Oliver Heath will be familiar to many from his stint on the first mainstream interiors show Changing Rooms in the 1990s, but while the other designers have continued to makeover rooms and design various products for the high street, he has gone in a different direction turning towards eco design, sustainability and biophilia and has…
In this week’s podcast Sophie and I discuss not just the importance of choosing colours you love but working out how to find the right shade that works for you. This was sparked by a survey from our sponsor Topps Tiles into the link between colour and well-being and it quickly became apparent that while…
This week on the podcast we discussed whether the rules of fashion apply to interiors. Regular readers will know that I have often said that where the catwalk leads the cushions will follow and there was a very clear example of that when it came to the biscuit and cream shades which were all over…
I promised you a chunky post to make up for missing the other day and this one has a lot of content in it. Now it’s a sort of written version of the podcast for those who like images to go with their listening but I also try hard to make sure they work as…
A new season means new book releases and October is a big month for publishers – the first Thursday of the month is known as Super Thursday when hundreds of books are released at the same time in a bid to hit the Christmas market. This year, on the 3rd, there were 426 hardbacks published,…
Michelle Ogundehin needs little introduction; the editor of Elle Decoration for 13 years (from 2004) she is now a regular television presenter, creative consultant and is just finishing off her first book. Notoriously private about her home, Michelle posts only corners of her rooms and has said she will never, ever, invite a magazine into…
In this week’s episode of the podcast Sophie and I report back on London Design Festival and what we found there. This event gets bigger every year and more and more venues now take part. Set up in 2003, over a million people from 75 countries now visit the capital to see both new products…