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Monday Inspiration: Wood is for Warmth

26th July 2021

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dark wood kitchen cabinets, vertical black brick tiles halfway, giant terrazzo flooring kitchen at Zoe Anderson (wa green) by Guy Derwent architects

Right so I'm going to try very hard to write about the picture next to the picture to avoid the scrolling up and down but this will mean we're going straight in. None of that spraff about how are you, what's the news, have you remembered to water the pots (er no not as often

Monday Inspiration: How to get the layout right

28th June 2021

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whitworth locke hotel in manchester

A random selection for you this week on the basis that while you can't please all of the people all of the time then different readers might find different things to take away or bookmark to come back to later. Also we're going bumper today as I found lots of things that might be useful

Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms

7th June 2021

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tobacco coloured built in bed with arch and large gingham check bedlinen in black and white.

Well pull up a chair (or a curved sofa) who's been watching Halston? It's a five part drama on Netflix about the fashion designer who started out as a milliner (finding fame after Jackie Kennedy wore one of his pillbox hats for the presidential inauguration) and went on to dominate the fashion of the 70s

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

Monday Inspiration: Hotel Style

17th May 2021

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oakley court near windsor

As the UK opens up a little bit further and the weekend papers were all about being able to stay in hotels again I thought I'd share five of my favourite hotel rooms which have a homely feel - admittedly this might be the opposite of what you actually want at the moment - and

Monday Inspiration

10th May 2021

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Open plan living dining, dark parquet floor, dark wood coffee table pale blue walls via historika hem. Madaboutthehouse.com

Good Mooooooorning and Happy Monday (or hello and happy whatever day it is when you are reading this. Here, as ever to start the week are my favourite rooms that I have found and want to share with you as you might find them as inspiring as I have. kitchen design by Huntsmore Having just

Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms

1st March 2021

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tongue and groove panelling with wallpaper by mytinyestate

Well I don't know about you but I'm in need of soothing calm this week. I wonder if it's the thought of lockdown ending? Or, if things go wrong - not ending. You know when you are about to go on holiday and you suddenly feel exhausted or can't sleep? It's as if you have

Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms

15th February 2021

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spring colour palette by crown paints featuing clay, pink, terracott and green

I never start this post with a theme in mind. It is a collection of pictures that have caught my eye over the week from various sources - usually Instagram - and I prefer to let the eye wander and see where we end up. This has the, hopefully, added advantage of appealing to more

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

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

Monday Inspiration: Six Rooms

23rd November 2020

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internal black framed glass doors through to living room with soft neutral tones. by frank & faber

Last week a friend emailed to ask for advice about her knock-through sitting room. An idea which had seemed good at the time (two small children, too many small dark rooms) was proving irritating in the new lockdown life of 2020 with two adults and two larger children all at home all at the same

Monday Inspiration: Green and Floral

26th October 2020

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the gym at les deux gares hotel designed by luke edward hall

No I don't think I'm done with the florals and greens yet. Must be the onset of winter. And the clocks going back. Or the continuation of living indoors. Probably all of it. It's hardly surprising that green, the colour both of nature and creativity, is drawing us all in this year and I have

Beautiful Rooms: Monday Inspiration

12th October 2020

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Black kitchen cabinets, large windows with natural linen curtains and wooden dining table and chairs by Neptune.

A round up of pictures that have caught my eye over the last week. And one of the things that struck me, after I had decided on the final five, was that three of them are product shots and so I got to thinking... you know the rest but actually if you like SATC you

Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms

5th October 2020

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pink and wooden kitchen design by studio duggan and 202 design photo by mariell lind hansen

Focusing on kitchens and bathrooms this week as these are the hardest to get right, the most expensive and yet the most important rooms in the house. The key to both of these rooms is not to treat them in isolation. They are part of your home and, as such, must reflect and link with

Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms

21st September 2020

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via wanderinginteriors @lumikello__’s apartment

Never never never would I have thought to paint the ceiling of a pale pink room in pale blue, but the the other day I was lying on our bed in our pale pink bedroom looking out of the window of the blue sky and thinking how pretty it was and then this turned up

Monday Inspiration: Let’s Relax

13th July 2020

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Sage green walls and woodwork around a bay window with window seat and floral roman blinds. image via sanderson

I don't know about you but I'm exhausted. It's not just working in difficult circumstances over the last four months - and I say that in the knowledge that I have only had to work at home not school at home as the teenagers have been largely left to their own devices. I assume it's

Monday Inspirations: Beautiful Rooms

6th July 2020

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blue mountain school in london's east end

And so we reach July and I have been taken by a meme which keeps popping up on Instagram which reads thus: "Dear July, I don't want any trouble from you, just come in, sit down, don't touch anything and keep your mouth shut". And I really can't think of anything more apt at the

Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms

29th June 2020

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two pairs of curtains in one room, both blue pattern with a bold blue and linen tablecloth. styling by sarita sharma for clarke and clarke

Diving into a little subtle pattern this week as I think there is a fashion for full on maximalism at the moment but it's not right for everyone so I thought we could have a look at it being used in different ways. I love pattern but, as regular readers no, am scared off too

Monday Inspiration Beautiful Rooms

22nd June 2020

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design by wendy morrison

Monday morning and let's start with the bedroom because since this lockdown started eleventy billion years ago I no longer have to get up at 6.30am to wake the 16yo for school and frankly I'm now not sure I will ever be able to get up before 8 o'clock again. OK sometimes 9... anyway moving

Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Spaces

15th June 2020

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Emerald green Chinoiserie wallpaper by de Gournay with floral sofa, textured rug and glass coffee table.

Starting with a glorious riot of wallpaper this week. De Gournay handpainted papers are so pretty and this bright green can't fail to lift the spirits. This was chosen by Matthew Williamson for his flagship London store (although I confess I don't know if it's still there as that was several years ago). I could