Another photography project, reminding me of a decorating trend I’ve been contemplating recently. Andrew Miksys spent months travelling through Lithuanian, seeking out discos in rural villages. Brilliant. A bit like my teenage years in Cornwall. I found the pictures on the Mail (of course). The paper took a rather sniffy (I mean xenophobic) tone, but as far as I can see a disco is a disco. I wanna go!

As the gent said of the Mail’s coverage, ‘They’ve obviously never been out in Paisley.” He thought painting the whole room pink was the definition of ritzy-ness. And it goes without saying that I quite agree. Even the wires, Even the pipes.

I’m declaring it a trend. or, as I’ll be shouting as I dance under a Lithuanian glitter ball some time soon… tendencija!

Architecture as art

My interiors ‘expertise’ is self-taught, but I originally trained (in the very slightest way) as a dancer. Not often that the worlds of dance and architecture are specifically combined, so today I’m sharing the work of Pablo Bronstein. Here he is at home in Bethan Green, working on some architectural drawings. He works in live […]

Palestinian embroidery

Those are my Ercol kitchen chairs looking splendid with their embroidered cushion friends. As mentioned before, half of my husband’s family hails from Bethlehem, so for many years we’ve been gifted various embroidered items by The Bethlehem Arab Women’s Union. The Union was originally opened as a first aid centre for refugees from 1947-48, when Israel was […]

Black, red, green: Whitstable fisherman’s huts

Oh, it’s been one helluva year. The best cure? Always a trip to the seaside. This time it was Whitstable, and a stay in a converted fisherman’s hut. Wow. First, the colour combinations. I wouldn’t have associated red, black and green with the seaside, but it was everywhere. Right on the beach, these huts are […]

How can I decorate my rented flat?

Glad you asked. Decorating a rented property… my god have I put the hours in on this one? When I was renting everyone had just gone Changing Rooms mad, and I had to paint over plenty of rag-rolled Moroccan-inspired hallways and forest green bedrooms with buckets of trade white. Well, my ‘expertise’ has now been […]