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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

Don’t Forget The Fifth Wall

20th August 2019

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Kate Watson-Smyth advises not to forget the fifth wall, also known as the ceiling. Her office ceiling in gold adds interest and bounces light around the room - the ideal backdrop for her large statement pendant light. #madaboutthehouse #homeoffice #goldceiling

Throwing it back to some statement ceilings in honour of a spread in Grazia earlier this summer which included two of mine. And, coincidentally, today's issue of the magazine includes their first ever interiors special for which I wrote a four page special on the seasonal updates you can make now. It's not that walls

Monday Inspiration: The Power of Paint

Kate Watson-Smyth discusses the power of paint int interiors and how creating a feature with a difference can help to define and zone an open plan space. #featurewall #openplan #madaboutthehouse

I wanted to talk about the power of paint today, with a few examples of people thinking about how to harness its transformative power in

The Househunter: Room by Room

I've said it before but I do think Somerset gets, if not all, a lot of the best houses and for that reason we are

How to Save Space (and Money) in Bathroom Design

This has got to be one of the most commonly asked questions: where can I save space and money when designing a bathroom? So today,

Colour Psychology for Interiors

Kate Watson-Smyth take a look back at the colour psychology course she attended hosted by Sophie Robinson and Fiona Humberstone. Sophie's former Brighton open-plan apartment was an eclectic mix of colours, patterns and styles. #openplan #sophierobinson #madaboutthehouse

Following on from yesterday's post about how we react emotionally to colour I thought I would look back to the time I did Sophie Robinson's

Monday Inspiration: How We React Emotionally To Colour

12th August 2019

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Journalist Kate Watson-Smyth looks at living with calming colours and how we react to them. A bold floral mural wallpaper has a calming and restful palette of green and pink is combined with an unexpected yellow cabinet for a modern touch. #madaboutthehouse #surfaceview #muralwallpaper

My colour psychology series has been one of the most popular on the blog over the last few years and as I'm still running through the spectrum I thought it would be timely to share this post with you again that talks about our emotional reaction to colour and if you like this then come

The Househunter: Room by Room

Back to west London to have a look at this earbleedingly expensive but very lovely house that was on the market back in March. Right

At Home with Kelly Hoppen (Podcast Notes)

In the home of interior designer Kelly Hoppen, Sophie Robinson and Kate Watson-Smyth take a tour of her home. The renovated house features a quadruple height ceiling, open-plan kitchen dining table large enough to seat 30. #openplan #diningtable #madaboutthehouse #kellyhoppen

Now the first thing you need to know about Kelly Hoppen's home is that yes while big (enormous) with tall (quadruple height) ceilings and it

10 Reasons You Need To Bring Brown Furniture Into Your Home

The antique wooden bedside table sits within a modern bedroom with a bright blue wall, kitsch table lamp and a gallery wall of traditional frames. KAte Watson-Smyth looks at ways of introducing brown or rather antique furniture into a scheme. #antiquefurniture #gallerywall #katewatsonsmyth

The hot topic in interiors this year has definitely been sustainability and there is nothing more sustainable than buying antique furniture for your home. It

Monday Inspiration: The Red Thread

wooden kitchen via stadshem

This has proved one of the most popular posts this year with many of you taking to instagram to describe your own red threads (rarely

The Househunter: A Victorian House Remodelled

2nd August 2019

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pink and green via the modern house

This is still one of my favourite houses so far this year and I'm happy to post it again for you to see. It's partly the combination of pink and green which is a current favourite but also the way it has been updated for modern living. So many city and town dwellers live in

What Paint to Use on Which Surface: A Guide.

As regular readers know I take a break from blogging in August. This is partly to recharge my batteries and partly because I suspect that

Do Less Harm: The Directory is Launched

Mad About The House's Kate Watson-Smyth launches the Do Less Harm Directory. Aimed to help us find and support companies reduce their impact on the planet. #dolessharm #madaboutthehouse #katewatsonsmyth #

The Do Less Harm Directory is live. And you will notice that it's far from complete. Hopefully it will never be complete until we can

Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms

Kate Watson-Smyth takes a look at reclaimed materials for flooring. In this victorian rectory kitchen by deVol the herringbone floor is enhanced by a 'rug' style insert of textured tiles creating interest and a focal point. #victoriankitchen #reclaimedfloor #katewatsonsmyth

Happy Monday to you all and welcome to our weekly stroll through some beautiful rooms that might give you inspiration for your own. This week

The Househunter: Room by Room: Dutch Barn Conversion

Something different this week - it may well be divisive but it's the first of its kind so worth exploring for that reason alone. It's

Biophilila, Colour Blocking Trends and Childhood Home Influences (Podcast Notes)

25th July 2019

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Kate Watson-Smyth and Sophie Robinson discuss colour blocking colour blocking, example by mosey home shown here, biophilia, childhood homes and design crimes on the Great Indoors podcast. #podcast #colourblocking #katewatsonsmyth #madaboutthehouse

Hello and Welcome to The Great Indoors... as it were. It's time for the second episode of this series and this time we spoke about Biophilia (which I wrote about in some detail recently, whether your childhood home influences your adult house and the new trend of colour blocking. You can, as ever, listen here

Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms

Kate Watson-Smyth's ideal room, featuring a soft pallette, tons of light and interesting details. White chaise longue via Amber Lewis photographed by Tessa Neustadt. #chaise #katewatsonsmyth #madaboutthehouse #softpalette

School's out for summer then. Or out for ever in the case of the 18yo currently wandering around Sicily on a post A level trip

The Househunter: Room by Room

So last week's property had a mixed reception. Love the outside, less keen on the inside. So we're going a little more traditional this week

MADE.com launches organic cotton bedding and towels

dyed cloth ready to be cut

Some of you may remember that last year I went to Portugal with made.com to see the two factories where they source their ceramics. Both

Rockett St George In-House Designs

green velvet chairs, rug and lamp by rockett st george at madaboutthehouse.com

I'm sure most of you are familiar with Rockett St George, the cool online store that famously showcases its wares against a black background beloved