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Trends are funny things. On the one hand we are all telling ourselves not to follow them and that they don't matter and we should buy only what we like so we will love it forever. And I utterly stick by that for the more gimmicky end of the spectrum - the flamingos, pineapples and

Morning to you all - are you ready for a stroll through nine beautiful rooms and one garden? Seeing as it's warm (understatement) outside I thought we'd finish up outside for a change. I'm not complaining, but I have taken to leaving the windows open and the blinds down all day to try and maximise

Good Morning and Happy July to you all. As you stroll through these 10 Beautiful Rooms I want to let you know about a decision I have made re the frequency of blogging - I will be moving to four posts a week for July and here's why. pink linen image by art4interiors_uk When I

A light and summery mix of rooms for you this week seeing as we have, so far - at least where I am - had three sunny days in a row. That may be it for the British summer so enjoy it while it's here. Now, what do you think of this? image by @kylamagrathinteriors

We're going to do another house tour today. I'm thrilled to show you round the home of Caz Roberts, creative director of Grazia magazine, which was featured on those pages a couple of weeks ago. Caz and I used to work together at The Independent and when I saw her gorgeous place I immediately asked

I suspect it's a truth universally acknowledged that for every one thing you see at Milan Design Week there are 10 more that you missed. After 48 hours walking a total of 36km round the city last week, I went from delight at the things I did manage to visit to despair at all the

We're going regional again with this week's 10 Beautiful Rooms as it seemed very popular last week so this Monday I'd thought we'd take a trip down to the South West. As before do nominate any others you think are missing and I haven't managed a complete 10 in some of the other areas so

Gooooood Mooooooorning Everyone and welcome to this week's edition of 10 Beautiful Rooms. This week we are focusing on the work of Architect Your Home. This is a service that was set up many years ago (I first wrote about them for The Independent so it's ages) and offers a pay as you go architect.

This week I thought we'd do 10 Beautiful Rooms in a slightly different way. Essentially chosen by you or people like you. A few days ago I went to the annual trends dinner at Houzz where we ate delicious food and talked about our trend predictions for next year. open plan kitchens was the most

Cold then isn't it? That'll be November for you, so this week we're going warm and cosy to banish the winter blues. These first images are from the Tine K catalogue. This Danish designer inspired me to use leather handles on my kitchen cupboards after I saw in a magazine that she had done the

And here we are again. Time seems to be speeding up as we race towards the end of the year doesn't it. Certainly the Mondays are coming round very fast. We starting with a picture taken by Melanie Lissack, whose house featured in last week's 10 Beautiful Rooms, and who too this lovely picture at

For this week's edition of 10 Beautiful Rooms we're staying restful with soft muted colours against monochrome backgrounds. It's a scheme that easy to change as you can swap the accent colours while leaving the rest the same and you don't have to redecorate the whole room. And it's a good way to start the

A treat for you this week as we are going to take a proper look around the home that was featured on last week's Grand Designs. Those of you that watch the programme may relish a closer look and the rest of you will, I think, enjoy seeing it for the first time. the old

Morning, morning and finally we are properly back with our usual Monday 10 Beautiful Rooms slot.This week it's 10 rooms with a difference. All the spaces shown below were created by a new venture called The Interior Design Collective, a nationwide group of specially selected interior designers based all over the UK. Styled and photographed

Can't beat a bit of understand monochrome for a restful starting point which you can jazz up or calm down with your accent colours: exposed brick walls in beckenham house via shootfactory This weeks' 10 Beautiful Rooms celebrate the understated. They are all location houses so if you're a small (or large business) in need

The best 10 Rooms of April featuring that insanely clever wardrobe hack by Fiona Cameron: Sometimes I start this weekly hunt for 10 Beautiful Rooms wondering how on earth I am going to find that many that fit with my mood, that hang loosely together and which I think you will like. Then, somehow, it

Gooooooood Mooooorning everyone and I'm very excited to bring you this week's edition of 10 Beautiful Rooms which is a house tour that I think you are going to love. It's the home of Reena Simon, who lives in Cardiiff *, in Wales, and I've followed her on Instagram for a while where she shows

Last week I promised you a full tour of this house which belongs to a client of mine who I helped a couple of years ago. I don't tend to show you their homes that often, partly because often there are no photographs and also because the way I work is that I made a