I know this is no kind of a fashion blog, but I have to let you know that for me spring has officially started. No it’s not crocuses, nor is it the sound of a cuckoo in my garden. It is the official run-up to spring because I have bought the year’s first pair of white plimsolls.

It’s something I’m mildly obsessed with. I saw many summers in and out in multiple pairs of £2 sneakers from Primark, all identical, until they changed the design… So this year I’ve been forced to go completely wild and splash out £6 on their new deluxe model. If you have a similar fondness for the smell of cheap rubber then the Plimsoll$t@r flickr account which features these is the place for you:

If you’re not so keen, then please be kind enough to let me know what your ‘start of spring’ ceremony is. We’d love to know.

Nope

When is it ok to use an easel as a piece of furniture in your house? NEVER. Not ever. Not even if it is by Jonathan Adler. The only possible reason for having an easel in your life is if you are an artist. And even then for crying out loud you don’t need that […]

Spring palette: Neon blancmange

I don’t know abut you, but around this time of year I like to start thinking about painting a neon stripe round the thigh of a table leg… Forcing a delicate lilac wall to make peace with an acid yellow sofa… And finishing it off by draping my 2012 wardrobe around artfully… These colour combinations […]

Coming soon: Vintage Home Show

Just learnt about the new Vintage Home Show, which opens on Sunday 18 March at Chiswick Town Hall. According to the organisers, there will be around 40 exhibitors present selling mainly Mid Century ‘wares and it’ll cost you £4 to check their shizzle out. Hard not to size it up against the slightly more expensive, larger […]

Great wall of China

As discussed previously we love Chinese calenders. The simple, graphic number, usually in one colour and the whisper-thin paper are endlessly appealing. Here’s mine:   Here’s Her’s: But I just saw this great idea for an different way of displaying one, from the Guardian, and I’m tempted. Yes, pleasingly, people often ask me where mine […]