I have a new long, high floating shelf in my white-walled living room and here is what I’d like to do with it. In reality it will probably become home to books and other coloured things – I’ll show you when it does. In the meantime, this display of white ceramics by Jonathan Wade can be […]
I know this whole bird trend is less spring chicken and more grizzled old buzzard – it’s been around for ages – but I’m still all about the birds. Swans, flamingos, swallows… but it’s a surprise to me that I’m now contemplating adding an ostrich to my interiors aviary. Just in, new shots from Random […]
It’s the secret swot in me, but I love a bit of school-style chart and alphabet wall art. This is my periodic table of the elements, out of a 60s encyclopedia for kids, that’s just come back from the framers. But if you don’t spend as much time rooting through the bargain books box as […]
I’ve only ever paused outside the library / gallery 72 Rivington Street to note its brilliant book-stack window display. This week the window display was gone, but I ventured inside and found this modern take on the librarian’s trolley. Yes, basically a set of shelves on wheels, but as mentioned a few times, we love […]
I return from the only seaside town that has served as muse to both TS Eliot and Chas and Dave. Yes, it was tea from polystyrene cups and a turn along the prom for me in Margate, and the exciting news is, there’s a retro-home revolution going on in the town. Forget Siralun’s recent attempts […]