Real reveals

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Anatomy of a fridge door (first published June 2013)

What’s in my fridge is perhaps a post for another day. A day after I’ve been to the Londis. But what is on the door? … ah, that I’m about to (real) reveal. In principal I don’t really like things on fridges. But in reality I have no office, no pin board, and I work […]

High gloss brights – trend?

I like to think so because I’ve just done this to my son’s old bedroom. What’s misleading about that photo is that the cupboards take up a really long wall – the whole wall – of the room. A giant shiny wall of blue. It’s pretty out there. I’ve decided I’m definitely on board with […]

Ugly DIY (originally published November 2012)

Because I had a minor op last week (ah, don’t worry I’m fine), my parents came to take care of any heavy lifting required in the house. I’m not really meant to do anything more labour intensive than lead a cup of tea, which someone else made, to my lips. It’s like being on a mini break […]

Battenberg painting

Your two favourite objects

For my birthday last week my close friend asked his boyfriend John – a talented fashion illustrator, among other things – to do me a picture. John asked him to name two things I love, and he’d do a visual riff. My friend’s answer…

Framed vintage art

Reader’s makeover: an update

A couple of weeks back we featured a plea from Emma, a reader, for help making over her bedroom, and the wonderfully detailed and inspiring suggestions of interior stylist and blogger Joanna Thornhill. Obviously Emma has been on the coffee, because already she has come back with some work-in-progress picture updates. Behold: