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Interior Styling with La Redoute



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sitting room styling with La Redoute by madaboutthehouse.com photography by
It has become one of the annual styling jobs that I most look forward to and this year was no exception. I first worked with La Redoute about five years ago styling one room. This year there were three; jam-packed with new collections and products and for today’s Wednesday Ad break I’m going to show
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On My Radar: Women in Interiors



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Julia wallpaper by Elizabeth Ockford part of The Garden range inspired by amazing women
Once a month I dig back through my inbox to see what's new in interiors and what you might like to know about from events to product launches and this week the first five emails I came up with were for businesses run by women. So I have decided to go with that as this
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The Hottest New Interiors Books Reviewed



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Image from Every Room Should Sing by Beata Heumann (Rizzoli)
Back with a new series of the podcast and this week we are reviewing three of the newest interiors books, two of which are published today. Elsewhere in the show, which for this series is sponsored by Harlequin, we discuss scented candles – expect strong opinions there and whether you should unconservatory your conservatory. Do
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Interview: What will our interiors look like post-pandemic?



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Today I’m chatting to Ed O’Donnell,  the interior designer and one half of Angel/ODonnell whose house I featured on these pages a few weeks ago and whose staircase caused such consternation – we’ll deal with that at the end. In a piece he wrote recently his thoughts on trends chimed very much with my own
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From My Radar to Yours: What’s new in Interiors



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broste copenhagen pam table in recycled paper via Amara
So what's new? Well, it turns out, quite a lot. With news on the sustainable front too. But before we get into that, thank you so much for your kind and supportive comments yesterday. A couple of early nights and things always seem much better. Although I fear the lockdown madness may have got to
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FIVE INTERIORS TRENDS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2021



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yellow window frame at the home of skye mcalpine by madaboutthehouse.com
Normally at this time of year I would be heading off to Paris to visit the Maison e Objet trade show to see what looks the designers are predicting for the months and year ahead. Obviously in the current circumstances I’m barely allowed to the end of the road, never mind abroad so I have
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My New Book: Mad About The House Planner, your home your story



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I'm back! Thank you all for your lovely messages on my last post and wishing you all - well, dare I say it - A Happy New Year? Let's hope at least that if last year we fell headlong down a hole into what seemed at times like a bottomless pit, perhaps we start today
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Mad About The House to launch Design Storey – an edited interiors shop



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I'm so excited to share this news with you today. It has been a long time in the dreaming and even longer in the making but Mad About The House is launching an online shop in January. Read on to find out the story behind Design Storey. The idea came about after realising that there
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Why The Worktop Is The Most Important Element of your Kitchen



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This week for the Wednesday Ad Break we’re going to talk about worktops as part of a collaboration with Caesarstone who make engineered quartz worktops. I posted a friend’s kitchen which has their rugged concrete tops the other day and it was my most liked Instagram post ever (see below) Which wasn’t at all miffing
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From My Radar To Yours: What’s New in Interiors this month



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recycled plastic chair from & tradition
This idea of a news page seemed to go down well when I did it for the first time last month so here's this month's round up of events and general newness that you might want to know about or investigate further. In no particular order but starting with the first one to land in
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Interior Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms



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pomegranate wallpaper by tatty lowther
Everything's coming up roses... well not necessarily yet but shall we go with the green of new beginnings ? Or maybe just - it was a long week but it all turned out all right in the end. So here are some lovely rooms for you to stroll through on this Monday morning when I,
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How To Buy Ethical Interiors



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tortoiseshell bamboo covered cupboard with peach glass floor lamp, cream sofa and orange striped cushion. .interior designer Em Gurner, image by anna yanovski
This week on the podcast, Sophie interviews Chloe Bullock, a BIID member and the first interior designer in the UK to be vegandesign.org certified. There is no doubt that we are all becoming more aware of the need to decorate our houses sustainably and in a way that is less damaging to the planet. interior
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Book Review: De Gournay Wallpaper and Scandi Rustic Interiors



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St. Laurent designer Greg Natale photo Anson Smart
Suddenly there are new interiors books coming out every week after years of it being a massively unfashionable subject and it's becoming hard to keep up. Today I'm going to show you two books from either end of the spectrum - in a vain (probably laughable) attempt to try and keep all of the people
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From My Radar to Yours: What’s new in interiors



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colourful cushions from Osime Home
I have been meaning to start a regular news page for ages. In the absence of time to create a proper newsletter, I thought I would start a monthly round up here which will be mostly press releases and information that you might find useful - you can bookmark these pages - but also interesting
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Diversity and Interiors: We are Listening – Podcast Notes



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design by rukmini patel interiors
This week on The Great Indoors Podcast, Sophie and I give the first half of an extended show to listen to black voices from the interiors industry. We asked them to record their experiences, as far as possible, so that you can hear their voices speaking. We spoke to designers and stylists who have direct
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The most popular interior styles of 2020



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Vintage (Shutterstock - Pavlovska Yevheniia)
Now this dropped into my inbox a couple of days ago and I thought it might be fun to share; a round up of the top 20 interior design styles as evidenced by google searches so far this year. These things are often to be taken with a pinch of salt, not so much for
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The Key Interior Trend for 2020



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Kate Watson-Smyth looks at interior trends and the recent beige revival. Layering with different textures and adding accent colours create a modern look. The tall proportions and windows of the living room by H&M home help to keep the scheme light and contemporary. #modernliving #livingroom #madaboutthehouse
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. madaboutthehouse sitting room in fallen plum by atelier ellis But this year I’m not
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Mad About The House 101 Interior Design Answers: the new book



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image by by Rekha Damhar copy
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
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Topps Tile of the Year 2020



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Kate Watson-Smyth looks at the Topps Tile of the Year 2020: syren in midnight blue
Well we've had the colour of the year and now it's time for the tile of the year as revealed by moi at an event with Topps Tiles last week and for this week's Wednesday AD Break I thought I would talk you through some of the trends around it and the different ways you
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