We have reached that stage of the build where you go to take the builder a cup of tea and 40 minutes later you are still deep in a conversation about exactly how wide a shelf should be and what sort of beading should go on the front of it. Then you spend 20 minutes…
The builders are back! Today I had planned to show you the culmination of a project I have been working on for a year but for publicity reasons I’m not allowed to share until next week (hopefully) so I’m going to give you an idea of what we are doing in the bedroom. Oddly, although…
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. It’s slightly chaotic as we are…
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…
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…
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…
We’re off to the North-East of England this week to this very pretty three bedroom former station house in Rowlands Gill, Tyne & Wear. It’s on the market with Inigo for £580,00 and has three bedrooms arranged over nearly 1,300 sq ft on three storeys. The house is tall for its setting because it was…
Following a reader’s question about which episode of the podcast contained the most recent books review (no 87) I wanted to tell you a little more about it. I’m never sure how many of you listen to The Great Indoors so for those of you who are new to it, and for regular listeners, I…
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…
In contrast to last week’s colourful London townhouse, this week we are heading to the Yorkshire Dales to a remote farmhouse billed as being perfect for anyone who fancies living off-grid. And, given the way things are going I can see that might be increasingly attractive. A recent Grand Design episode followed the build of…