I went to Chelsea Flower Show on saturday and that’s it, the gardening obsession has fully flared again. After spending the day pottering around show gardens with a friend, talk for us turned to, no not the plants, but outdoor lighting. It’s the whole garden dining experience. Now the season is right, you want to be able to see those flower beds you’ve been maintaining in the day, by night. I’ll be honest, it’d be good for spotting those hosta-eating slugs too.

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Joanna Thornhill helps our reader with her bedroom makeover

It all started with a message in our inbox. “I started following your blog when my first son was born, feeding constantly, and I could sit on my arse and read blogs. Now, with the arrival of my second son, I have very little time to leisurely scoot around Pinterest and websites for inspiration, but […]

The Glasgow School of Art

Ironically, I already wrote my love letter to Glasgow School of Art just a few weeks ago here on the blog. I’m writing from Glasgow now. I’m here for a week, during which time I had intended to visit the school for a nostalgic look around. As you probably know, Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s famous building […]

Ochre inspired by Aalto?

A quick Check-This-Out for your friday before the holiday weekend (WOOOP). Ochre launched some great pieces at Clerkenwell Design Week including this leather-wrapped chair called Caribou – pictured with the Celestial Pebble light and Whippet table. First thing, all of those product names seem right to me. Secondly, what about the colour on that chair? […]

Clerkenwell Design Week

Yesterday I visited Clerkenwell Design Week for the first time. Shame on me – I must have been leaving Jill to do it all in previous years. Anyway, I loved it. It’s full of great design, of course, but small enough to be manageable, buzzy but not heaving.