Decorating dilemmas

Trend of travesty: Trad Man desks?

When I saw this photo on twitter earlier my first thought was, ‘Oh what a handsome…. Image from the FT …map.’ But I think it’s the whole room I like and it’s very trad, so I’m pretty surprised at me. It is however, very reminiscent of this great Wes Anderson film set from The Grand Budapest.

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My bespoke mural – part 2

Last week I wrote about mural company Surface View inviting me to pick something from their huge image archive to have made into a mural. As described last week, the process of settling on what to have was lengthy – but fun too. Today I’m going to share what it looks like up on the […]

Surfaceview mural

My bespoke mural – part 1

Late last year we were asked by Surface View whether we’d be interested in receiving a wall mural to write about. If you’re not familiar with the company, they specialise in making striking images into wallpapers that can be put up to create a mural. They also do canvases, curtains, cushions and tiles. I’ve always […]

New colour obsession: Blue and tobacco

Ros and I used to work with stylist Poppy Norton who has always been a walking embodiment of the next colour combination you’ll obsess over. We had dinner with her recently and she was wearing the dynamite combination of blue and tobacco. I’ve not been able to stop thinking about it since. It’s sort of […]

Living room updates

I just finished moving around the furniture in my living room on friday night – after renting a piano, the whole spacial planning had gone haywire – so I feel as expert as I ever will on the subject of how to update your living room easily… just as well since the lovely people at […]