British textile designer Clarissa Hulse has a vibrant portfolio of furniture, textiles and soft furnishings for the home and her collections are taking the interiors industry by storm. This week she guest blogs for ACHICA Living and shares her inspirations...
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Be the first to get your hands on the new Anglepoise TypeC LED light before it launches this Autumn in our exclusive ACHICA Living competition.
What's not to love about this light? It's a design classic. The Anglepoise TypeC LED features a dynamic, flowing design that is as beautiful as it is distinctive. Created by industrial and product design legend Kenneth Grange CBE, it fits neatly over a computer screen. The TypeC L...View more
You've probably noticed that the colour teal is so hot right now. In clothing, it looks stunning with a summer tan, and, from the catwalk it has filtered through the cat flap and into our homes. You'll find a range of terrific teal soft furnishings and accessories on the high street, which are ideal for adding some zsa zsa zsu to your room scheme. 'Teal is a beautiful jewel colour that effortlessly marries drama and sophistication,' says Louise Smith, Dulux Global Colour Designer. 'A mixture of blue and gre...View more
Browsing through the gorgeous range of traditional garden tools by Joseph Bentley at ACHICA today inspired me to think about my very own garden and plans for the year ahead, which includes adding a vege patch and planting my fig tree (that has outgrown its pot) into the soil. So, this afternoon I reached for my copy of The Garden to Kitchen Expert by Judith Wills & Dr D G Hessayo...View more
Bethan Gray is one of the real unsung heroes of British furniture design. When she graduated in the late 1990s she was soon snapped up by Habitat where she spent nearly a decade creating some of the company’s most popular ranges. She eventually became its head of furniture design.
A couple of years ago Gray set up her own studio and has since designed independently for companies such as View more
Today I'm loving these quirky Alice in Wonderland aprons. Find out how to make them here…I’ve just been flicking through new title Everything Alice by Hannah Read-Baldrey & Christine Leech (Quadrille Publishing) and came across these quirky and cool Alice in Wonderland-style aprons. Don’t they look great?
I already own a couple of aprons. But last year, in a bid to find a new hobby, I took up oil painting and so my aprons are...View more
The latest designs are batting their big and bold, eye-catching designs at us. I love wallpaper. I always have. Even before it got trendy again! I have it in practically every room in my home. So when I was asked to write a magazine feature on the latest wallpapers recently I jumped at the chance. But little did I know what was in store. The latest designs are so gorgeous I almost want to swap my black damask Marcel Wanders feature wall in my living room (that I spent a long time ch...View more
Nothing beats Cornish clotted cream and strawberry ice cream when the sun is shining. Or when the sun isn't shining for that matter (who am I trying to kid? I don't need an excuse). Follow the delicious recipe here and if you haven't got one already, check out the latest ice cream makers on promotion at ACHICA this week. Enjoy...
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Freezing Time: approx 8 hours
Serves 6-8
Ingredients
2 large free-range eggs
125g caster s...View more
Macaroons are one of my favourite treats. They are so light and moreish. I just can't get enough of them. Jane Curran, the Editor of Feel Good Food magazine has given us this fantastic recipe, which I have to say is a fail safe. I’ve made them loads of times. I met a macaroon expert at a press launch a few years ago and he said you should always drop the baking tray flat on the work surface before you put it in the oven as it makes any air inside the macaroons pop and keeps them light and fluffy.
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For the last few years, it hasn’t just been the miniature bottles of shampoo we’ve been stealing from townhouse hotels, but a host of interiors styling tips, too. Leather club chairs, anglepoise lighting and oak panelling were all big hits after they became key pieces at places such as Dean Street Townhouse and the Boundary Rooms. But this year, with several big name restaurant launches having foodies flocking, we’ve realised they’re as much as about their design credentials as they are about the dishes. H...View more
Emily Peck
Emily is the Founding Editor of the blog. Her experience includes writing and styling for Grand Designs, Stuff, Real Homes, Ideal Home, Woman&Home, Wired UK, C4 and the BBC.
Pip McCormac
Guest Editor Pip is the Commissioning Lifestyle Editor for The Sunday Times Style magazine. He's also written for Stylist, Elle Decoration and StyleJunkee.
Emma Morton Turner
Guest Editor Emma has written and styled for Woman&Home, Style At Home, Feel Good Food, Woman and Ideal Home to name a few. She's also fab at making stunning cakes!
David Nicholls
Guest Editor David holds the position of Design Editor at Telegraph Magazine, sourcing stunning homes around the world and reporting back with the best designs from high street to high end.
Zia Allaway
Guest Editor Zia is a gardening expert, author of books including How to Grow Practically Everything and editor of Beautiful Gardens magazine. She also contributes to Homes and Gardens and The Garden Design Journal.
Katie Treggiden
Guest Editor Katie writes award-winning design blog, Confessions of a design geek, and is the author of design book Interviews. She's also a regular contributor to We Heart, Heart Home Magazine and Design Milk.
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