Despite all my chat about wallpaper and am I or aren’t I going to buy those kitchens chairs, there is one modest view of my house that I spend more time looking at than any other. I find it soothing and, yes, aesthetically pleasing. But it ain’t going to win me any design awards.

I present radiator with cat bowl and peg bag. Yes, the view from my preferred chair at the kitchen table, where I have my breakfast each morning, blog, drink tea and generally lurk about. The peg bag is from Toast (a gift from My Friend) and the bowl is Poole Pottery. And I do find something mesmerising about pipe rising through floorboard. It seems an odd little bit of a house to love, but I sort of do. Now, I urge you, close you eyes for a moment, concentrate, and tell me, what’s the equivalent in your house?