So, My Friend, obviously I think your Coral Zebra / pale blue mash up is a hot trend and thought you might appreciate knowing where I go to for a coral fix when I need one. I get cheap thrills from this Suzy Hoodless side table and for £1,000 I can have it. Which is why I’m having a sick, illicit online affair with it instead, visiting it here whenever I think of its hexagonal loveliness.

Midcentury Modern

A quick report from the weekend’s Midcentury Modern show, at Dulwich college. Full of lovely stuff, but also somehow a bit depressing if you prefer to discover your own treasures in charity shops, junk stores and skips. Or if you’re skint. Here’s a random set of pics of things I liked, snatched in the fleeting […]

Wanted: 9 black frames

If you’re a loyal subscriber to Wallpaper magazine, you may have received this thrilling box lately… Inside are 21 limited edition covers created as part of the magazine’s tenth anniversary celebrations (kick started in 2006) by some big wig names in art, architecture and design – Marcel Wanders, Hedi Slimane, Alan Fletcher, Jeff Koons, Dieter Rams […]

Trend or travesty?

Ok, My Friend, so remember when we shared an office and I used to annoy you by holding up bits of card in colour combinations that pleased me while you were trying to work… A couple of things have come into my hands that I’m obsessing over as a colour scheme option. Some fabric I’m […]

The habit

I do have a will to speak of. I even managed a self-imposed two-month shopping ban lately (okay, it was meant to be six and I broke it with what Mr Hilarous is calling my ‘jungle safari look’). But there are a few things in life that only need three seconds consideration before I’m consuming […]