365 Objects Of Design

Time for our regular 10 best series and this time we're looking at the 10 best barstools. As ever I have tried to include a range of styles, colours and prices that will go in every home. I am asked a lot about bar stools and when you stick it into google you can see

I am frequently asked about coffee tables. It's a really important piece of furniture that, for some reason, is rarely about a place to actually put a cup off coffee. It's more about the coffee table book and a place to arrange some decorative objects. Whatever you use yours for here is my round up

The second part of my mini series on Five Ways to Revamp a Room rapidly and this week we're looking at the kitchen. A mini revamp is a great way to bring in a few changes without breaking the bank (unless you want to of course) and make it all feel a little bit shiny

I think I might be one of the last people left who hasn't done it. I know I should have done but somehow I'd just never got round to it. And then, last week, I did it. Armed with lots of advice from those who had done it before me. "You'll love it," they said.

Once upon a time a teenage girl wrote to a big London store asking if she could be a window dresser. The big London store replied and told her to finish school and come back to them if she was still interested. She duly finished school and then got distracted. For about 35 years. And

Earlier this year the British furniture store Heals arranged a survey of 2000 people asking them to name their favourite design icons from the last 100 years. Icon is an over-used word and one I try to avoid if possible but Heals, which has always championed British design, sells a huge range of instantly recognisable

Photo: @alvhem via @sarah_cocolapine of the Norr11 Duke Coffee table There's nothing I love more than a bit of multi-tasking furniture. Given that we Brits live in the smallest houses in Europe everything we own has to work hard for the money (name that tune) and if it's capable of doing more than one thing

The 16-year-old has been redecorating his bedroom. It appears to be some sort of post GCSE don't-make-me-get-a-Saturday-job sort of plan. Not that I was going to, but it has clearly done him no harm to think I might. Actually when I say redecorating I use the term loosely. There was one lime green wall, three

One of issues that I come across more frequently than any other is how to hide the television and the technology. Most of us seem resigned to the fact that we have to have it and that means various black boxes dotted about the place. Until now. Last week I was sent a pink speaker.

Home Barn Table made from reclaimed wood  It's said the kitchen is the heart of the home but I disagree. I think it goes further than that. I think it's actually the kitchen table. That table, whether it's in the kitchen, the dining room or the sitting room, depending on where you have space for

outdoor floor light image by madaboutthehouse.com I have wanted an outdoor floor light for years. It fits with my dream of the outdoor sitting room. Taking the inside outside as it were. This involves a sofa, which has been fantastically hard to find,  I did eventually track one down and will be writing about soon but if

Sounds like a contradiction in terms doesn't it. How can a trend, which is surely allied to a fashion, be future-proof? Surely the point is that it will change. Usually quite fast. After all, isn't trend just another word for fashion? Or is it? We often talk about a fad that leads to an underlying

The oldest known piece of carpet was found in Siberia in 1949 and dates from the 4th century BC. It was discovered perfectly preserved under a layer of ice and the colours and incredibly intricate weaving can still be clearly seen. Of course it was made by hand so its creator was able to use

There's something about the sun coming out - finally - that causes thoughts to turn to chilled rosé and ice clinking in summer drinks. Add the thwack of the tennis ball as it's Wimbledon fortnight and it seemed the right moment to do a round up of the 10 best drinks trolleys. I say this

babylon print by house of hackney Oh how we all scoffed at Pantone when they said their colour of the year was greenery. Aaaccch it was a nasty leafy yellowy shade wasn't it. But how we are not scoffing now. Because, taken literally, greenery really has turned out to be the colour for 2017. And,

Now it may not be very deep or intellectual or, you know, important, but I love discovering new shops and when I find them I need to tell you about them because who knows - one of you may have woken up this morning thinking - if only I had a dark green chair to

This is the rather fabulous new dining room belonging to a friend of mine. The work has just finished and they moved back in a few weeks ago. I wish I had come up with this fabulous green for the walls but she found that on her own. It's Tarrytown Green by Benjamin Moore if

It may not have entirely escaped your notice that there's currently a bit of a mania fashion for house plants. My own collection has been growing by stealth, much to the dismay of The Mad Husband who feels that they are taking over space that should rightfully be his. Mind you once he realised that

These rather gorgeous cushions and soft furnishings are made from genuine indigo dye on a vintage loom in London. It's the latest project from Lane By Post, the Nottingham-based company, whose pleated two tone lampshades have become such a hit. The natural indigo dye is taken from the Indigofera Genus plant - commonly used for denim

I think it's probably time for a sit down don't you? And wouldn't these be the perfect patterned chairs to do it in?  Similar but not matching in both pattern and shape, they make a perfect pair. They are part of a new collection from Galapagos Furniture which has brought back designs by Howard Keith