Are benches the new occasional table?
Maybe it’s the swooshy curtain, the leggy plant, the dramatic shadow or the yellow-and-pink power combo (it’s not the pears). But I’m going with a ‘yes’. Head to our new Pinterest folder for more arguments.
Decorating dilemmas
Trend: Deep Blue
Nerds and readers of a certain age will of course assume that I’m talking about the IMB computer that made history by beating Garry Kasparov at chess. But no, it’s another Deep Blue that’s yanking my chain. In a good way… I didn’t think dark colours were my kind of thing, but dark dark blues […]
A moodboard and a manifesto
I’ve hestitated to post any pictures of my newly-pink seaside room here, because I know it’ll look so much better when it’s finished. But yesterday I went and got some fabric samples and started drawing together my thoughts. Here is the room, with Middleton Pink walls and a grey floor. My inspiration for the room […]
Help! How much to install a fire?
Reader help required again. This is what I want… …but what I’ve got is a thermal hat and bedsocks. And it’s only just October. So I’m ringing around to get quotes for having a wood burning stove installed. I’ve had the chimney cleaned specially, in an arcane, semi-religious ceremony involving plumes of smoke rising from […]
Pink update: hold the front page
… I’ve almost decided. The weekend was spent in Margate with me peering at paint samples through a fist – it’s a good system, as it closes out surrounding colours which can throw you off, and helps me picture how the whole room might look. To an observer though it’s all very Admiral Nelson, I […]