Decorating dilemmas

Hang it all

If I had a pound for every time I’d predicted an interiors trend I’d probably have a tenner by now. As anyone who tuned into my shed angst will know, I was fantasizing about a super-organised perforated panel solution for hanging up gardening tools. Well, stone the crows, if it isn’t a snazzy feature of […]

Beau armchair

Get the look: Twin Peaks

I don’t know about you, but around a certain time in the evening I like to talk backwards and do a little dance. Here’s how to create that timeless Black Lodge look on a budget. Zig Zag rug, £65, Urban Outfitters.* Wilma curtains, £10.99, Ikea. Beau armchair, £429, DFS. *Please note: The zig-zag rug was […]

Settle down poster

Calm down dear

I hate the Keep Calm thing. It evokes for me the most annoying, smug kind of British nostalgia. The posters were, in fact, the subject of our first ever post here at MFH. But I’m still enjoying the current copyright row. Mark Coop, owner of Keep Calm And Carry On Ltd, has registered the slogan […]

Oxford tutors chair

Sent down

An Oxford education undoubtedly gives you an enviable academic training, an influential field of peers and a leg up into the most desirable professions. But of all the things Oxford graduates might remember most fondly about the old Alma mater, I just can’t imagine ‘the furniture’ even registers. By Halo, the new Oxford Collection celebrates […]

red side table

Contemplating…

Red and grey. The above picture of Myfavouriteandmybest’s living room reminded me. But it was My Friend’s Habitat table (sadly on longer on sale) that started it. Just sayin’.