365 Objects Of Design

Quick the sun's out and it might have disappeared again by the time you read this so I wanted to rush in and show you this, because if you're anything like the rest of us you will have seen the sun, realised you hate your garden furniture, realised you haven't got a squillion pounds to

Over the last three weeks I have run pieces on the main trends that emerged from Milan Design Week when it came to sitting rooms, kitchens and bathrooms. And that, I thought, was that. And then lighting experts John Cullen contacted me with some information they had put together on lighting trends for this year

Yesterday I told you about a collaboration between ethical interiors store Aerende and broadcaster and chef Rosie Birkett, today we are looking another collaboration - this time between a textile designer and a manufacturer who have combined forces to create something fantastic - and looking at the products you will see I mean that in

This week we shall be mostly looking at some new launches and collaborations in a sort of news-style/keep you up to date sort of way. The first one I wanted to tell you about is the new collaboration from ethical homewares brand Aerende, which has featured on these pages before. Blush velvet and linen cushion

As promised last week, we're going to take a look at some of the bathroom trends that emerged from Salone this year. There was a vast hanger full of bathrooms and exhibitors and I only scratched the surface of it but there were definitely a few ideas that seemed to pop up again and again

It started when my friend Annabel Bird, owner of lifestyle store Bleakhouse, said she needed some new shelving. She wanted, she said, shelves like Agatha Christie had in her study. She didn't, she said, want to spend a fortune having them built in. What, she asked, did I suggest? ikea kallax image by Annabel Bird

Following yesterday's 10 Beautiful Rooms house tour with Caz Roberts, I was so taken with her storage bench situation that I had to see if I could find us one for our own homes. caz roberts house in grazia image by Chris Tubbs And the good news is I have found a couple of solutions.

Every April thousands of people descend on the northern Italian city of Milan for its annual design week. This was the 57th year of Salone, as it is known, and it's the largest of its kind. Last week there were over 430,000 visitors from 188 countries in six days visiting nearly 200 exhibitors. The City

Yes you read that right. Assuming you actually read the headline that is. The first eco-friendly, vegan, sustainable, 100 per cent recyclable cardboard bed has arrived in the UK. It comes in a box and you simply stretch it out - a bit like a concertina - throw your mattress on top and climb in.

As Mae West didn't quite say: "So many tiles so few rooms." I'm still astounded by how little tiling I have in my house and how many beautiful ones there are still out there. While I'm a huge fan of a classic white metro, or subway tile, it's true that it's almost a crime to

One of the questions I am often asked when it comes to helping clients with their houses is where to find good looking storage. Not everything can be built in and sometimes you want a piece of furniture that looks good but is useful as well. Today I thought we would look at five of

At the time of writing the clocks have gone forward and the weather has gone backward. There was a brief moment when it looked like Spring which, given that we had just moved into British Summer Time, wasn't a moment too soon. Then the heavens opened and dropped about three days of rain before breakfast.

Those of you who follow me on instagram will be familiar with my sitting room and, more importantly, the chaise longue in there. I bought it for The Mad Husband as a 40th birthday present from the local junk shop. It cost £250 and we have both always loved it. mad about the house sitting

The great car manufacturer Henry Ford, founder of the eponymous car company, famously said: "Any customer can have a car painted any color (sic) that he wants so long as it is black." He said a great many other wise things too but it is this which concerns us today. round metal mirror from maisons

So I don't normally get all cutsie and Easter about these things but these are, as the song goes, a few of my favourite things and they just happened to have bunnies on and one of them was for a good cause so it seemed appropriate for the time of year. If you're trying to

MAD ABOUT THE HOUSE How to decorate your home with style mad about the house the book I hope you will forgive me some indulgence today. It's a little like a birthday because, as you may be aware, today is the day that my second book is officially born. It was a twinkle in my

Earlier this year I took a trip to the Norfolk coast. It was snowing. When isn't it? But I wanted to go and visit the showroom of Naked Kitchens. I had included their kitchens on the blog a couple of times - in particular the fabulous green Ladbroke pictured below - and when they contacted

Now it might surprise you to know that when I go to people's houses I don't immediately start analysing their decor and furniture choices. Well, a little bit, but only with half a eye as it were. Usually if a room is ok you don't tend to pick up on anything. If it's amazing then

Yes I grant you this one might be pushing more at the beautiful than the useful end of the spectrum, but if a household object needed to spark joy then surely it has to be the biscuit tin? I mean these are so much fun you may not even need to eat the biscuit. Just

leather and seagrass hanging basket from cox and cox Useful stuff part II. This has clearly come about because the 17-year-old has requested to move rooms and will henceforth be living in the spare room while his old bedroom becomes the spare. This is good as it gives me a room decorate but has involved