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It sounds obvious doesn't it? Bring some of that outside inside and you will feel better. Put a few plants on the side, buy some flowers and bring a smile to your face. It's something that feels so instinctive that it hardly needs saying, but as we now spend up to 90 per cent of

Welcome to the 3rd episode in the third series of The Great Indoors Podcast and a big thank you to DFS for their continued support and to our producer Kate Taylor. You can listen to the full podcast here. This week's episode comes from Sophie's house as I had that big location shoot here last week. pink

Oh I know we all say that trends aren't for following and we should ignore them and only buy what we love and will love for ever, but that doesn't mean we can't have a look. And given that the shops will likely be full of these things in 2019 we may as well be

This week we're taking a different approach as New London Architecture (NLA) has just announced its shortlist for this prestigious design award to find the best home extensions in the capital, and I thought you might like to see some of the entrants as it could give you ideas for your own work. There are

Now I'm not necessarily one for New Year's Resolutions - mainly because I don't like being told what to do. Or perhaps telling myself what to do but there's no doubt that I like to take a few minutes on New Year's Eve to get things in order mentally and think about how to start

Welcome to today’s guest blogger Kimberly Duran of Swoonworthy, winner of the blogger’s choice award at last year’s Amara’s Interior Blog Awards event. She wrote a post on interiors trends for 2018 – what’s coming in and what’s dropping out – for next year and it chimed so well with what I also feel is

This was another extremely popular post when it first ran so, for those of you who missed it the first time round, here are photographer Paul Craig's 5 tips for photographing interiors like a professional. Paul Craig's work has appeared in numerous magazines from Conde Nast and Living Etc to Essential Kitchen, Bathroom and Bedroom (for

It's back! Yes The Great Interior Design Challenge starts its third series on Monday 1 February with 16 amateur designers battling it out over 15 episodes. And guess what? The Mad House was the only UK blog invited to meet the presenters for an exclusive chat. Thrilled? Moi? So off I trotted to their offices

As the world of blogging gets ever more crowded, some of us have had to think of ways to earn a living that aren't just about sticking big banner adverts all over our carefully designed sites. After all, there's nothing worse than spending your days writing about good design and then sticking a dirty great