Mere moments after jumping to conclusions about why people collect the National Geographic (like I said, I take it all back) I’m going to share with you the fact that I keep three books under a lamp because I think it looks nice. Among other things, I am a hypocrite. But, as well as bringing […]
My fabulous performer friend Simon entertained 25 kids at my son’s birthday party in return for some interior design help.* He has a lovely flat in North London, already renovated but in need of uplift. He’s asked for Pop-inspired colour blocking in the all-white kitchen; antlers, some wallpaper, new sofas and a new finish on […]
I only went out to buy some milk… but with this amazing salvage yard at the end of the road, it’s just too tempting to have a look. I ended up wheeling this little wall cabinet back home on a fabulous drinks trolley*. As I may have mentioned, a bit of shabby pink paint gets […]
Those are my Ercol kitchen chairs looking splendid with their embroidered cushion friends. As mentioned before, half of my husband’s family hails from Bethlehem, so for many years we’ve been gifted various embroidered items by The Bethlehem Arab Women’s Union. The Union was originally opened as a first aid centre for refugees from 1947-48, when Israel was […]
Glad you asked. Decorating a rented property… my god have I put the hours in on this one? When I was renting everyone had just gone Changing Rooms mad, and I had to paint over plenty of rag-rolled Moroccan-inspired hallways and forest green bedrooms with buckets of trade white. Well, my ‘expertise’ has now been […]