Good morning, here at My Friends House HQ – one of them – we decided it was high time to make our readers feel put upon again. Yes, we’re asking you to please vote for us at another blog competition – the Apartment Therapy Homies. All you have to do is sign in (it’s quick I promise), […]
Relax, this post is not about Lou Doillon, Vanessa Paradis or Jarvis Cocker’s ex wife. It’s about a totally different breed of fabulous French women, shot in their homes by photographer Baudouin for his I Am A Parisian Lady series. Witness painter Vyva and dancer Amelie as they demonstrate that following trends is for wimps. But […]
Since trying to paint a room in a rented flat white, getting exhausted and stopping about a foot from the ceiling, leaving a bright green ‘accent colour’ stripe, I have been alive to the possibility that walls don’t always have to look finished. Here is a great example, in the home of Claire Bingham, one-time […]
1… This is what 8.5 meters of dusty pink velvet looks like: 2… This is my hand-turn Singer, and My Friend’s Singer, neither of which, it turns out, are really up to the challenge: 3… This is some unwanted assistance with the cutting: 4… And this is the mighty machine on which I am finally […]
The following is not breaking news. However, a trusty friend recently put a good name to it so I’m reporting on it. Collar and Cuffs is a decorating faux pas that requires you to picture one of those ghastly coloured gent’s shirts that has white collars and cuffs. Refer to an old episode of The […]