Real reveals

How’s this for a fabric sample?

And so I find myself here once again, winter in the living room. The sofa spot I’ve sat in all year has become the coldest place in the house and I still haven’t sorted out curtains. Here’s a picture so you can empathise. Now imagine someone blowing cold air on your neck all night and […]

MFH day out: Ardingly

Striding across acres of ground at Ardingly Antiques Fair yesterday, we discovered that a joint My Friend’s House trip is not necessarily conducive to actual blogging. How is it possible to chat, peruse and take photos? Things got off to a shaky start as we both declared a hankering for a swan jug. Luckily the only […]

Library sign

View from the bed

I was just thinking how I’d run out of things to read, when it occured to me to go and photograph the sorry view from my bed. Floor just visible. Some things just never change. 20 years ago this was the scene. Does anyone else run a bedside that makes them look like a drunk […]

Craft project in my house

That title is totally misleading, but I have started creating something on my wall… No I’m not  teenager and that is just a massive canvas with a handful of badges pinned to one corner. But I like it. They lived on the hood of our pram  for years – a quick solution to attaching a […]

Janet Street Porter

Street of shame

Recently we covered the launch of the UK’s first online-only interiors magazine, HeartHome. But years ago your two very lazy correspondents had an idea for their own online interiors magazine, but couldn’t be arsed to do much about it. The other day while clearing out a box of stuff I found a folder with some […]