As I read the Twitter comments today about the imminent return of architect Robert Jamison to YHMP tonight - "So excited Robert is back next week!!!" "Excuse the pun..I thought Robert had been benched!" "Robert is back. That is bigger than the silent witness reveal" - I wondered what would be the parts of the... Continue Reading →
“Your Home Made Perfect” Design Details: St Albans
It’d be spot on to say that architect Laura Clark nailed the brief for the redesign of Helen & Rob's Victorian terrace on the opening ep for our second batch of Your Home Made Perfect episodes. If social media is anything to go by, the Crittall love is real. Seeing these kind of inspirational projects... Continue Reading →
#Podcast: From Documentaries to Design, On The Sofa with Monique Tollgard
Earlier this year when asked if I fancied recording a series of interior design podcasts by Sofa Workshop, although I love to chat, the invitation made me a bit nervous. I'm not a trained journo with long honed skills in eliciting information out of other humans. That makes journos sound a little like SAS interrogators... Continue Reading →
Inspo: Ordering My Ellie Cashman Fabric
Gawd, I've been rubbish at writing up renovation updates recently, there's simply been too much going on. I kinda think it's always better to have the full reveal as a tonic to all the dust and we're definitely getting there with finished rooms now here at Moregeous Mansions - at last! Steel yourselves, there's some... Continue Reading →
Inspo: Black & White Interior Stripes – Will You Go Bold?
One of the eye catching stand outs at Spring Fair at the start of this year was something smashing it's way back into interiors. It's now officially nigh on impossible to miss the boldness of black and white stripes. Although a classic, they haven't really been super hot since the 80's. It's no coincidence... Continue Reading →
How Do I: Go Cloakroom Glam Using A Gorgeous Corner Loo
The littlest room in the house and it's had pretty much the most on-going time invested in it. I know. We're crackers. But I love it! I love it's quirkiness, warmth and angles, it's nooks and crannies and it's teeniness. But before you see it, you know me, there's some practical stuff to get out... Continue Reading →
Share : Cheshire Finds at the Decorative Fair
It dawned on me today, as I visited my fifth or six Arthur Swallows decorative salvage show, that I no longer like shops with normal floors. Instead I like grass: lush emerald in colour, damp underfoot from our British 'summer' and infinitely preferable to a hard surface. Decorative wares spread for yards and yards across... Continue Reading →