I thought I’d found the perfect houses last week but this week I think I prefer these. First up is this converted shoe factory on Shoreditch High Street which has been converted into a three bedroom live work space by the husband and wife team Chan and Eayrs. This is on with The Modern House…
This is a subject I return to again and again. Most of the ones I see are just awful and it seems you agree with me. It’s a question I am asked almost more than any other. Sometimes there just isn’t room for furniture on either side of the bed and, it seems to me, that…
So yesterday was all about the virtual inspiration board that is Pinterest and today I have decided to show you this real pegboard for those of us who prefer things in 3D. As you read this I will be heading off to meet a client for some interiors styling. “Can we confirm our meeting” I…
In honour of the book coming out in the US this week I thought I would run an edited extract from the chapter on How to Use Pinterest. This is something I am so often asked and so I have come up with a way to master it because, in my opinion, Pinterest is your…
Happy Monday and welcome to this edition of 10 Beautiful Rooms. First up is a pair of pictures by the very talented Karen Knox, of Making Spaces. Karen has written for these pages before on how to plan your decorating budget and I think she’s extremely good at her job so I wanted to show…
And it’s Friday again. That rolled round fast didn’t it? Must be something to do with the four day weeks that May is so full of. Not that it makes much difference to a freelance or a journalist (we always had to work bank holidays when I worked for newspapers) but there’s something in the…
Dropping by with a quick postcard from Objects of Design for you today. These pretty jugs and trays are hand-painted stainless steel and, at 18cm the jugs would double up brilliantly for vases of flowers or even bunches of herbs sitting on the worktop as well as utensils by the hob or sink. The trays…
Some of you will remember that I began this series earlier this year with a post on the three most important questions you need to answer when it comes to decorating any room in your house. Those questions are Who, What and When and if you ask those – and crucially answer them with honesty…
Now I don’t know about you but I find tableware – as it seems to be called these days – tricky. On the one hand I don’t want to spend a fortune because we are a house of clumsy oafs and we break stuff. Also I have a dishwasher. Which means I’m not going to…
*This competition is only open in London this year but Houzz told me on Friday that they plan to roll it out nationwide next year and in the meantime you can enjoy your usual stroll through 10 Beautiful Rooms without needing to read the words if they don’t apply to you. Also bank holiday… And…