When interior designer Alex Coomer and her husband, Steve, bought their Victorian town house in west London three years ago they wanted to modernise it straight away. 'It was dark, dreary and dated when we moved in,' says Alex. Their previous home had been decorated quite traditionally so Alex was keen to do something different. 'I wanted to create a contemporary family home but still be sensitive to the house’s period features.'
With the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and London Olympics approaching, there’s more than enough reason to celebrate this summer. And, unless you’re planning a trip to the Galapagos Islands to avoid the bunting, celebrating in style with the most fun and fabulous accessories has to be the way forward. Plump up the cushions, decorate your walls with cool Rule Britannia art and host a ‘high tea party’ with your friends and family. To get you set, here’s a few of our favourite finds on promotion at A...View more
Designer and actress Melanie Salisbury founded British-based childrenswear company Rock 'n' Regal, which specialises in children’s clothing from age 5-12. Each piece is sourced, designed and hand finished in the UK. ACHICA Living chats to Melanie to find out more about her unique brand...
Hooray! ACHICA, the UK's first members-only home and luxury lifestyle store, is proud to announce the ACHICA Blog Awards 2012. Throughout May, ACHICA will be celebrating talented bloggers across interiors and design, gardens, food & drink, childrenswear & nursery, art, travel and fashion accessories. ACHICA has stunning prizes worth up to £3,500 up for grabs for winners across all seven categories.
Today at ACHICA Living, our favourite finds making us smile include these art prints from Artful Accents. It may be raining outside, but inside we're 'laughing', 'living' and 'loving'. Whether you're a serious art collector looking for a one off or an easy going art fan looking for unique pieces, it's definitely worth checking out the selection of art at ACHICA, hand picked by ACHICA's expert art buyer Angela Murray. The Artful Accents promotion at ACHICA is on nowView more
Oh we do like to be beside the seaside. And here at ACHICA Living we do like to LIVE beside the seaside. Today this refreshing home overlooking Portpatrick village has captured our imaginations. The wonderful detached Edwardian house situated on a cliff top, has a view to the Irish sea and beyond. Have a snoop inside and enjoy the views here… The ACHICA Living blog brings you style inspiration from ACHICA. Already a member of ACHICA.com? Click here f...View more
It was great to be asked by one of my all-time favourite blogs Apartment Therapy Tech to list the gadgets I use and love. I had lots of fun shooting my favourite gadgets in central London one spring afternoon along with photographer Alex Mackenzie. As a bit of a gadget fan, it was hard to whittle down my favourite gadgets to 10 however. For example, a gadget that didn't make the top 10 list is my trusty MacBook Pro, which I'm tapping away on now and without which I w...View more
From beautiful nursery furniture, luxurious lighting, and jewellery to jazz up your outfit, there are some great buys at ACHICA this week. There are art and foodie delights too. Check out a few key ACHICA Living favourites here...
In the last week, ACHICA Living has been About Town at the inspirational Milan Furniture Fair 2012, aka the Salone Internationale Del Mobile di Milan - an annual fair that showcases the latest in furniture and design around the world. We'll share our low-down from the show on the blog very soon. In the meantime, here are some highlights from another stunning design show that we recently visited - the Architectural Digest Home Design Show 2012, held during the New York Design Festival.
Got a decorating / home design dilemma? Need some practical and inspirational advice? Then grab your mood board and a cup of tea and get ready for ACHICA's LIVE Facebook chat. Today at 1pm, ACHICA's Senior Furniture and Lighting Buyer Rob Jackson will be live on the ACHICA Facebook page to answer all of your interior decorating questions. Click onto the ACHICA Facebook page here to find out more. Have fun!
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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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