Remember the little piece we did about Esther Mahlangu, the South African woman who has travelled the world after her traditional village house painting style got picked up by galleries?

Well Jill has put together a gallery of notebooks over on Facebook, perfect for stocking fillers. My favourite? These super tribal designs from Darkroom, which let you get a bit of the look without, you know, repainting your whole house. (more…)

David Kirkaldy and his drawings

By chance, I found myself watching David Dimbleby puttering about on a boat through the west coast of Scotland for his Britain and the Sea Trade programme. Thinking about it, I’m amazed my Mum never called to yell ‘Quick Scotland is on BBC right now AND THEY’RE SHOWING GLASGOW’ before hanging up. Being from Glasgow, having […]

New bed obsession

It started with this (try to see past the spooky doll). Which sort of reminded me of this. And combined, led to another new Pinterest board plus half a day gone googling ‘vintage wicker single bed’ in the vain hope of finding a tidily priced one for my daughter’s Christmas. We’ve documented an interest in wicker […]

Edgar Allan Poe – decorator

“An extensive volume of drapery of any kind is, under any circumstance, irreconcilable with good taste.” Who said that? No, not Mark Francis off Made in Chelsea. Guess again. What about, “The soul of the apartment is the carpet. A good judge of a carpet must be a genius. Yet we have heard discoursing of […]

Don’t make yourself at home

Last week a reader left this comment under our post about Raf Simons’ house: ‘Open stairs with pointy marble thing underneath – can only be a device to stop people bringing small children round to his house.’   Always thinking of our readers, we’ve come up with this handy guide for parents needing help to […]