White Beds Need More Thought Than People Give Them
I spend, on a bad week, approximately eleven minutes staring into my own bedroom and deciding whether it reads “clean hotel” or “empty hospital corridor”. This is not, under most…
The Colours That Genuinely Work With a Light Brown Carpet
In 2019 I painted my living room a colour I can only describe as the inside of a solicitor’s waiting room. I procrastinated having people over for three weeks staring…
Bathroom Lighting Gets Overlooked Until Its Genuinely Unflattering
I found myself stood in front of my bathroom mirror at half ten on a Tuesday night, phone raised at a slightly hopeful angle, desperately trying to capture a flattering…
The LED Colour Temperature That Actually Suits a Bathroom
Okay so first bit of slightly TMI before we dive in: I checked my smart home hub app out of sheer curiosity last night and realised I’ve changed the lighting…
Colours That Actually Suit Light Wood Flooring
It’s tempting to think “light wood floors will go with everything”, because most of the time they will. But those corner cases, when it doesn’t work or works spectacularly well,…
Chocolate Brown Sofas Are Warmer Than Any Grey Will Ever Be
A friend saw the picture I’d texted of our new sofa arriving at the flat and responded with three words. Looks like gravy. I told her good, that’s what I…
Brass Is Back, and This Time Its Not Going Away Quietly
I was cleaning my forgotten-about brass collection off a kitchen table one Sunday morning when it hit me – brass isn’t going anywhere again anytime soon. I’d spent the morning…