I just went to a Christmas wander-round of Dennis Severs’ house in Spitalfields. The 18th century silk merchant’s house is decorated as a kind of living museum, or ‘three dimensional novel’ as its late owner suggested. For a full explanation of the house see Decorator’s Notebook’s post about her visit, here. Chances are, if you […]
Here’s a glimpse of a storage solution I put up five years ago. So, are CD’s the new vinyl yet? My Friend sent this link to help answer that question. I’m away to battery-up girlfriend., but what do you think – trend or travesty? And do you have anything wonderfully dated in your home?
Patterned sofas? For someone who loves print and pattern I have some pretty strict rules about where I will and won’t use it. The short version is I don’t believe in patterned sofas, patterned curtains or patterned coats (because they make you look like a sofa). But I’m nothing if not fickle, and I quite […]
Pessimistically, I felt the need to add Part 1 to the title of this blog. Yes, it’s the curtain bore again. My living room saga has taken me from ‘rustic linen look’, to scary Grayson Perry, to velvets – yes, My Friend, I’m daring to consider following where you have already tread – and all […]
Over the last two years we’ve interviewed a good few designers about their desks – check out Lisa Stickley, Gillian Kyle and others here – but it’s been ages since I had a proper desk of my own. It’s such a personal space, and I’ve missed it. I’ve been using my yellow kitchen table, but now I need […]