I'm over the moon with my newly re-upholstered Parker Knoll style rocking chair, unearthed in a filthy second hand ship in Lancashire last year and now sitting, no, rocking pretty in The Pad. How cool does it look?! I agonised over which fabric to use, eventually plumping for this gorgeous Romo fabric inspired by glass... Continue Reading →
A Visit to Wahu, Spinningfields: Bright, fresh & godly
Much of the foodie offers going on at the moment involved gargantuan amounts of food, whether at supper clubs or at pop up events where the object is to try as much of the delights on offer as humanly and sometimes inhumanly possible. Not so at Wahu, which we called into last week, where the... Continue Reading →
Blog Reader Advice : Which Metod kitchen to choose with limestone tiles?
I received a reader enquiry which I wanted to share, it'd be interesting to get your creative / interior views too? Here's the question from Adam: We are just about to start a fairly large Metod kitchen – I’m putting down a really nice tile by Grespania called Krimiss Sinter but I can’t decide between the... Continue Reading →
Going Vintage For 2014 at the Decorative Home & Salvage Show, Tatton Park
So today we visited the Arthur Swallows Decorative Home & Salvage Show at Tatton Park and it was great! I was searching for fab finds for our refurbishment of Moregeous Mansions this summer, with a totally open mind and no particular item on my radar. I was expecting a good rummage but it was actually... Continue Reading →
Some Gorgeous Ideas & Inspiration for our Summer Banquet
I'm keeping an eye out for colourful picnic style ideas at the moment, ready to pounce on the most gorgeous as inspiration for our Summer Banquet down at the Baths in a few weeks. As most of you know I was involved in a campaign to keep open our local Edwardian pool last year and... Continue Reading →
Interior I-Spy: Granger & Co, Clerkenwell
Visiting stylish restaurants is a constant source of interiors inspiration and a way of keeping your eye on the latest trends as often the very cream of design experts are called in to help create a unique feel for new eateries. Whilst working our way around design venues at Clerkenwell Design Week, we called into... Continue Reading →
Interior I-Spy: Polpo, Clerkenwell
Down in Clerkenwell last week for Design Week '14, we tried out a few of the local eateries which had been on my radar from a food and also design perspective. I enjoyed expert restauranteur Russell Norman in BBC2's recent The Restaurant Man series and hadn't yet nibbled at his empire, so it seemed like the... Continue Reading →