While Chelsea’s finest – and Gwyneth Paltrow – were out perusing the best garden designs at the flower show last week, two people in south east london spent their week off work laying a square lawn, painting a standard shed and planting a handful of new – and frankly tiny – shrubs and flowers.* Yes, […]
Ooooooo. She’s done a nice job though hasn’t she? We all know Sam Cam wasn’t happy about moving out of her Notting Hill home and into the Downing Street flat, but she’s got it looking pretty OK. Grey floorboards, a Danish sideboard, Dualit toaster in the smart grey kitchen – and a sofa that’s making […]
…In my garden, but I’m still excited about it, still rooting (sorry) for it. I may have said I was planning to have all the changes done by April and yes, I’d even let myself imagine sipping a Campari on the new patio come the good weather. As a reminder, here’s how it looked when […]
My friend and I had an agreement. I’d help her do her living room if she’d help with my hallway. Today was the first leg. Since I painted my hallway white it was looking kind of boring. So I did a test… …with the amazing Cole & Son Palm Leaves wallpaper. I loved the crazy […]
Yes, for once in my life I’d managed to book a week off during wonderful weather. Here is my round-up of what I did (other than lying on a blanket in the garden). My main – modest – aim was to paint the hall so it wasn’t grubby peach. It’s not worth an after shot […]