When I mentioned it ages ago they laughed, but here is more proof positive, doubters, that pink is the perfect colour for a kitchen. This is from the Hackney home of artist Francis Upritchard and furniture designer Martino Gamper. You can see more of the place and feel really happy for them here. My version […]
Here’s a trick you might already know – add an accent lamp to your kitchen and it’ll go from zero to hero. A desk lamp on the worktop or an angle-something-or-other stretching out of the wall. It was on my to do list for this house when I started it five years ago. But, instead […]
Belted magazines? Do I like this or is it just a notch too far? I find it whimsical in the extreme, but then maybe it would be nice to make a feature of all those Guardian Weekend magazines that are gathering dust until the day I cut that thing out of them. What do you […]
…That’s what I always like to shout when more than two of us have come into work in stripey tops. But what I’m really talking about is the interiors bain of summer – the nautical look. No matter whether you’ve got a Hamptons mansion or a bungalow in Frinton it always, to my mind, looks […]
I saw this story in last night’s Evening Standard, about how Leyton High Street has been transformed – to the delight of some and the consternation of others. Above is the AFTER, while below (from the Mail) is the BEFORE, a picture subheaded “Tatty”. Myself, I have mixed feelings. Am I being a reverse snob? […]