Meet talented interior designer Helen Turkington, who has a beautiful range of fabrics and furniture. Following on from her success in Dublin, she opened her first London store ‘Helen Turkington Fabrics’ at the beginning of the year and her inspirational designs are going from strength to strength. Get to know her here and find out her top tips on how to design your living room.....View more
Try these light little Salmon Tartlet snacks this New Year’s Eve weekend. They’re filled with a creamy, fresh salmon mixture and grilled until deliciously melting. Serve on a bed of baby spinach leaves and watch them get snapped up by party guests...
Salmon Tartlets recipe
Serves 6 Ingredients 25 g butter 1 shallot, ...View more
As a decorative theme, birds have been abundant this year, adorning cushions, crockery and objet d’art. But I’ve yet to see them depicted in such a stunning fashion as I've seen them in Joanna Charlotte’s beautiful bird paintings. From her studio in Crystal Palace, Joanna Charlotte's paintings are created using many thin layers of paint, which she builds up to create a luscious highly decorative surface. Taking inspiration f...View more
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all at ACHICA Living...
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Step inside this beautiful South-West London home owned by ACHICA members Ros and Andrew. The couple live here with their four children, Nina, Billy, Ellen, Kit and Jimmy the Springer Spaniel...
Before moving to their London townhouse in 2008, the family had been living in Wiltshire, in a spacious detached country house. ‘We decided to move to the big smoke as the children were getting older and we’d all had enough of living in a sm...View more
Lisa Levis, the designer formerly known as Lisa Stickley, has had quite a year. Famous for her girlie designs under her eponymous brand, and the homespun charm she injected into Debenhams with six seasonal collections, she is now no longer working at her own company (which will carry on as “Lisa Stickley” without her), has got married, changed her name, and is starting out again. Still a fountain of knowledge on how to turn the b...View more
I've tasted a trifle or two in my day, and I've indeed attempted my own versions of the delightful stuff, but this Raspberry and Almond Trifle recipe has to be one of the best. Perhaps it's something to do with the fact that I love the taste of Amaretto liqueur and could, if left to my own devices, happily drink more than two glasses after a meal (don't try this at home). As well as being light and tang...View more
To look at interiors magazines, you would think that Shabby Chic has been the biggest trend of the year. Its return has been heralded as a move back to making the house a home, an easy-to-live-with excuse for not repainting anything and covering old sofas in dusty throws. But actually, what has translated better into the way we live is ‘Factory Chic’. It’s like the Shabby version, in that it means your i...View more
Are you a film buff? Is Philip French’s film review section your first port of call when you open The Observer on a Sunday? Do you get twitchy if a week passes without getting your money’s worth on your LoveFilm subscription by watching more than two films? If you answered yes to any of the above, then I have an inkling that you’ll love Claudia Varosio's film posters, which are on promotion at ACHICA<...View more
Hands up who still needs to put their Christmas tree up? If walking past your neighbour’s home and seeing their tree glistening through the living room window isn’t enough inspiration to get your own tree up, then seeing Christmas 2011’s 10 best bauble designs just might be. And this year, the brighter and more colourful the better…
1. You can do so much with decorations that feature initials like these from 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.
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