GETTING STARTED WITH COLOUR In our last blog, we talked about how you can identify your interior design style. It's not about making pretty rooms. It's about creating a home that makes you feel emotionally connected, gives you a sense of well being and reflects your uniqueness. Achieving this takes a bit of [...]
START YOUR INTERIOR DESIGN PROJECT WITH THESE SIMPLE STEPS FROM OUR MASTERCLASS We’re inundated with social media inspiration and short term fads that are seriously seductive, so how do we curate our homes so that they feel genuine and authentic? We're launching a 1 day interior design masterclass introducing the essential ingredients for creating [...]
Happy Christmas to everyone and our very best wishes for 2020. Christmas can be a time of mixed feelings. While for many, it's a time of celebration and fun with friends and family. It also seems to make loved ones' absence more keenly felt. I've enjoyed putting up the [...]
Visiting Kettles Yard House An hour-long stationary traffic queue and then "closed for renovations" meant I abandoned earlier trips. After 30 years, I finally made it to @kettlesyard in Cambridge. I found it quite an emotional visit. Until recently, I've kept my love of Art entirely separate from my job as an interior designer. [...]
How long does an interior design project take? You'll get the best out of your relationship with an interior designer if you understand their processes. Here's a handy guide to the stages and timescales involved in a typical house renovation that doesn't require significant building works. You may be asked lots of questions when [...]
COTSWOLD INTERIOR DESIGNER ON TOUR: IRELAND We're so privileged to live in the Cotswolds - a truely beautiful place, but I get a lot of my interior design inspiration from travelling. Every year we make a summer trip to Ireland to meet up with family and visit new and favourite places. [...]
ARTIST IN FOCUS: SASHA WARD We loved the idea of commissioning art for our Cotswold interior design projects. Britain has a rich history of engaging artists to produce work for public buildings and private houses. Think of period properties and you think of all the gifted artisans who worked on those properties. Their creativity [...]
INTERIOR DESIGNER ON TOUR: NEW YORK “London is satisfied, Paris is resigned, but New York is always hopeful. Always it believes that something good is about to come off, and it must hurry to meet it.” ― Dorothy Parker My husbands son lives in Toronto so a few weeks ago we [...]
OUR INTERIOR DESIGN SERVICE "So, you’re thinking of hiring an Interior Designer? HOW WE CAN HELP YOU At the heart of a great design is a cohesive, creative vision. We will spend a lot of time talking to you to really [...]
