Everyone will have different “rules” and I stick that word in inverted commas because they may be your personal rules, they may simple be a set of guidelines you like to stick to to ensure you get your space right for what you need. Think of them more as a set of principles; when they’re…
The last year has shown many of us that if we want new stuff we have to buy it online. With all but non-essential shops shut it has become the only way to get hold of anything whether it’s kitchen supplies, new shoes or even sofas. Now many of us were already shopping online and…
A riot of pattern and colour for you this week – well mostly – and if there’s no pattern and not much colour then there’s texture. So important, so often overlooked. Let’s dive in with this wonderful floral wallpaper: This pattern, which comes in seven colourways and includes an indoor velvet and a linen, an…
Some of you will recognise this room as belonging to the hugely successful designer Sophie Ashby (who I interviewed on these very pages a while back). This one bedroom flat, which is located in the former BBC Television centre, is now on the market and I thought you might like to have a look. It’s…
This week on the podcast Sophie and I discuss how to buy furniture online and get it right. You can listen here and I will return to this as a full post next week as it’s an increasingly permanent part of our lives. We also discuss hall flooring and sound proofing in our regular Style…
Many of you will be familiar with Cox & Cox, a homewares brand that has featured on these pages many times since the blog launched nearly 10 years ago. Today, for my Wednesday Ad Break, I have teamed up with them to tell you about their paint collection which has expanded this week to include…
So what’s new? Well, it turns out, quite a lot. With news on the sustainable front too. But before we get into that, thank you so much for your kind and supportive comments yesterday. A couple of early nights and things always seem much better. Although I fear the lockdown madness may have got to…
Well here we are then. One year on. I remember the last time I went on the tube – to interview Orla Kiely for the podcast. I remember shutting the front door and opening it weeks later to find all the plants in the tubs in the front garden had died. And I remember the…
Now, first of all, before we get into this house a word about the house with the controversial staircase. The architect emailed me the other day to say he was loving the post and all the chat – he admitted the stairs were very Marmite – and suggested we have a chat about well, the…
And here it is. Finally, after three delays and a pandemic the next book in The Mad About The House series and this one’s for you. The Planner has space for you to write your own to do lists, draw your own floor plans and note down the addresses of the trades and the names…