Have you ever had too much of a good thing? I felt exhausted after London Design Week. Now, that I have some distance from it, I’d like to revisit some of the shows I visited with renewed enthusiasm. Interior designer, Kit Kemp, was asked to design the entrance to the Decorex design fair based on Read Post
10 Ideas To Steal from Dutch Design Show, Woonbeurs
You’d think I’d have had enough of design shows after London Design Festival wouldn’t you? Nope, I’m still going strong. Anyway, I was in Amsterdam over the weekend for a blogging event and lucky enough to get to Woonbeurs, a Dutch home decor show. The displays were simply fabulous. I was blown away by the Scandi-chic Read Post
Behind the Scenes at Chelsea Harbour
Have you ever wondered how product designers come up with their inspiration? At the Focus /13 show at Chelsea Harbour Design Centre I was lucky enough to get a behind the scenes tour with industry insider and stylist, Emilio Pimentel Reid. Emilio took a group of us through 8 of the showrooms at Chelsea Harbour Read Post
My Decorex Day
When I heard Decorex had moved this year to a new venue that involved a tent pitched in Hyde Park near Bayswater, I was a little unsure what to expect. I needn’t have worried. Posh people know how to do tents. The Decorex show was beautiful. All the exhibitors had gone to great lengths to adorn Read Post
So Faux, So Good
I’m starting a love affair with faux flowers. I can not believe it myself. But, we’re not talking the plasticky, old-school artificial flowers. The new variety faux flowers, made of silk and cotton, are as beautiful to touch as to admire. Here are some of my favourite faux flower specialists: Abigail Ahern in Islington has Read Post
The Last of the Summer Garden
I was delighted to return home and find my garden had blossomed with all the great weather London has had. I even had roses which were still blooming! Even the dark pink rose (a variety called Gloriana) that I had bought at the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show in July seems to have settled in nicely. Read Post
Summer Home Reno: Inspiration
Bricks and stones won’t break my bones, but they can send me into a state of frenzy. The only way to not drive yourself crazy is to be fairly organised. First, though you need to come up with the inspiration! After all, you have to know what to organise. I always envision what I want Read Post
A Triumph of Hope Over Experience?
I always start a house renovation with such positive thoughts. Usually, the positivity lasts until midway through construction. I’m not sure how long I’ll be sanguine this time because I’ll be supervising the process from across an ocean. I’ll either be stressed because I won’t know what’s happening or blissfully ignorant. Mr. N is pretty Read Post
C.P. Hart Showroom Tour
I was invited down to C.P. Hart‘s main showroom in London’s Waterloo to discuss my proposed “Dream Bathroom”. Along with 5 other bloggers including Dear Designers, Stylist’s Own and Fabric of My Life, we met with the C.P. Hart showroom management and designers and toured the Waterloo showroom. Having pored over the inspiration gallery on the C.P. Hart Read Post
American Eclectic
T wo American designers, Kelly Wearstler and Jonathan Adler, are well known for quirky cool. For fairness, I have chosen one designer from the West Coast and one from the East Coast. As any biased New Yorker will tell you, the middle of the United States is just fly-over country. And, that is SO not Read Post
