The first thing I thought when I saw this Tatler shoot, was I need to make me a fruit turban.

The second thing I thought was I want that flamingo. It looks like it’s made out of cardboard, but it reminded me of one of my favourite of all time houses – photographer Tim Walker’s East London factory, from an old issue of World of Interiors (love his work too).

This spread and its description of stuff had me in an ebay frenzy for ‘Fairground furniture’ for weeks. It amounted to nothing and, years later, when I isolate those painted wood twirly things, do I really want them? Yes, yes I still do.

At the moment, Show Studio’s pricey shop of art and former shoot props is probably offering the closest thing I know of.

Including this $ light from an old Nick Knight shoot, which sold for £7,500.

A’m out.

Lisbon part II: Factory, tinned fish + lav-chic

Let’s break this down. LX Factory is the Lisbon design scene mentioned yesterday – a sort of village of design studios (plus cafes and a book shop) in a former printworks beneath an enormous 1960s flyover blight. And lo it was shut when we went on this rainy and, it turned out, public holiday. Here’s […]

Lovely Lisbon…

…with your bum-crunching cobbled hills, tidy tiled townhouses and graffiti scene. Yes, after four days in Portugal’s capital I’m sad to return to real life (my own cooking, washing up, yadda yadda yadda). A quick summary of the design scene to follow, but before that a mention of the city itself. Here’s the pavilion that […]

Loving the luxe

Styling in the sun – that’s what my friend Louise Rastall left London to do just a few months ago. I love checking out her blog for glimpses of Australian beaches, houses and, most of all, interiors shops I’ve never heard of. She posted about print company Inaluxe being a tonic to cheer her soul, […]

Nude vs Rude

My Friend and I enjoyed the Guardian’s home section over the weekend. It’s been a bit skimpy of late, but this Saturday there was a proper house, highlighting the ‘nude’ decorating trend. AND… a comments section. I’ve never noticed one on there before, but if you want to see how the mean-spirited roll (or add […]