Hello and Welcome to The Great Indoors… as it were. It’s time for the second episode of this series and this time we spoke about Biophilia (which I wrote about in some detail recently, whether your childhood home influences your adult house and the new trend of colour blocking. You can, as ever, listen here…
When I wrote my book I carefully created the chapter on colour psychology in order of the colours of the rainbow as that made sense in term of how to approach them. In this series for the blog they have been completely random – often turning up according to what else I was writing about…
School’s out for summer then. Or out for ever in the case of the 18yo currently wandering around Sicily on a post A level trip while the nearly 16yo is taking more of a horizontal approach to his relaxation schedule. So with that in mind, here’s the first of this week’s beautiful rooms designed by…
I’m sure most of you are familiar with Rockett St George, the cool online store that famously showcases its wares against a black background beloved by magazine editors (and bloggers!) the world over. They launched over 11 years ago and I remember featuring them in a piece I wrote for The Independent and I was…
This is the part of the year where the actual stuff catches up with the endless trend reports. Back in April I wrote, not for the first time, that curves were the new shape. I didn’t say then, and wonder now, if they are an antidote to the clean, straight lines of mid-century modern. Be…
Right time for some gentle colours this week. It’s nearly time to go on holiday and I’ve reached that point where I’m metaphorically crawling towards the finish line so I want to be looking at restful images and calming colours. Like this for example. I love this space. Right now I want to be in…
And we’re back! The Great Indoors Podcast Series 4 is up now for you to download from your preferred platform. We’ve got a brand new shiny sponsor, Topps Tiles, and for those of you who don’t listen (why not?!) here is what we discussed this week: the enduring appeal of mid-century modern furniture, everyone’s talking…
Now this is a good idea for a series and sadly it wasn’t mine although, as you can see, I have been featured. Jess Hurrell, author of the blog Gold is a Neutral, came up with the idea last year and has filmed a couple of episodes. The idea is that you chose the six…
Good Morning to you all. Or Hello depending on what time you are reading this. It’s proving to be a funny old summer (can we use that word yet) in The Mad House as school finished in June when the exams finished so there is a definite holiday mood in the air without anyone actually…
One of the three primary colours, red is perhaps the most manipulative colour on the wheel. It is associated with extremes of emotion both good and bad – passion and anger, fortune and fury, blood and money, warnings and celebrations. We roll out the red carpet on a red letter day and if that goes…