Here is my garden, a place where the concept of Total Style could have been born: Here is a shed that could replace the rotting wonkfest above: Here’s how I plan to transform it into something that doesn’t look like it cost £269 from B&Q, using advice from here and here: And here’s where I’ll […]
Today, suddenly, a reminder that it won’t be miserable winter forever, as I saw Crocuses emerging in the lawn. Having only lived in this house 6 months, I had no idea they were there. The bricks give a nice urban edge, innit? I’m less keen on the foxes dragging their rubbish through the garden though. […]
Depressing Channel 4 show Joy of Teen Sex stole my kitchen wallpaper. I thought seeing wallpaper I really liked gracing the changing rooms of River Island or some such was the worst thing that could happen, but it forming the backdrop for some faux-counseling session for whey-faced teens really is the final straw. It’s like […]
…but you wouldn’t know it from interiors photography. Obviously this is because they’re so ugly. I’ve just spent an hour trying to find any kind of cool TV shot and they don’t exist. The inspiration was the cover of this new book, Nesting, a kind of Swedish The Selby, as featured recently on ChocolateCreative‘s blog. […]
After two weeks I am physically exhausted, almost destroyed, but triumphant – like Bruce Willis in a vest at the end of Die Hard. It was touch and go, but finally I have marshaled my body weight in velvet into something that hangs up and keeps the breeze out. Here it is having a rest […]