I’ve always had a fascination for abandoned buildings, and have just spent an idle afternoon on the web, searching for some that I’d torn from magazines, but kept not details of. The art deco hotel filled to the door frames with sand, from World of Interiors was one I tried, and failed to find, as […]
16 courses, 48 hours, 50 guests and lots of pétanque. I’m just back from a weekend visiting my Mum and Dad. They have a house in the beautiful southern French village of Combeliaubert, and the first weekend of August is the village fête. The village is a dozen or so houses, with a phone box […]
…that this really, really good paint shop has been lurking on my own high street for a few months? The rover in me has clearly been taking a big holiday. Colour Makes People Happy is the front for Siecle, a Dutch brand of paints by Dofine that’s been around London for a while with its lovely […]
We’re nominated in MyDeco’s Design Democracy awards! Please, spare us the indignity of coming last, and vote for us. As part of the competition MyDeco has asked us to say what design democracy means to us. My Friend’s House is happy to hold forth. Ahem… We think that beautiful and inspiring places to live are […]
Jane Kellock from The Womens Room Where is your desk from? Boringly it’s from Ikea, but I wanted a big white desk and it does the job. What do you like to have around you for inspiration and reference? I love anything colourful, quirky, vintage and eccentric. I also have lots of bits I have […]