About ACHICA Living
The ACHICA Living blog brings you ideas and inspiration for your home, garden and lifestyle. The blog goes behind the scenes to highlight the hottest trends, share essential expert advice and bring you exclusive interviews with the movers and shakers of the design industry so you can shop for the best products. There are delicious recipes, competitions and news from must-see places and spaces out and about town too.
Written by a team of magazine and newspaper journalists, the ACHICA Living blog was founded in 2010 by magazine and newspaper journalist Emily Peck. The ACHICA Living blog is editorially independent, but affiliated to ACHICA, the free-to-join online luxury lifestyle store, which is the first of its kind in the UK to offer luxury interiors brands across homewares, garden, art, childrenswear and fashion accessories, at up to 70% off. ACHICA was founded by Quentin Griffiths (co-founder of ASOS.com) and Will Cooper (former CEO of Tradedoubler).
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Meet our bloggers…
Emily Peck, Editor, ACHICA Living
Emily is the Founding Editor of the ACHICA Living blog. She goes out and about to source stories about the latest trends and interview the most inspirational people in the design world and report back with essential expert advice. She’s a freelance journalist and has also written for Grand Designs, Wired UK, The Sun’s Fabulous, Woman&Home, Stuff, Real Homes, Homes&Gardens, 25 Beautiful Homes, Beautiful Kitchens, EKBB, Ideal Home, Channel 4 and the BBC.
TOP ACHICA BUY? “Jan Constantine’s stunning Black Fab Love cushion.”
CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT? “My Sonos WiFi music system, which streams music to every room in my house. Okay so I don’t have that many rooms, but it’s wonderful when I’m having a party or just want to sing along from room to room while I’m tidying up!”
Pip McCormac, Commissioning Lifestyle Editor, The Sunday Times Style
Pip is a Guest Editor of the ACHICA Living blog and writes about the latest style news. He also works for The Sunday Times Style magazine, searching out the hottest homes and advising the nation exactly which sofa they should be sitting on, and has written for Stylist, Elle Decoration, Attitude, and StyleJunkee.
TOP ACHICA BUY? “Responsive Design’s Lodovico chairs in orange.”
CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT? “My Sky+ box. It means I actually go out more, instead of staying in so as not to miss my favourite show. It’s perfect for flexible living – you get to see what you want, when you want it.”
Emma Morton Turner, Freelance Interiors Stylist and Writer
Emma Morton Turner has been a Home stylist for twelve years starting her career as Home assistant at Homes&Ideas magazine and working her way up to Home Editor on Woman&Home magazine. She’s now a freelance interior stylist and writer and has worked for Woman, Ideal Home, Beautiful Kitchens, Feel Good Food, Style at Home and Period Homes & Interiors, to name just a few. She loves anything interiors and is also a keen baker, making professional cakes for every occasion. She loves nothing more than getting crafty whether its sewing, painting or baking.
TOP ACHICA BUY? ‘Can I only choose one!! It would have to be the Prince tennis racket. I love to play tennis.’
CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT? ‘My Elfa embroidery sewing machine. I can’t live without sewing!’
David Nicholls, Design Editor, Telegraph Magazine
David contributes to design news and latest homeware trend news on the ACHICA Living blog. As the design editor of the Telegraph Magazine his remit involves sourcing fascinating homes around the world, reporting back from international trade fairs and presenting his readers with the best designs from the high street to high end.
TOP ACHICA BUY?‘The Baci Baroque & Rock melamine and acyclic collection. Great colours, great detail, and shatter proof. Perfect for summer barbecues.’
CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT? ‘I’m embarrassed to say my iPhone. It’s a love-hate thing. Great for quick Googles and instant Twitter fixes. Not so good when I find myself doing it over dinner with friends.’
Zia Allaway
Zia Allaway started her professional life as an editor, relaunching Health and Fitness magazine before becoming editorial director for a contract publisher, but her passion for gardening prompted her to give up her full time job and freelance as a gardening journalist, book editor and author. Since then she has edited books by Diarmuid Gavin and the Royal Horticultural Society, as well as writing and contributing to other titles, including the RHS’s How to Grow Practically Everything, The Complete Gardener’s Manual and Plants and Flowers. Zia is also editor of the free magazine, Beautiful Gardens, and writes for Homes and Gardens magazine on design and style. She loves pottering in her garden, and taking her dog for walks in the countryside.
TOP ACHICA BUY? ‘My husband has built a new conservatory, and I just love the Premier Zeus Floor Lamp, which looks like an elegant flower stem and would fit perfectly into my new room.’
CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT? ‘My Bahco Ergo secateurs – they’re light and easy to use, and unlike others that I’ve lost, they are bright orange so I can find them among my plants.’
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