"disrupter" - Mad About The House

Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Spaces

15th June 2020

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Emerald green Chinoiserie wallpaper by de Gournay with floral sofa, textured rug and glass coffee table.

Starting with a glorious riot of wallpaper this week. De Gournay handpainted papers are so pretty and this bright green can't fail to lift the spirits. This was chosen by Matthew Williamson for his flagship London store (although I confess I don't know if it's still there as that was several years ago). I could

5 Small Businesses You Might Like and how you can help in other ways

7th May 2020

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trestle desk table from woodmancote retro

Now I don't know about you but as we wade through the seventh week of lockdown, I have started to look at the shops again. It's been a dilemma - should we shop anything other than essentials? Is it wrong to shop when so many people are struggling to buy food? Is it wrong to

Beautiful Rooms: A Dash of Mustard

9th March 2020

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Kate Watson-Smyth looks at ways of injecting touches of mustard to scheme. Here a pale pink bedroom with navy headboard and side tables has the simple addition of mustard cushions to liven the scheme. #mustardaccents #madaboutthehouse #bedroom

Well now are you sitting comfortably with washed hands and ready to take our weekly stroll through some beautiful rooms. If we're all going to be quarantined soon then we're going to need all the inspiration we can get and I'm starting this week with a look at how a dash of mustard can just

Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms

2nd March 2020

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Gooooooooood Mooooooooorning Monday. I hope that the wind has died down, the floods have receded and the viruses are at bay in your corner of the world this morning. And in an attempt to distract ourselves from all those horrors who fancies a little stroll through some beautiful rooms with a cup of coffee before

The Househunter: Room by Room

14th February 2020

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Now look at this. I love it when you can really see how an architect has taken notice of the surroundings. We have a new build not far from us which is on a hill and the houses above have gone from looking at a lovely view down the hill to a grey roof and

Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms The Stripes Edition

20th January 2020

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Today's Beautiful Rooms post comes to you full of stripes following an afternoon at the Bridget Riley exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in London yesterday afternoon. Although she is best known for her black and white paintings of the 1960s (which, said the 16yo, made his eyes go "weird" the most interesting (for me at

Monday Inspiration: That unexpected colour burst

2nd December 2019

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Kate Watson-Smyth looks at ways of introducing pops of colours to a scheme. A favourite piece of artwork is made a focal point with a wide painted border in this dining room. #popofcolour #diningroom #madaboutthehouse

Now I'm well aware that most of the internet has gone Christmas-mad already. Well, there'll be none of that in this corner. Firstly, there's clearly enough of it everywhere else and, secondly, not everyone likes or celebrates this time of year and I feel there should be respite. Also, and this is maybe not everyone,

The Househunter : Town and Country

22nd November 2019

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Two for you this week as I couldn't decide which one to include so thought we could go town and country. Also, while both are very different the colour palettes are similar - basically they look like someone lay down in the middle of the Farrow & Ball factory and rolled around for a while.

Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms

28th October 2019

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ochre pouf and old painting by @n0.17house

Starting today with a bright burst of yellow as the clocks went back yesterday in the UK and although I'm typing this on a beautifully sunny Autumn morning (albeit with no idea what time it actually is) it might all have gone to winter by the time you are reading this in 24 hours time.

Beautiful Rooms: Why a Drop of Black is Always a Good Idea

30th September 2019

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boscobel by cole and son chair by attpynta

Every room needs a drop of black. You don't have to go full goth, but even in a room of pared back pastels, soft neutral or full maximalist colour, a sprinkle of black will bring the whole thing alive. It's like adding lemon juice to your grilled meat, salt on your chips or blusher to

Dulux Colour of the Year 2020

12th September 2019

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With the new season comes a raft of new stuff from furniture to fashion and all of them wearing their new colours. This week saw the annual Colour of the Year announcement by Dulux. I have been writing about this since 2014 and in that time we have seen teal, copper blush, cherished gold, denim

Monday Inspiration: Adding that Unexpected Pop of Colour

9th September 2019

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Kate Watson-Smyth shows how an unexpected pop of colour can transform a neutral scheme. The corner of this classic kitchen has a surprise addition of a bright blue table and chair, creating a modern yet elegant look. #kitchen #popofcolour #madaboutthehouse

Morning everyone and welcome to Monday. I trust everyone is back in the swing of things now? We have one week till we take the 18yo to university so it's going to be a slightly strange week for us, but there's nothing like a stroll though some gorgeous rooms to calm the senses and help

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