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We’re going on a factory tour today. Way back in the mists of time (before the pandemic – henceforth to be known as BP, but actually 2019) I started working with USM, the company that makes modular adaptable furniture from its factory in Switzerland. The family-founded firm had nearly finished renovating the family house which…

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As ever a collection of images that have caught my eye this week – some in relation to my own renovation and others just because they are, as the title suggests, beautiful rooms. We tend to think of rich russet, golden yellow and conker brown when it comes to Autumn but pink is also rich…

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So this was clearly meant to arrive yesterday but I got the date wrong when scheduling! My apologies. Here you are  – a colourful Edwardian House in London. Don’t panic – it’s not the high contrast colourful which upset so many of you the other week rather this is a warm layered effect that feels…

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I’m slightly obsessed with What3Words. It’s an app that describes your location to a precise spot of about three square metres using three random words. It doesn’t take you to there – for that you need to use a map – but it was designed to be useful, for example if someone was lost in…

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The decorator is IN the building! And we’re off. Well sort of. He has juggled things around to come to us for two weeks (one room hopefully) and will then leave for two or three and come back again until Christmas (another room, hopefully). By then the radiators should be in – which means the…

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To Royal Bath Spa this week and a three bedroom flat on Great Pulteney Street and, since we are in the area, we’re going to pop our heads into another, smaller, apartment at the other end of the street. Seems a shame to waste a virtual train ticket after all. First up is this, which…

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There are countless posts on where to start when you are redecorating your home. I have written many of them! But the truth of the matter is you need to start from the bottom up and that means the floors. This is partly because flooring is the most disruptive and if you don’t do it…

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We’ve been in the new house for nearly three weeks now. We’ve changed the locks, fitted an alarm, and gathered quotes for the kitchen, shower room and bathroom. We’ve (I say “we” I’m being inclusive!) designed all the wardrobes and storage and drawn it all out on graph paper to make sure it fits. I’ve…

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To Scotland this week. It’s a while since we’ve been and frankly when you look at this view who wouldn’t fancy a little trip up there? And while I appreciate that you can have too much weather, the colours under this moody sky are rather fabulous. It’s also a direct contrast to last week which…

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Today’s post started out as rather more of a note to subscribers rather than something the casual passer-by might find useful. You found me defeated for a post, which I think we can all agree does not happen often. Ever. At all. The decorator/joiner starts next week on the bedrooms. My next book – due…

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