Now before we start: a word on the virus. I feel that you come here for escapism, for home decorating advice and chat, and to see things you might want for your own homes and to be inspired. I also feel that for some of you right now that will feel inappropriate and wrong. I’m…
So here we are on Friday 13th and this house seemed apt. Not least for the picture over the fireplace but also just look at the setting. Feels like the perfect place to hide away and still be able to go outside for fresh air. Built in 1980 it’s nestled in oak woodlands in Surrey…
Well you know…it just seemed like it might be useful. So I just thought I’d put it out there. UPATE: Do read through to the comments for links to soap leaves (brilliant when you’re out and about and travelling) and floating soap as well as an organisation making environmentally friendly soap (plastic and paraben free)…
That’s curtains and blinds and privacy etc. This is an edited extract from the book as well as being one of the most common questions I am asked so while I would recommend you buy the book (well I would wouldn’t I) I hope this will also address some of the questions you might have…
Well now are you sitting comfortably with washed hands and ready to take our weekly stroll through some beautiful rooms. If we’re all going to be quarantined soon then we’re going to need all the inspiration we can get and I’m starting this week with a look at how a dash of mustard can just…
And it’s Happy Publication day to me! Now I wrote all about the book last week so I won’t go into it all again here but do follow the link if you would like to know more. And, of course, it’s podcast day so if you would like to hear me chatting to Sophie about…
This is a term that has been used (and abused) so much over the last ten years that I thought it might be good to have a look at true mid-century modern design to help you work out what’s real and what’s just pinched a few straight lines and called it mid-century when there’s nothing…
Off to the country as the sun is shining and the sky is blue ( as I write that sentence at least. Could be a different story by the time I’ve finished the next one.. and it was as it then started snowing as I was editing!). Anyway, this is a converted stable block in…
I haven’t really looked at the Pantone Colour of the Year 2020 much as I’m never really sure how relevant it is, but given that I came across some lovely dark blue rooms this week and the chosen shade is called Classic Blue “suggestive of the sky at dusk” I thought we’d dive in a…
In this week’s podcast Sophie and I discuss the rise of Granny Chic, whether faking it is best when it comes to textiles and surfaces and interview Willem Smitt, the interior design at El Fenn, Marrakech, where we held our recent interior design retreat. You can listen here or you can simply read all about…