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The Househunter: Room by Room

6th July 2018

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And it's Friday......I appreciate that not everyone reading this is living through a heatwave but there's one in London and while I'm not complaining (too much) it's hard to work in the city in what is essentially seaside weather. So for that reason the first house is a huge empty warehouse conversion that feels light

An Incredibly Useful Shop To Buy Boring But Beautiful Stuff

20th June 2018

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baya nest light from dowsing and reynolds

Now it's a moot point if you find this stuff boring or not but it occurred to me the other day that I recommend this online store to every single client I ever meet. And I have shopped for my own house from here on more than one occasion. And I assumed it was one

How To Use Pinterest: The Definitive Guide

5th June 2018

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In honour of the book coming out in the US this week I thought I would run an edited extract from the chapter on How to Use Pinterest. This is something I am so often asked and so I have come up with a way to master it because, in my opinion, Pinterest is your

The Househunter: Room by Room

23rd March 2018

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Good morning everyone. Full of the joys of Friday? Ready to hit the streets and find a property to splash that fantasy cash on? Walk this way to a warehouse conversion overlooking the river - that's me sold already. It has one/two bedrooms and is on the market with The Modern House for £825,000. It's

The Househunter: Room by Room

5th January 2018

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Welcome back to the first Househunter of the year. Are you ready? Sandwiches packed? Tape measures in hand? Comfy shoes on? Right, let's see what we can find to start off 2018. First up we're going to Hampstead to have a look at this beauty on Flask Walk. It's on with Goldschmidt & Howland (via

The Househunter Room by Room

24th November 2017

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Three for you this week, all quite different in look and feel so hopefully a bit of something for everyone. First up is this converted piano factory in Camden, north London. Fancy coming in....? There will be 10 flats (the most expensive is over eight million quid - I know!) but the cheapest (I'm using

10 Beautiful Rooms

6th November 2017

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humphrey munson kitchen image by paul craig

And here we are again. Time seems to be speeding up as we race towards the end of the year doesn't it. Certainly the Mondays are coming round very fast. We starting with a picture taken by Melanie Lissack, whose house featured in last week's 10 Beautiful Rooms, and who too this lovely picture at

The Househunter: Room by Room

29th September 2017

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Ready for this? Let's go. There's quite a lot to say about this one so we're going to have a good old look round and hopefully get some ideas. It's on with The Modern House for £3.85m (say it fast it might hurt less) and is a five bedroom house in North London. It has been

The Househunter: Room by Room

21st July 2017

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Last week was houses, this week two bedroom flats. The ideal first purchase - if you can get it. But even if you can't, or you rent one, there are always ideas that you can borrow from other people and this converted warehouse in east London, which is on the market for $650,000 with The

The Househunter Room by Room

7th April 2017

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It's been a busy week this week so only two houses for you to look around today. On Monday I went to Nottingham with Sophie Robinson (judge on The Great Interior Design Challenge and one of my guest bloggers) for a project we are doing with Hillary's Blinds later in the year. We were chatting

The Rough Table from NORR11

5th October 2016

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Look at this. It's my new rough table from NORR11 and I'm so thrilled that it's finally here. Like all the fashionable people it arrived late. About six weeks late to be precise but it was so gorgeous when it turned up that nobody minded. People say the kitchen is the heart of the home but

How To Buy Vintage Lighting

7th April 2016

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concrete house by Airhouse Design with vintage lighting from skinflintdesign.com

Back by popular demand (well my demand at least) the How To Get The Lighting Right series has proved extremely popular so I thought I would extend it with a post on how buy vintage lighting. It's a question that clients often ask me, either because they want one, or they have already bought one

The Househunter 6/11/15

6th November 2015

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It's Friday so it must be time for a good old nose around some of the best houses on the market this week. First up is this wonderful live/work space in a former art gallery in London. It's on the market with The Modern House for £2,150,000 and is situated on the ground and lower

Industrial Desk Light

26th October 2014

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Well this desk light is ticking a few boxes isn't it? It's made by District Eight Design, a Vietnamese company founded in 2010. Their office is in a refurbished colonial townhouse facing Saigon River and the firm was one of the first in Vietnam to merge design and build. Although originally set up to preserve

The Househunter 3/10/14

3rd October 2014

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Oh it's the start of the month, the fantasy coffers are full and the estate agents are full of promise so where shall we go today? Well, we're going to start off in Hove, East Sussex, with this little number called Poets' Corner, which is for sale via The Modern House for £725,00. I know!

Can I Use Wallpaper In My Bathroom?

23rd August 2014

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Sam contacted mad about the house to ask about wallpapering her bathroom. But she didn't want just any old wallpaper... image from mikiorganic.blogspot.com Q: What do you think about maybe using the Brooklyn tile wallpaper for our main bathroom ceiling? At £219 a pop it feels a bit risky. Is it true that using some kinda

Industrial Furniture: Such & Such

31st March 2014

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industrial cream sofa from such & such Industrial furniture can be tricky to bring into a home for anyone who doesn't actually live in a warehouse. The key is to find pieces that nod to the look, or are based on the idea without being too pastiche. This sofa has done that. For those of

Objects of Design #252: Glass Hanging Lantern

8th November 2013

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glass-hanging-lantern-bowl

add a tealight for instant hygge, from scandinavian shore Now I know we dealt with lighting in some detail last month (click here for 31 different lighting ideas) but then along comes another beauty and it has to be included. After all, the right lighting is an important part of the winter nesting process isn't

Get The Look … Modern Industrial Kitchens

21st October 2013

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It seems we still can't get enough of the industrial look but it's about refining it and tweaking it to make it look like it's your personal style and not that of the local pizza restaurant. industrial kitchen from apartmenttherapy.com Yes, everyone's at it and the sad, but true, fact is that if you want

Mad About … Loft Spaces

28th January 2013

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Surely we all fantasise about having more space? About converting that loft or digging out that basement? The reality is that most of us will never do this. Or, if we do, the resulting space, while useful, will never quite turn out to be the large, airy space of our dreams. So, for that reason,