It’s five weeks since Rukmini Patel and I launched the Design for Diversity Pledge and accompanying sticker and we thought it might be time to update you on what has happened since. The first point to note is that we have had nearly 150 signs up from large brands to sole traders all of them…
Finally, after 10 years of living in this house we have sorted out the outside lighting. At the start of the year I agreed to work with Original BTC for 12 months and this post for my Wednesday Ad break is part of that collaboration. Original BTC is a British company that also owns Davey…
Well I’m feeling a bit better about things this week and I hope you are too and if you’re not, well perhaps be reassured that it seems to be an emotional rollercoaster for all of us at the moment and you can be down for no apparent reason and bounce back up again for something…
Now this is a treat; the Carmarthenshire home of the founders of gorgeous lifestyle brand Toast, is now on the market with The Modern House for £650,000 and I could. I really could. Jamie and Jessica Seaton are the couple behind the hugely successful business, which started out selling pyjamas and blankets, expanded into fashion,…
I don’t know about you but I’m slightly paralysed by the idea of garden design. I’m completely happy with paint and paper and chairs, but the thought of plants and fences and pots and I freeze. This, according to Sarah Mitchenall, is a common problem and one she seeks to address when it come to…
Thank you all so much for your kind messages yesterday. It wasn’t meant to be a complaint but it clearly struck a chord with many of us didn’t it. I did that run – 20 minutes continuous and while I’m not going to say it made me feel better, a good sleep did, as well…
I don’t know about you but I’m exhausted. It’s not just working in difficult circumstances over the last four months – and I say that in the knowledge that I have only had to work at home not school at home as the teenagers have been largely left to their own devices. I assume it’s…
Worrabout this then? A 218ft tall concrete Victorian folly with its own tennis court and swimming pool is for sale for £2.5m with four bedrooms arranged over 14 floors. And no lift. It’s on the market with the St Quintin Property Group via Rightmove. Who’s coming for a look round? Sway Tower has belonged to…
A few months ago I gave you a printable download lighting checklist which many of you said you found useful so here is another. This time it’s a quick start to planning a kitchen refurbishment and I hope you will find it similarly helpful. It’s taken from my latest book Mad About The House:…
