Decorating dilemmas

Wisteria

Acid drops

I know there’s nothing new in this, it isn’t hot off the press or anything, but as Autumn arrives I’m fully back on board with my original plan for a grey and acid yellow living room. The trigger – these gorgeous new cushions, wallpapers and bits and bobs from Ferm Living. Thanks to the ever […]

Barbara Cartland

Tickled pink

Today’s post is about my fleeting obsession with pink. Not the singer. After weeks of pondering I finally bought an elegant little set of drawers on legs from the local junk pusher. Delightfully, having got it home (that’s another story) I found that what, in the gloom of the junk-a-teria, I thought was off-white, turns […]

Ensuite blog

Trend or travesty? Spiky specimens

To be honest, these spiny little fellas freak me out a bit. But I keep seeing them. So, what do you reckon – succulent, or sucks? Exhibit A. This picture on Intelligent Clashing, a kind of trend website with no words but weird and inspiring picture combinations. Today’s clash, BTW, involves an afro and a […]

Cow Parsley wallpaper

Wallpaper rehab

I mean, how many walls do I think I have? I should try to cure myself of this wallpaper hoarding by papering my flat with all of it. Ok now, like a memory test… from left to right: Osborne & Little, Folie; Osborne & Little, Maharani; Arthouse, Radiance; Osborne & Little, Boheme, again; Neisha Crossland, […]

Pretty bedroom design ideas

Window dressing: To print or not to print

I have mixed feelings on how to dress windows. Patterned curtains can end up looking twee if you hit the wrong note – though I love my living room curtains – and simple white blinds can look (and feel) cheap, especially next to coloured walls. The temporary blinds in my bedroom (now four years old […]