While I’ve been sharing pics of the new kitchen, someone asked in the comments if they couldn’t see the outside of the house that I’m always banging on about. They asked at a good time, as May has arrived and the wicked wind from the north has dropped. Yesterday evening I watched from this desk […]
“I only check on your blog to see if you’ve put up any Real Reveals yet.” So spoke our friend Charlotte, who can always be relied upon to give it to us straight. Perhaps that’s why this week sees not one but two Real Reveals… yesterday was Jill’s gorgeous armchairs, and today it’s the unveiling […]
Honestly, doing this blog has continued to challenge the aspect of my character that was previously given to making bold statements about ideas I’d never actually follow through. Today’s overcoming of this is an unveiling of… My two old Grandma chairs freshly reupholstered in green linen! One has pink piping and the other has orange […]
OK, I’m being frank. I have written this headline with one eye on Google. Because, well, it’s what I just caught myself thinking of Googling. A hard thing to admit, but there’s a corner of my old house with a weird smell in it. I’ll caveat this with a couple of things. Firstly I’m sure […]
On Monday three friends and I got ourselves to the Curzon Soho for a 6.15pm showing of Tilda Swinton’s new movie A Bigger Splash. It’s directed by Luca Guadagnino – long-time Tilda collaborator, he of I Am Love. The pair came on afterwards for a Q&A and everyone in the cinema focussed intently on Tilda, […]