I was watching a wonderful old documentary on catch up tv the other day – it was primarily about holidays by the seaside but it also included some fantastic social history to savour. The days of families all travelling to […]
When we think of interior designs designed by interior designers . . . . the very posh and unbelievably expensive glass and shiny chrome look very often comes to mind. It seems to be assumed that the very phrase Interior […]
We all know the colours we prefer and the materials that suit us best. Or at least we like to think we do. That’s fine for clothes – we can swap and change as often as our pocket allows. It’s […]
I know several people who are in the middle of making that decision of whether to sell up and move to something bigger / smaller. We all moved into our current houses some years ago ad as with all families, […]
I have a dream. . . . familiar words but not in the context I mean them. I do have a very attractive house, a good sized and very comfortably family detached on the best estate in this area. they […]
Isn’t it funny how we always look back to how our parents decorated their house and although we say we never want to have ours like that, we invariably end up with a similar regime in the long run. I […]
I have recenly had the pleasure of looking over a pal’s ‘little cottage’. It does look from the back as if it really is a) little and b) a cottage. Neither are actually accurate. I was amazed at what the […]
When we think of interior design it’s easy to simply think of companies that come in, look at the existing layout and suggest knocking this wall down and that. Then there’s the pushing out of windows and patios to create […]
We often think that interior designers are only interested in the domestic arena – the new open plan lounge cum dining room cum kitchen. There of course are many families who do employ an interior designer for all of these […]
I have a good friend who with her partner, has a very wide circle of aquaintances and between them they have been invited to six weddings this year. The last one was only recently and by all accounts, was the […]