Interior Design, Home Renovation, DIY and Trends
In a time of bloggers, #ADs and press trips, one might be forgiven for questioning why there's a need for interiors journalists at all. After all, if you've got a home, you can write about interiors, right? Well, not quite. Bloggers are passionate, without a doubt, though we can often be sporadic and introspective. What... Continue Reading →
Have you ever seen a plant or a tree and immediately resolved that you MUST have it in your garden? In your life?! Well that's totally how I felt when I spotted this specimen on Robin's Stonecrop Nursery stand at the salvage fair last weekend. Pleached. A pleached tree, that's what it is. I'd seen... Continue Reading →
Image from The Guild of Residential Landlords The times they are a changin'. Bob wasn't warbling about the world of the property, but it's a mighty appropriate song to sing to landlords when all the recent attacks on this profession are totted up. Along with the slashing of tax relief for mortgage interest payments, surge... Continue Reading →
I am THRILLED with a capital thrill to be joining in with the peeps who organise one of my most fav days out, the Decorative Home & Salvage Arthur Swallow Fair, on this June's Cheshire show. Brand new for 2019, alongside the superb salvage & industrial items, the period home fixtures & fittings, the decorative... Continue Reading →
Yeh, sorry James Martin, but I can't possibly believe you. James recently claimed on his Great British Adventure that he'd eaten the best scampi in the UK but I'll be gobsmacked if it's better than the dish Mr M & I shared on during a lunchtime feast looking out to the North Sea from the... Continue Reading →
Floral artistry is a career with two sides. One is impossibly, gloriously glamorous, filled with exotic blooms, thrilling commissions and fashionistas. The other is the crack of dawn starts to ensure the best buds, the late nights prepping for big events and the eternal search for new creative directions. Manchester based floral designer David Jayet-Laraffe... Continue Reading →
Seriously show stopping interiors are created by extremely talented creatives, but it takes much more than a flair for colour to run a successful interior design business. I'm delighted to have been asked to host a new series of podcasts with Sofa Workshop, and our first chat is now live, featuring London based but Northern... Continue Reading →
