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PRAISE FOR MAD ABOUT THE HOUSE

A House Tour of the Private Home of Piero Fornasetti

Come With Me To My New online House

The Househunter: Colour Drenching

Bloom! My Floral Carpet launches at Decorex

Beautiful Rooms For Monday

The Househunter: Codebreaking Interior Design

Beautiful Rooms To Start The Week

The Househunter: Small Flat Big Storage

The Househunter: A Garden Apartment with expansion potential

23rd October 2020

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When we bought our first flat (a two bedroom garden apartment back in 1998 - I won't tell you what it cost or younger readers will cry) we used to fantasise about buying the flats on the two floors above and creating one huge house. Then the woman on the top floor put hers on

How We Live and Work Now

home office designed by @home_at_brookes and built by @createescapeshome office designed by @home_at_brookes and built by @createescapes

The last six months have dramatically altered how we live. Aside from the Government’s advice, neatly summed up by Matt Lucas as Go to work.

From My Radar to Yours: What’s new in interiors

colourful cushions from Osime Home

I have been meaning to start a regular news page for ages. In the absence of time to create a proper newsletter, I thought I

Monday Inspiration: Let’s Bring the Outdoors In

Kips Bay Dallas Showhouse by M Interiors photo by Stephen Karlisch

I went out on a job last week. A proper get up early to be on set, fill the cab with props sort of job.

The Househunter: Pretty in Pink

From the candy pink of stylist Siouxsie Dickens to the pale pink of this week's Victorian terrace I think we can safely say that pink

10 of the best vases

15th October 2020

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recycled glass vase from zara

One of the best gifts I ever bought myself was a monthly subscription to a bunch of flowers. There have been times over the last few months when that has felt like a massive indulgence but the cancellation of my gym membership (I'm currently using the free Nike Training Club app although I will say

Book Review: Bold British Design

Suddenly it seems that there is a raft of new interiors books so I thought I would share a few of them over the next

Beautiful Rooms: Monday Inspiration

Black kitchen cabinets, large windows with natural linen curtains and wooden dining table and chairs by Neptune.

A round up of pictures that have caught my eye over the last week. And one of the things that struck me, after I had

The Househunter: White Beachside Decor

Now it was only when I was deciding to include these two houses this week (yes a double treat) I realised that it might have

Decorating with Bold Colour: A House Tour with Sophie Robinson

muted pattern clash and english country style at sophie robinson house

Yes she's finally finished her house and since we have only met once since before lockdown (when we recorded at Skye McAlpine's house, we thought

Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms

5th October 2020

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pink and wooden kitchen design by studio duggan and 202 design photo by mariell lind hansen

Focusing on kitchens and bathrooms this week as these are the hardest to get right, the most expensive and yet the most important rooms in the house. The key to both of these rooms is not to treat them in isolation. They are part of your home and, as such, must reflect and link with

My Home Office Plans

home office makeover plans by madaboutthehouse.com

After the 10th conversation about what I would do to the kitchen if we had the money and the justification for doing so, I heard

Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms

marianne cotterill location house blue panelling

A bumper post for you today as it's a mix of househunter and inspirational rooms and that's because the house of top interiors stylist Marianne

The Househunter: A stunning warehouse conversion

Time for a full on fantasy Friday I think. If the week's news has got you down then come on over and let's go for

Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms

via wanderinginteriors @lumikello__’s apartment

Never never never would I have thought to paint the ceiling of a pale pink room in pale blue, but the the other day I

The Househunter: Open Plan Living in a Victorian Terrace

18th September 2020

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It was a tricky choice this week - between the incredible folly conversion extension which was lovely to look at and the house that might give you some proper tips and ideas for your own spaces. The latter won out. This week. So it's a three bedroom Victorian terrace in Bath that is on the

Shop Vintage for Second Hand September

joe colombo 4867 chairs for kartell via the peanut vendor

We may already be halfway through the month but did you know it was second-hand September - an Oxfam campaign to ask people to shop

Styling A Home Office with La Redoute

dilletta folding console table from la redoute in oak

This Wednesday's Ad Break (paid collaboration) is with La Redoute, a company I have worked with every year for about six years now and am

Dulux Colour of the Year 2021

dulux brave ground expressive palette

So then this Brave Ground shade which is the Dulux Colour of the year 2021, which caused much consternation before it was swiftly followed by

Monday Inspiration: Chequerboard Floors

chequered floor via the modern house

Podcast listeners will know that on last week's episode Sophie and I had a discussion about where trends will come from in the absence of