Dropping in from the decorating front line with a few new additions for Christmas on Design Storey. As I write we have no heating, no floors in the hall or sitting room, we are 5sqm short of new floorboards, the bedroom is half-wallpapered, the 21yo’s room awaits a new floor before the radiator can be…
A new term and a new season and if you feel like shopping then here are some gorgeous finds (from under £20 treat to £2,000 investment) all of which will stand the test of time. Fashion people say that if you are going to buy a new piece of clothing you should think of at…
It’s too hot for shopping but in case you haven’t dropped by recently here are a few of my Design Storey favourites from the last month. JONAH GARDEN SET, MADE This, as far as I am concerned, is the best garden set out there. I own it in grey (wish it was this natural colour)…
Fancy a quiet moment and a cool down with a look at the latest drop on Design Storey Shop featuring some great lighting and ready made linen curtains that come in three lengths – perfect for wafting in the (non-existent) breeze! ATTICUS BRASS WALL SCONCE, GRAHAM & GREEN If you adhere to the principle that…
Welcome to the new weekly drop on Design Storey, this week we are mainly focusing on bedrooms and workspaces with a little bit of outdoor living thrown in. BRUTON DOUBLE DRAWER DESK, THE DORMY HOUSE We tend not to think of painted wooden desks but if yours is sharing space with a bedroom or…
Good Morning and Happy Tuesday to you all. If you’re stuck at home with no way of getting to work thanks to train and tube strikes then perhaps you can distract yourself with the latest products to drop at Design Storey: Woven teak bench, Zara Home There are some pieces of furniture that once bought…
Time for this week’s newest additions to Design Storey Shop and this week there’s a slight emphasis on outdoor living with a very comfortable chair and a pretty watering can but some good finds for indoors as well. First up: the chair: Shona chair, Made The key to garden furniture is making sure it’s as…
At a barbecue recently I was asked about painting the floorboards in a hall where the planks continued into the sitting room. We decided that this might be tricky as it would necessitate painting a straight line across the boards to create an artificial ending point. And then I remembered an idea I had…
At first it might seem overwhelming trying to plan the perfect kitchen, but the chances are you’ve already worked out what’s annoying you about your current one, so you might as well use that as a starting point and begin by thinking how you could put those issues to rights. Sometimes it’s simply a question…
Well it was finally time to put my money where my mouth is and after several posts about the joys of grey paint and the acquisition of a coordinating grey kitten, it was time to paint the kitchen grey. Despite the rather sudden arrival of the cat, the idea of painting the room grey had…