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The interiors of Aesop

It was my tasteful French friend (again) who put me onto Australian cosmetics brand Aesop and now I can’t pass by a shop without going in. The soaps and lotions are delicious, but the interiors are even more so. The one in London’s Covent Garden has a hand-cream dispenser attached to the wall outside the […]

dream bathroom

Address book: geometric bathroom flooring

Back again to the bathroom project I started thinking about months ago. It’s got to be a budget project, but seriously, anything will be better than the mouldering hole I have at the moment. The basics of the room are great – it’s a good size for a London one-bed flat. It has a very […]

Pop up shop in the old deli in East Dulwich

The old lovely deli on my local high street didn’t have the good sense to fill its vast second room with more than a few packets of posh crackers and expensive penne, so sadly it bit the dust despite its well-stocked cheese counter in the first room. It has left behind a nice big empty […]

Dualit Gold Toaster

My Friend’s House Christmas Gift Guide #1

We don’t normally cover Christmas that much on the blog, but sometimes a product crosses your desk that is just too perfect a present to not let everyone know about it. Readers, we’d be doing you a disservice. So here, for the first instalment of our Christmas Gift Guide, let me present… …the ideal gift for […]