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The Househunter: A 10 bedroom Georgian House in Devon

29th October 2021
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OK this is it. I know I’ve said it before (every week) but we’re off to Devon. And since there are 10 bedrooms I’m either going to have to open a hotel or you’re coming with me…. It’s Grade II listed, with private gardens and in walking distance of the “wild remote” beaches below. It’s…

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The Househunter: A four Bedroom Victorian Townhouse (like you’ve never seen one before)

24th September 2021
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Usually, when you are househunting, you might tick four beds, period, townhouse and prepare to scroll through dozens of similar (and familiar looking) houses all of which you like (they are literally ticking your boxes) but with no surprises. Then this comes up. And yes it’s a four bedroom Victorian townhouse – you’re familiar with…

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A house tour with Sophie Ellis Bextor

27th May 2021
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home of sophie ellis bextor image by kate watson-smyth

A treat for you this week as Sophie and I actually got out of our duvet dens to meet and record the podcast in person and we were thrilled to be able to tour round the home of Sophie Ellis Bextor, who lives with her husband, Richard Jones, also a musician, and their five sons.…

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Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms

24th May 2021
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image via historiskahem photo: @fboukari Styling: @copparstadinterior

Well what a week. I spent most of it filming for something that I will tell you all about in September and then my in-laws came for the weekend; the first time they have been here since 2019. It felt so strange to see them inside and not huddling under an umbrella at the end…

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The Househunter: Designer Rachel Chudley’s Home

21st May 2021
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No film this week as we have a real interior designer’s home to visit and one of my favourites at that. Rachel Chudley has featured on these pages before and her home – a live/work space in a converted stable (all words to make the boldest interior designers quake a little in their boots) –…

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The Househunter: A One Bed flat in West London

26th March 2021
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Some of you will recognise this room as belonging to the hugely successful designer Sophie Ashby (who I interviewed on these very pages a while back). This one bedroom flat, which is located in the former BBC Television centre, is now on the market and I thought you might like to have a look. It’s…

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The Househunter: A Two Bedroom House

5th March 2021
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A masterclass in the red thread from the outside in this week. This two bedroom house in Brixton, south London, with a private courtyard garden was designed by the Angel O’Donnell studio and is on the market with The Modern House for £775,000. It’s a bold move to paint the outside of a house –…

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Monday Inspiration: When the blues don’t make you blue

1st February 2021
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The Fife Arms in Braemar in the Scottish Highlands, designed by @russellsagestudio via @yarn.home

And welcome February – let’s hope by the end of this (short) month that things are looking up. Vaccination is proceeding and numbers are dropping and, what’s more, by the time the 28th rolls round those who have had their jabs should be on the way to being immune. So there are reasons to be…

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Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms

11th January 2021
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Hallway landing with dark wood banister, jute floor runner, William Morris wallpaper in soft tones, wooden bookcase.image by @home_stead

By many accounts last week was a tricky one, not just because of events in America which will have touched some of you personally, but also the first week of a new year which was, for many us, spent in another lockdown with dire news reports coming in from every direction. So, as usual, I…

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Househunter: Room by Room

13th November 2020
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I was going to show you a very beautiful, very expensive, somewhat neutral house this week but given the reaction to the calming neutrals the other day, I decided against it and we shall look at this charming four bedroom maisonette which, as is so often the case, ties up a few of the themes…

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