Insights into my Swanley Village Project
It has been a little while since my last blog post. I have been pleasingly swamped with work, and occasionally a ball gets dropped, and this time it has been my blog. Not the best of timing, as my blog is currently up for an award in The AMARA Interior Blog Awards 2021!! So, if […]
Taking Inspiration from Nature
Yesterday was Nature Photography Day, and I celebrated this by posting some images of nature that I took on my break in Devon at the end of last month. But it got me thinking – how nature inspires so much of what we have in our homes, from fabrics and wallpaper, to rugs and paint […]
How To Zone Your Kitchen: Seven Tips To Create The Perfect Layout
It’s more than a year since the Covid-19 pandemic hit, and in that time we’ve all had to adapt and drastically change the way we live and work. We’re all spending a lot more time at home together – cooking, eating, working, learning and relaxing and many of these activities are taking place in the […]
How to Create a Sustainable Interior
Tomorrow is Earth Day – the day when the world focuses on driving meaningful action for our planet. I can remember a few years ago my husband’s Swedish family were visiting and wanted to take part in Earth Hour as a symbol of their commitment to the planet. At the time, my mother lived in Zimbabwe, but […]
How to plan your space like a pro
When you start thinking about your interior design project, it is very easy to get excited about the colours and fabrics that you will choose, what home automation system will work for you, or what finishes you will have in your kitchen. However, before you get caught up in those details, it is important to […]
Harnessing the Power of Colour in Interiors
The 21st March was the spring equinox – the day each year where day and night are of approximately equal duration all over the planet. And it is this relationship between light and dark which also marks International Colour Day, because without light, there is no colour. As Karen Haller says, colour “is around us […]
How Your Bedroom Design Influences Your Sleep
It turns out that March is National Bed Month, and so I thought I would talk about how to get your sleep environment right. We spend a third of our lives in bed and yet all too often we overlook the importance of the role your bedroom plays in terms of getting great sleep. And […]
Interior Design for Happiness and Mental Wellbeing
The past year has given us all plenty of time to reflect and recalibrate, and now more than ever, we are placing a greater emphasis on our own well-being. Wellness may start from within, yet the spaces around us play a vital supporting role. Being forced to stay indoors for much of the past year, […]
Are Environmentally Friendly Paints Really Worth the Price?
Paint is one of the most transformative changes you can make to your home. However, choosing paint for your home that is safe for your family and indoor air quality can seem like a mystifying quest. And, if you choose the safest kind of paint, will it stand the test of time? Like all products […]
How to Create A More Sustainable Home
It is difficult to escape the current calls to adopt a more sustainable lifestyle. David Attenborough and Greta Thunberg have seen to that! And this topic has been amplified through the Covid pandemic. As the world shut down, so nature came back to life. Birdsong became sweeter and softer as the birds no longer had […]