I’ve had this pack of playing cards by artist and writer Charlotte Cory for some time and have been weighing up whether to put some of them into a black frame for my wall.

Thing is, I’m not an avid cards player and therefore don’t get to enjoy the artistry of the cards all that often. Equally, I’m on the fence about whether framing things that aren’t really meant for framing is a good idea. Here’s a version I knocked up to try it on for size.

The fact that flamboyant composition ideas have been playing on my mind since I photographed this makes me think it’s going to end up a travesty. Maybe I should just start a poker circle.

Rubbish make

Just back from a fun night out meeting other interiors bloggers, and I find I’ve put a few glasses of Disaronno between myself and a decent post. Conversation turned for a while to cats, so I’ve been inspired to dig-out this previously unseen ‘make’. Here the company secretary helps out with measuring up. And below, […]

If I wanted to keep fish…

Here’s where they’d live… Designed by Pierre-Gilles Fourquie – who also freelances for big wigger Arik Levy – Wanda is a glass and polished concrete aquarium with a central platform to place a small object for your fish to enjoy as he does the same circuit his whole repetitive life. The designer describes this as […]

There’s a Ghost in my house

Looking at a pink, child’s version of Monsieur Starck’s Ghost chair the other day, I was thinking how ubiquitous it is. One of those taste-by-numbers items. And beyond over since about 2003. And yet, I guess a classic is something that can always take another twist, and I just stumbled across these. Ceramics company Reiko […]

Pop-up bedroom on the Southbank

Maybe because I am not the tallest person in the world and maybe because I grew up in a house where I had what’s best described as a miniature bedroom, I have always been a bit obsessed with small spaces. Ages five and up I made all my friends play at building dens and as […]