A confession. After reading here that My Friend is after some velvet curtains, my own curtain concerns for the draughty living room – where watching the tv involves experiencing a biting breeze on the neck – have become focussed on yes, velvet. Here are some visual reasons. The top two images are Ilse Crawford designs […]
All this agonising over grey this and that disguises the truth of what my default decorating stance is. My design DNA if you will. Left to my own devices I’ll mindlessly do the same thing again and again – paint it white and arrange things in rainbow stripes. So these pictures have caught my eye. […]
Gold taps. Ten years ago this was a big no-no. Now? I think gold taps are the business. Here’s my evidence. Exhibit 1: Architects Joe Morris and Mary Duggan’s home in Kings Grove. Left the hall, which also features a touch of gold in the Alvar Aalto Golden Bell light. Right, the kitchen with a […]
Yes, the grey grumbler is back. The one with the lead lament, the stone moaner. Thanks for the great comments about my grey stresses – I loved reading your own recommendations for colours that might work. I noticed a few suggestions for Cornforth White, as shown in the picture below, by Farrow & Ball. This […]
Hold onto your hats, this week I’m proclaiming tartan as a trend. I just can’t fight the celt in me. A favourite house I once wrote about had tartan cushions in it and when I returned to my office after visiting it, so busy was I raving on about them that it took me a […]