For the latest addition to my living room shelf is a tooth vase by Petra Sajkas – SaPetra – and it set me off on one to find out if there are any more gnashers out on planet interiors. Course there is. Here’s what… Solid brass tooth by David Shrigley and embelished beaver skull by […]
Spotted in the October issue of Living etc, this Harris tweed-covered sofa makes me want to start again – and start with it – in my living room. You can get a full-on close up of it here. I’ll take that tappestry cushion while I’m at it too. The black tube station cushion, not so […]
Around five years ago there was a cool shop in Clerkenwell called Her House. It belonged to artist / designer Morag Myerscough who lived upstairs and knew how to throw a good shop party. I have fond memories of surveying eclectic goods with my old flatmate at one of these events, seeing top celeb Archie-from-Monarch-Of-The-Glen and […]
A routine errand to buy a black loo seat (aborted, as the Wickes model in question didn’t meet my stringent aesthetic standards) ended instead with an impulse purchase, in a weird little house clearance shop in Deptford. My toilet’s loss is my mantelpiece’s gain, as I came home with this mirror. It needs hanging properly […]
This is Margaret Tyler at her home in Wembley, north London. She has a collection of around 10,000 Royal memorabilia items including mugs, teapots, plates and plastic bags. Yes, plastic bags. You can bet she didn’t yell ‘who cares?’ at the tv when she found out about the engagement of Kate and William. Maybe I […]