To West London and a rather fabulous three bedroom property designed by Frederick Wheeler in the 1890s to “suit the requirements of bachelor artists” and there’s so much to unpick in that sentence that all I’m going to say is that it really needs to be bought by a woman. Maybe even a woman who…
This week on the podcast, Sophie and I have done a fairly deep dive into eco paints. She was mostly enraged that there is no industry standard and everyone does what they want so we have looked into the subject in more depth to try and understand what’s what and what you need to know.…
I have been thinking about storage. This may not be the most arresting first line you have ever read, but it follows that if I have been thinking about it then you might have less thinking to do as I will have, hopefully, come up with some ideas that can help. Storage is, it seems…
This blog has long been obsessed with the internal window. Where once it was all about crittal (or frittal – her faux sister) the look has now softened to be more about wood – where possible reclaimed. You can pick up salvage wooden doors for a reasonable price and the joy of that is that…
Oh The Barbican – one of the most iconic (and I don’t use that word lightly) housing estates in the world. One that inspires love and hatred in equal measure. I have friends who dream of retiring to a flat within its Brutalist concrete walls while others dislike it with an intensity bordering on passion.…
There has been a lot of talk in recent years about the trend for bringing the outdoors in when it comes to colour and pattern. We know that the colour green is on the rise, houseplants are back with a vengeance and the trend for botanical plants is massive whether you favour the Arts and…
Today we are in The Great Outdoors for the latest episode of the podcast and not only are we outside but, after a year of trying, we managed to meet up with Arit Anderson, presenter of Gardener’s World, designer at Chelsea and writer and podcaster herself at Growing Greener. We met in Regent’s Park and…
Today a round up of some new things for you as Spring has sprung, the blossom is out and the (unaffordable) heating is off. So in no particular order we have new tableware, fabric, wallpaper and, well, a table actually as well as details of a chunky 25 per cent off my interiors course. Read…
I had my annual Spring wake-up call this week when I looked out of the landing window on the way downstairs in the morning and the huge chestnut tree, which has been nothing but a tangle of naked branches for months, is suddenly fully decked out in her green dress and bursting with life. It…
Small space living this week and it’s a new build flat in north west London by design-led developers Artform and design studio Scenesmith. At at time when many of us live in small spaces – and those of us in big houses are bound to have small rooms, this collaboration shows you that a modern…