New obsession alert! If I don’t show up for work please break into my house and physically disconnect me from eBay. I want a vintage painting of a ship – or preferably two. It all started when I was admiring this fringe on Closet Visit*…

I plan to get a fringe like that too, but that’s a side issue. What’s really spliced my mainbrace is the two nautical paintings and wicker chair arrangement.

Then I saw this, via Miss Moss, a self-portrait by Mariell Amelie. You know what they say in journalism – three’s a trend!

*Closet Visit is photographs of young, beautiful creative women showing off their wardrobe contents in their beautiful homes. When I explained this to My Friend she sighed heavily. And yes, looking at it can be a bit – er – galling.

Guillaume Delvigne’s stuff

I found designer Guillaume Delvigne’s website saved on my desktop and couldn’t for the life of me remember why, but I’m still liking what I see. Look at his lovely textured porcelain vases. Do you think a yellow petrol cannister would transfer well to a home installation? The whole website is in French so forgive […]

Quilt guilt

…is what I’ll have if I don’t make it to see Tracey Emin’s show at the Hayward. I heard her interviewed on Weekend Woman’s Hour, after reading Brian Sewell moaning about her ‘not appealing to half the population’ in the Evening Standard. I think she’s great, and I particularly like her writing – Strangeland, her […]

Friends with opinions

Both My Friend and I were out for dinner with some ex interiors mag colleagues this week, and some pressing questions were put to the table by at least half the party present. For example: Should I get a fringe cut? How many animal-themed products is too many for your average domestic room? Does anyone […]

Trend or travesty?

Recent reports of its hotness – “Colefax and Fowler on acid” anyone – led me to investigate new company House of Hackney. They sell wallpaper, bedlinen, beds and, er, one mirror. I thought I was going to love it, but when I took a look I felt maybe I needed a second opinion. I don’t […]