In Inspiration, Room Makeovers
Posted on September 1, 2019
For the last few weeks I've been ankle-deep in scraps of sodden paper, as we systematically scored, steamed and stripped paper from virtually every wall on our ground…
If you’ve started feeling like you’re being watched while you browse the aisles of a homeware store recently, you have the re-emergence of modernism and post-impressionism to thank.…
Back in July I rounded up some of The Most Instagrammable Airbnbs in Cornwall, and resolved to make this a monthly feature. Partly for that search-friendly content experience,…
Last summer, I spent many evenings re-building our crumbling, rotten deck by hand. It was hot, dull, inefficient work. But it was also free, as our DIY budget…
There aren’t many questions more fundamental to a room makeover than: What colour are you going to paint it? Of course, interior design is more than colour -…
“In cooking as in all the arts, simplicity is the sign of perfection” wrote Curnonsky, the Parisian ‘Prince of Gastronomy’. Certainly this is true in product design for…
If you’ve been keeping up with the news in the last couple of months, you’ll know that your home could be causing antimicrobial resistance and lead poisoning, your…
As a very new blogger, I spend a fair amount of time in the fun place I call the Cave of Comparison. You can enter the cave a…
ASOS have been selling bags that look like unfortunate light fittings for a while. But if the words “ASOS” and “homewares” has you picturing crockery that looks like…
Surface Tension. That's what I've started calling the recurring row in our house whereby I compulsively tidy away anything practical (read: unattractive) that is left out on a…