Goooooooood Mooooorning (afternoon or evening) I hope you are all full of the joys of summer (winter in Australia) and ready to bounce into a new week and a new dose of Monday Inspiration. The other day I mentioned to you my mantra of adding Something New, Something Old, Something Black and Something Gold to…
Ok stop all the clocks and cut off the telephones and all that – this is the one. It’s a two bedroom house in east London and while it’s more expensive than last week – and sadly the lack of space means we won’t be sharing it – it’s so pretty that I think a…
This week I have teamed up with Beyond The Box, a campaign dedicated to promoting the benefits of cardboard in response to growing consumer concern about packaging. I don’t know about you but while some companies are getting better there are still way too many that seem to include plastic for the sake of it.…
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…
A sightly random selection for you this week although is anything ever really random? Bit early in the week for an existential discussion on the natural of randomness (although if you’ve ever tried to lay tiles without the brain forcing you into semblance of a pattern I’d be interested to hear) so while, on the…
Right that’s it. I’m moving to Lincolnshire to this supremely elegant five bedroom house set in seven acres with a kitchen garden and a wild swimming pond. It’s on with Inigo for £1.1m and it’s the perfect place to hide away from the world and grow vegetables which you can then cook in your outdoor…
HOW TO MAKE A LAMPSHADE I have written before about how changing the lampshade can totally freshen up a corner. And, if you’ve painted a few walls but don’t want/need a new sofa then swapping the cushions about and changing the lampshades will have a huge impact. You can also change lampshades seasonally – paler…
As ever a random selection of rooms which have caught my eye in the corridors of the internet this week. Starting off with this pretty table and chairs in what I think might be the image that first sparked my concept of the importance of a disrupter colour. As you can see this kitchen is…
A treat for you this week as we take a peek around the house of the interior designer Anouska Hempel, known all over the world for her hotels, gardens and homes. She is often credited with the invention of the boutique hotel – an informal style of hotel intended to be as relaxed and comfortable…
One subject this blog has never really covered is the mysterious art of DIY. I’m more of a ASETDI (ask someone else to do to it) frankly and while I have done my share of DIY over the years I’m no expert. I mean I’ve sanded floors and, on one occasion, The Mad Husband and…