Design events can be the perfect place to pick up the right piece for your home. Many offer open days to the public, not just trade. Here's a couple of fantastic items I found at this year's Decorex event.
Read moreSitting room revamp: reupholstered Victorian armchair
Don't let a ghastly fabric put you off a piece of furniture. All it takes it's the right material, the right reupholsterer, and you're set with a stylish feature item.
Read moreSitting room revamp: dressing the windows
The curtain fitters have just finished dressing the windows of my sitting room. I had grey, interlined linen Roman blinds made for the bay window and a large interlined curtain in a vintage-style floral linen on a brass pole. See the new style.
Read moreStoring magazines in a stylish trug
Trugs are very strong and incredibly well made so should last a generation! These days people often buy them to use indoors to use for kindling wood, magazines or any other items that they want to display.
Read moreSitting room revamp: restoring a unique folding chair
Don't you just love this chair? It was given to me by a very dear friend who moved houses and didn't need it. I absolutely love the shape. It needs some minor restoration but I plan to leave the gold corduroy fabric on the seat and just replace the fabric on the back of it.
It actually folds up so is very versatile. And it's incredibly comfortable. I've no idea where it originated, i.e., what style is it? Italian? Moroccan? Who knows?
In the second picture you can see where I've placed it in the sitting room opposite the door where you enter the room and it makes a great focal point especially with the artwork above it.
Sitting room revamp: styling with sisal flooring
Sisal is a stylish addition to your decorating project. See how I've used it in my newly revamped sitting room.
Read moreSitting room revamp: easy steps to reinvigorate a room
My sitting room is taking shape with some very minor updates. Read more about an ingenious way to display artwork, as well as the before and after wall finishes.
Read moreIdeas for flowers and plants in the home
Flowers from my new orchid fell off the plant, so I floated them in a green bowl and used it as a centrepiece last night when two friends came for supper.
Flowers can restore a sense of calm within your house. See how I have created my own floral haven.
Read moreSitting room revamp: from neutral to colour rich
It's amazing how changing the wall colour from a warm cream to a cool grey can make a room look so much more contemporary and fresh. Take a look at the before and after shots of my sitting room.
Read moreA touch of Moroccan lighting magic
Bring a touch of Morocco into your home with a cute set of lanterns like these.
Read moreStrike the right note with a vintage-style clock
The right piece for a room can often take a little time. I finally found the ideal item for my kitchen. Find out the details.
Read moreSitting room revamp: starting the styling process
The sitting room revamp has begun. Find out where it all begins.
Read moreSitting room revamp begins
I'm beginning a much-needed revamp of my sitting room, which starts with a refresh from cream to a more modern cool grey, and out with old sofas.
Read moreVictorian fan light mirror restored as a mirror
I've discovered a lovely new shop in Balham called No. 9 Antiques and today I bought this fabulous Victorian fan light window which has had a mirror put in it. I love the way it reflects light from the window opposite as well as reflecting the other gems I've placed in front of it.
Read moreTransforming tired furniture
I have a small console table that I bought painted in Farrow & Ball paint. However it was a bit one-dimensional and not distressed enough for me so I have now transformed it.
Read moreSpring is over; let the summer flowers begin
It's time to bring a little summer floral beauty indoors. Check out my interior stylings.
Read moreBring some colour to those dark spring days
This weekend I cheered up myself by buying spring bulb plants and flowers to fill the house.
Read moreSpring is in the air and in the home
This weekend, it has been dry and sunny with temperatures around 8–11°C (quite balmy!). Spring is in the air and it manifests itself in very subtle ways. I want to bring spring into my flat and here's some ways to do it without spending a fortune.
Read moreSet the tone for spring with stylish flowers
I need to be surrounded by beautiful living things and given the price of cut flowers, I often buy small pots of spring bulbs. Then I enhance the look with some cut flowers that last.
Read moreTransforming six Ikea kitchen chairs into a distressed finished
You wouldn't recognise these revamped chairs as being from Ikea. See how I transformed their modern look into something more suited to my beautiful oak table.
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