Welcome to the new weekly drop on Design Storey, this week we are mainly focusing on bedrooms and workspaces with a little bit of outdoor living thrown in. BRUTON DOUBLE DRAWER DESK, THE DORMY HOUSE We tend not to think of painted wooden desks but if yours is sharing space with a bedroom or…
Time for this week’s newest additions to Design Storey Shop and this week there’s a slight emphasis on outdoor living with a very comfortable chair and a pretty watering can but some good finds for indoors as well. First up: the chair: Shona chair, Made The key to garden furniture is making sure it’s as…
I’m very excited to show you today’s post. Not only is it a tour of one of the most iconic ( and I don’t use that word lightly) buildings in London but it also belongs to a client who I had the privilege of helping with her design and both she and I are thrilled…
This weekly collection of rooms has always been a fairly random collection of spaces that have caught my eye during the past seven days – sometimes I try and do a walk-through every room in a house (as it were) and sometimes, often, there are lots of of kitchens. This week, for some reason, I…
Here, as part of the August updates is my round up of the 10 best desk lamps. A desk lamp is not to be confused with a table lamp. Unless you want it to be and I have included a couple of table lights here as it doesn’t always have to be an angled, articulate,…
Today I am bringing you the first of two posts on paint. One is the new trend colours as identified by Farrow & Ball from their existing palette of 132 colours and next week we will look at their extensive range of neutrals and how to combine them to best effect. The talk was given…
When is a feature wall not a feature wall? When it’s basically a giant alcove. Interior designers will tell you that the feature wall is over. That if you have chosen a colour or a wallpaper you should do the whole room in it – have the courage of your convictions and show it like…
I’m excited to bring you the first in a new series on The Mad House today. When I asked you what you wanted from the blog a few of you said that you would like to see other voices from time to time to bring a change of pace. I have already started with my…
Walls. We’ve all got ’em. We all spend quite a lot of time thinking about what colour to make them and quite a lot of money procuring the paint to do it with. Now it would be wrong to say today’s post is about a new kid on the block but it is, for some…
As many of you will know, I’m a fan of the store Rose and Grey which sells a mix of vintage and contemporary furniture and accessories. They recently opened a shop in Altrincham, which just proves it’s not all Londoncentric and today I wanted to show you their new chairs which you can order in…