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It’s the last podcast of the current series and today we are talking about the top ten trends following the announcement of the Dulux Colour of the Year. Remember you don’t have to follow trends unless they are right for you and this is partly why we have identified 10 as they range from pale

Well here we are then. One year on. I remember the last time I went on the tube – to interview Orla Kiely for the podcast. I remember shutting the front door and opening it weeks later to find all the plants in the tubs in the front garden had died. And I remember the

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 the last couple of years, as the trend for all things 1970s takes hold, there has been masses of cane and rattan furniture in the shops. By which I mean that slightly chunky woven stuff that, after a while, comes unwoven and leaves bits of stick hanging out that snags your clothing. It's a

The hot topic in interiors this year has definitely been sustainability and there is nothing more sustainable than buying antique furniture for your home. It saves it from landfill and it prolongs its life. But as much as that this furniture was well made - there are no plastic mouldings which means that if it

School's out for summer then. Or out for ever in the case of the 18yo currently wandering around Sicily on a post A level trip while the nearly 16yo is taking more of a horizontal approach to his relaxation schedule. So with that in mind, here's the first of this week's beautiful rooms designed by

This is the part of the year where the actual stuff catches up with the endless trend reports. Back in April I wrote, not for the first time, that curves were the new shape. I didn't say then, and wonder now, if they are an antidote to the clean, straight lines of mid-century modern. Be

Right time for some gentle colours this week. It's nearly time to go on holiday and I've reached that point where I'm metaphorically crawling towards the finish line so I want to be looking at restful images and calming colours. all white via stadshem.se Like this for example. I love this space. Right now I

Last week Sophie and I took the podcast on the road to record at Clerkenwell Design Week. You can, as ever, listen to the full episode here, but the two key aspects that we discovered were the changing design of the workspace and the increasing attention being paid to sustainability. Clerkenwell Design Week is now

I really wanted to find a Queen Anne house for this week as I just managed to see the film before Oscar night and have been obsessively researching the truth of the matter ever since. It seems, from a few google searches, that while all the characters certainly existed and the power play between them