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OK this is it. I know I've said it before (every week) but we're off to Devon. And since there are 10 bedrooms I'm either going to have to open a hotel or you're coming with me.... It's Grade II listed, with private gardens and in walking distance of the "wild remote" beaches below. It's

Usually I use the last Wednesday of the month to tell you about interior design news belonging to other people. This month I'm going to show you two projects that I'm working on. As you know I’m mostly a writer rather than a doer and, aside from the odd interior design consultation, I have mostly

Well after a week of travel - first time on a plane for 20 months (I'll tell you about it on Wednesday) when I flew to Mallorca to start a very exciting interiors job, I thought I'd come back to earth-  literally - with a train today. But this isn't just any train this (cue

This is a collection of eight new apartments a few minutes from Church Street in Stoke Newington, which is a cool villagey area in north London, and each one has private south-facing outside space while one, no 8, is part of the Government Help to Buy Scheme which means if you can raise a five

A little bit of light-hearted fun today. What with launching an online course and a sofa and working two huge interior design projects (I'll keep you posted but as you read this I will by flying back from Mallorca - scene of one of them) I thought I would just drop this in today as

This week's inspiration was begun by the top two pictures - one wallpaper, one paint and then I realised there was a theme developing as I had also promised to show you a couple of the new shots of my house taken by Mark Anthony Fox, who does a lot of the dreamy photography for

Ooh look at this. I could move for this I really could. It's in Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire, the birthplace of Cromwell - there is rumoured to be a tunnel from this to Cromwell House opposite and it has seven bedrooms and is on the market with Inigo for £925,00. This price is because it is

Happy Monday or whatever day you are reading this to you all. I'm excited to share today's finds with you as there are a couple that really set my heart racing and after nearly 10 years of this blog and 20 writing about interiors I'm taking that as a good sign. kitchen design by karen

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

A mix of things I did and saw this week which seems to have shaken out into autumn colours with stripes and checks. I never start off with a theme but one often tends to emerge; this was inspired by a trip over to west London to the Anya Hindmarch Home pop-up and an email

I believe the expression for this week would be Go Big or Go Home. Believe it or not I started off looking for homes with beams as I featured a couple on Monday when we were discussing Autumn shades and I know that beams and low ceilings is something that many of you have to

Today's the day. My first online course teaching you how to be your own interior designer is live and you can buy it right now and do it RIGHT NOW should you fancy. Come with me on a video tour of my house - room by room - and on various gorgeous locations around London

There's no doubt that Autumn is my design season. I wear her warm sludgy colours all year round and my house is full of soft pinks and plums with deep chocolate and warm cream tones with, yes, the occasional splash of ochre (this is creeping in more) and, in one or two places, the odd

Usually, when you are househunting, you might tick four beds, period, townhouse and prepare to scroll through dozens of similar (and familiar looking) houses all of which you like (they are literally ticking your boxes) but with no surprises. Then this comes up. And yes it's a four bedroom Victorian townhouse - you're familiar with

It's one thing to read about a brand on their website but another to visit their factory and really get a feel for what goes into the products. It's well over a year since I teamed up with Original BTC and, as their new collection drops, I was finally able to travel to the Potteries

After last Monday's unexpected (for me at least) look at incorporating yellow accents into the home, followed by its inclusion on the list of trends last week's podcast, I thought I'd stay with colour this week for our weekly wander through some beautiful rooms in search of inspiration for our own. Before we start though

Oh I know I've said it before (no, not quite every week) but this time I mean it. No I really do. This is the one. The one that I want... woo hoo hoo... etc. This Georgian house sits on one of London's garden squares and well, look I know it's £3.75m (read it fast

It’s the last podcast of the current series and today we are talking about the top ten trends following the announcement of the Dulux Colour of the Year. Remember you don’t have to follow trends unless they are right for you and this is partly why we have identified 10 as they range from pale

Some of us are clinging onto summer while some of us are eyeing cosy jumpers and woolly socks and are ready to move into the new season. For me this is one of those "how it started... how it's going" posts. As regular readers will know I have traditionally not been a fan of yellow.