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AUGUST POSTCARDS: Sustainable Luxury in Central London



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I'm so excited to share this project again for anyone who didn't see it the first time around. I was asked by Obbard to consult on this historic building and came up with the concept, colour scheme and look and feel for the five apartments. Come and look around and rediscover the details you might
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AUGUST POSTCARDS: A Palace in Peckham



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Not literally a palace but it's a big house and it was a great example of using bold colour so I thought it would be interesting to revisit for our fantasy Friday househunting where, for those who are new, we ignore the price and look into the design and layout of a real house that is
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AUGUST POSTCARDS: Tips for Small Space Living



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the ember locke in Kensington opens in July
And so to August when I take a small break and you get to look back at some of the best posts from the year which you might have missed in the hurly burly of life. Today we are going to start with some tips for small space living. My sons are currently having to
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Beautiful Rooms: Earthy Tones



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I may have mentioned (once or twice!) that I recently completed the fastest zip wire in the world on a press trip to visit The Little Greene Paint factory in north Wales. What I didn't tell you was that we were given the choice between the zip wire or forest bathing. Now I am not
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The Househunter: Colour Drenching



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A gorgeous colour-drenched house for you this week but one where we are very definitely not looking at the price unless some of you are much richer than you have been letting on. This last one before the annual summer break when the housing market goes very quiet (and this year that might be even
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BOOK EXTRACT: Thoughts on Renting



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Katherine Ormerod has made over her rented kitchen using vinyl, paint and new shelving.
As the 19yo tries to find a student flat to rent in north London for the next year of his degree, our thoughts have turned to that sector of housing and I thought I would share an extract from the book today.   Home: The Way We Live Now small home, work from home, rented home
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Quirky Bloom: A Carpet By Mad About The House



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Something a little different for you today as instead of the usual beautiful rooms post I have a beautiful product to show you. This has been the result of months of work and meetings and I’m so happy to finally reveal to you Quirky Bloom, a carpet I have designed in collaboration with Alternative Flooring,
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The Househunter: A six bedroom House in York



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This six bedroom house in York belongs to the author, content creator and social media influencer Lisa Dawson who will be familiar to many of you from instagram. So this is part househunter and part house tour. And for that reason I'm using mostly her pictures rather than the estate agent's but you can, of
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Postcard from the podcast – Henry Holland



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There’s no doubt that lockdown changed many of us but for British fashion designer Henry Holland, it led him towards a whole new career. Turning away from his iconic graphic fashion brand in search of a slower pace Henry has pivoted to pots. Every piece is handmade in the London studio and mainly made to
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Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms



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bathroom by @craft_of_interior
Well what a week last week was. I travelled to North Wales to visit The Little Greene Paint Factory and see a preview of the new colours coming in September. Then, as anyone who dropped in on Friday, will remember there was the zip wire. Reader I did it. I really thought I might not
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The Househunter



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Dashing past and leaving you this lovely sunshine doorway this week. It's been a week of choosing paint colours and tiles for the house in Italy, arranging plumbing positions and, as you read this I may very well be hurtling along a zip wire over one of the largest quarries in Wales as part of
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Postcard from the podcast – Style Surgery



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Should you put off your dream renovation plans while you save up and have to make do with something you don’t love in the meantime and why colour blocking isn’t just for babies. In our monthly style surgery, we help listeners with their personal design dilemmas. From procrastinating over plans to build a dream kitchen
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Visiting A Cork Forest in Portugal



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I promised you a (virtual) visit to a cork forest so come with me to this one south of Lisbon, in Portugal, which produces 60 per cent of all the wine stoppers in the world. the cork forest south of lisbon But let's pause while you digest that because did you know - I didn't
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Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms



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The newly renovated @plainenglishdesign showroom in New York shot by @garruppo
Well come on then own up? Who's spent the weekend cheating on instagram, twitter and blogs with the new app Threads? Me first? Yes, yes I have. And I have to say I rather like it. Having given up on the toxic cesspool that is Twitter some years ago (even this blog has somehow disconnected
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The Househunter: Anne of Cleves House



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As a history nut who loves the Tudors I had to post this house this week. I saw it on Twitter a couple of weeks ago but by the time I tracked it down it was no longer available but now it has popped up on Inigo so I assume the vendors changed agents. I
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A Summer Table with The White Company



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summer tableware from the white company
I’m very excited to be teaming up with The White Company today for a post sharing their high summer collection. I promise the sun was shining as I wrote this. Now I don’t know about you, but I feel The White Company has been around for so long bringing its classic style to homes and
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Beautiful Rooms for Monday Inspiration



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the cocorico hotel in porto
Last week I was in Portugal where I was taken as a guest of Colour Flooring Company to see the cork harvest. I will tell you more about that next week, but first a moment for the stunning hotel we stayed in in Porto. The Cocorico is a converted townhouse with 10 bedrooms and it's
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The Househunter: Jewel Tones in Central London



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A two bedroom apartment for you in Marylebone, W1, this week and it's a riot of deep saturated colour and a lesson in how to use it. Bear in mind you might not like these particular colours but it's about how they have been used which provides the lesson. It's also a call to action
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Postcard from the Podcast (118)



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This week we are excited to be chatting with the king of colour himself, ceramist and designer Jonathan Adler who was in town to open his new store at 91 Pelham Street, London, SW7. Sadly, time and tech being what they are, we were only able to interview him over Zoom rather than in person
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Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms



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Monday again and we seem to be having a bit of a summer moment. And while I have been inclined to complain* (*mention in passing) that the kitchen is dark compared with the last one as it has no skylight, I have to say that at the back of the house with a stone floor
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