Roving reporter

Blimey…

…was the one word email I got from My Friend on Saturday night at 10pm, along with this link. We’re thrilled and amazed to be on The Telegraph’s 20 Best Interiors Blogs list and to be described as having ‘an unerring eye for the tastefully offbeat.’ I might get that printed on a t-shirt.  We […]

Tottenham Court Road tube mosaic

Interiors crystal ball

Just a few days ago I posted a made-up trends list from an online magazine dreamt up by My Friend and myself. On it was Paolozzi prints as wallpaper, an artist I’d just discovered at the time. Eduardo Paolozzi designed, among other things, the wonderful tile murals at Tottenham Court Road tube, mosaics which may […]

victorian french bath

Avoir du pain sur la planche

Which roughly translated means to have a lot on one’s plate. My Mum and Dad came to visit today, on the way back from their French hangout, and they brought news of the house that my cousin and her husband have bought there. What a handsome beast. They’re keeping a blog about their progress, which […]

Sonya Winner rug

Trend or travesty: colour headache

I didn’t go to Design Week. I had a nasty cold and in a fit of sick-person pique told My Friend I hated design anyway. So instead I’ve had to visit a few blogs to get the gist. A few things caught my eye and I’m proclaiming a new trend! It’s Multicoloured Mental and I’m […]

new cross barbers

(S)coop

I love blogs that are really specific, and some of my favourites are ones documenting shop fronts. This one – SouthernFriedLondon.com – hits the spot on many levels, focusing on chicken shops in south east London. I don’t even eat fried chicken* but I know each and every one of these pretty well, having lived […]