To kick off the new series of the podcast (new series, new year, new decade) we thought we’d do a Budget Interiors Special with lots of tips to help you get the most out of your money for every room in the house. We discuss (you can listen here or just keep reading for the…
As part of my ongoing collaboration with Rockett St George, I have compiled a post on how to choose and hang art in your home. They have a huge collection of prints for both under and over £50 and as it’s one of things I am most often asked about when it comes to the…
Last week I wrote about my interior trend predictions for 2020. It turned out either to have been a quite day or a very good post (Don’t answer that!) as some 17,000 people read it and it was the most visitors the blog has ever had in one day. However, there is one exception to…
Good Morning and Happy New Year. Again, for those who weren’t back at it last week. I hope you’re all rested and refreshed and ready to put the nose back to the grindstone… no me neither, but I have found five rather lovely rooms that might inspire you a little on this first working Monday…
Happy New Year – again. Are we still saying that? Some people are still on holiday yet while others have had to go back so I think we are technically still saying it until Monday when, we assume, everyone is back. Greetings anyway. I wanted to share this house with you not because it will…
There’s always a lot of talk about new trends for interior design at this time of year and when I have written about this in the past it has proved to be one of the most read posts of the year. But this year I’m not sure things have changed that much since I wrote…
Hello and almost Happy New Year. I wanted to finish off the old one, and the decade come to that, by showing you my new book which will be out on 5 March: Mad About The House, 101 Interior Design Answers. It’s a collection of 101 of the most common questions that I have been…
The Mad House will be taking a short break over the holiday. Should you reach that point where you just fancy a little peace and quiet and a read of the internet there are over 2,000 posts on this blog which has had nearly 10 million hits since it was launched in 2012. More than…
For those of you who have refused to engage before now. Who are always last minute. Who have forgotten or can’t find ideas for that one person. Here is a round up this year’s room by room guides. Each one has more suggestions and ideas to build out from a starting point so – evil…
Something a little different for this Wednesday’s Ad Break. Last year I worked with HP at the launch of their Tango printer – which was designed to blend in with your interiors in the way the traditional clunky black box of a printer never could. It was a cool bit of kit that was meant…