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Podcast week and over on the show Sophie and I are discussing that renovation  - the one in Downing Street. Such is the timing of these things that the first time we recorded this conversation it wasn’t even a story and we mentioned it only in passing idly wondering what it might look like a

Now, first of all, before we get into this house a word about the house with the controversial staircase. The architect emailed me the other day to say he was loving the post and all the chat - he admitted the stairs were very Marmite - and suggested we have a chat about well, the

It took a global pandemic and a year of lockdown but new research launched by Heal's today has found that not only do we no longer care about trends but we have gained the confidence to make our own choices of furniture and colours that we want based on what we need from our homes

I have always thought of my house as a narrow London terrace although at 17ft wide it feels significantly wider than my previous London terrace which was 15ft wide. Both of these those are spacious compared with today's property which comes in at just 5ft 6ins wide. Which means I could barely lie across it.

This is the last post for July and I will be taking August off to recharge the, somewhat, depleted brain cells. That said there will be a couple of podcast posts as well as details of a bathroom I have styled so keep your eyes out for that. And, of course, those of you who

For all the fact that the days are blurring into one they seem to be going really fast don't they? Just me? I can't believe the podcast has come around again so fast. This week we were supposed to travel to Shropshire to meet furniture restorer, upcycler, sustainable designer and, more recently, television presenter Jay

Last week's beautiful rooms post was all about using strong colours, so this week I have swung the pendulum back the other way - because there is no right or wrong answer - to look at some gorgeously pared back interiors full of natural materials and textures and all of which I find incredibly restful