This is such a handsome house I’d buy it for that alone. Generally speaking, I tend to value interiors over exteriors as it’s lovely to have a pretty house but it is more about what’s going on inside and arguably you’re better off living in the ugly house looking at the pretty one opposite but…
I have shared my tiny bathroom reno on these pages before but Sophie and I discuss this in more detail on the podcast today following a recent survey revealed by our sponsor Geberit that found that the average new build bathrooom in the UK measures 4.4m square. Mine is a square 2m x 2m while…
I have talked about this here and there and written about it in my books but it seemed like time to bring it all together in one post for those who are newly interested in their homes and struggling to sort out their style from the overwhelming amount of pictures and information that is out…
Well I don’t think we need to get Freud on board to see why I’m drawn to hotel decor at the moment but I will also say that hotel design has always been a key part of my design process. Ideally visiting but when that’s impossible then wandering round the corridors of the internet works…
Oh the Georgians had all the best houses and this one, apparently, has one of the finest staircases outside London. I’m intrigued by that – is there a staircase judge? Is it a committee that has things to tick off – the width, height of the riser, fanciness of the finial (I mean spindle)? Does…
As you may remember I have partnered with Duravit this year to support the blog and while we are hoping to do an actual event later in the year (when the rules stop changing) I am very excited that as part of this collaboration I have landed a very rare interview with the design legend…
A random selection for you this week on the basis that while you can’t please all of the people all of the time then different readers might find different things to take away or bookmark to come back to later. Also we’re going bumper today as I found lots of things that might be useful…
As soon as I saw this fabulous Manor House in Somerset I came over all Jilly Cooper. Surely, I thought this seven bedroom property is the home of Rupert Ruttington-Brown but then I saw the price £995,000 and thought that Rupes would probably live in something three times more expensive so I think perhaps it’s…
Did you know that people in transitional or stressful situations will often create extreme environments around themselves, according to a white paper by a professor of colour science at Leeds University. Professor Stephen Westland, produced a report into our emotional reactions to colour for our podcast sponsor Harlequin and I have to say this line…
This month there is a lovely selection of newness from bedding and rugs to furniture so all in all it’s a good round up that would allow you to entirely furnish a new room or zhjujh (no I can’t spell it either but you get the idea) up the accessories in an existing one. We…