A little bird told me....
Interior Design Masters ~ BBC2 ~ Episode Five
Episode 5 ~ Holiday Lodges
The five aspiring interior designers competing for the ‘life changing contract’ of doing up a bar in a posh London hotel...
Interior Design Masters ~ BBC 2 ~ Episode Four
Episode Four ~ Student Studios
The potential Masters were back at college this week, having been dispatched to the University of Leicester and task...
Interior Design Masters ~ BBC 2 ~ Episode Three
Episode 3: Shops
In which the remaining eight contestants were divided into four pairs, with each team given an independent shop in Nottingham to r...
Interior Design Masters ~ BBC2 ~ Episode Two
The Chocolate Hotel
In which Frank gets his Snickers in a Twist, Terian stages a mutiny on the Bounty, and Cassie’s Victorian boudoir causes a Ripp...
Interior Design Masters ~ BBC 2 ~ Episode One
Episode 1: Show Homes by Show Ponies?
I love interior design programmes. I was brought up on Changing Rooms and have been a sucker for anything in...
The Vicarage Hotel, Holmes Chapel - We Are Converts!
Please note: we were unable to resist inserting a few vicar-related words or phrases into our post.....how many can you spot?
I’m not sure how many...
"I Know What Goes With Stuff": Interior Design Tips from Liam Gallagher
The first in an occasional series of celebrity interior design advice
Part 1: Liam Gallagher
It’s bizarre what you can find when poking about in t...
Beach Hut Chic: Nautical but Nice
A gorgeous sunny winter’s day and a stroll along the beach at Hengistbury Head near Bournemouth. If you’ve never been here it’s definitely worth ...
Llamas, Botanicals, Bamboo & Flatulence Pants: a day at Spring Fair 2018
To the NEC’s Spring Fair, and a day spent wearing out a considerable amount of shoe leather walking through the 19 – yes 19! – halls of trade stand...
Buns in the Oven: My Attempt to Make Fika-friendly Cinnamon Buns
I am not a natural baker. On the rare occasions when I make a cake or a batch of biscuits, I am not showered with compliments (the words ‘you shou...
Fika: is eating cake Sweden's secret to happiness?
A cup of coffee with a pastry or slice of cake. A treat once in a blue moon? A once a month chance to catch up with friends? Something that only...
Five Go Mad in the Quantocks
To Somerset, and a walking weekend in the Quantock Hills. An annual get together for five of us who attempted the Three Peaks Challenge a few...