all who read it

14th September 2022

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Well it seems to be getting more complicated as the days go by. Today was meant to be a sponsored feature but it has been postponed. I can't decide if all the cancelling and rescheduling is respectful or annoying. I'm not sure the Queen, who was, by all accounts, an immensely practical woman (well, as