A hot topic in modern design at the moment is landscape architecture with every inch of space around houses, stadium and corporate headquarters being used to promote ecology and green design – these social spaces are becoming an important factor in everyday life, letting us make the most of the areas around us and ultimately doing more to make us feel like our carbon footprint is having a manicure.
A few years ago, Eastern delights were the height of interiors style. You couldn’t open a glossy magazine without seeing a stone Buddha peering up at you, a couple of ornately carved chests and a wilting orchid or two. It was a reaction to shabby chic, which had previously been so prevalent, in that it was sleek and exotic – two properties you can definitely not assign to the vintage-style chandeliers and dining chairs that had previously been so popular.
Use the latest monochrome wall coverings to add a touch of magic to your home. Choose from a range of quirky and creative designs from wallpaper depicting feline beauties to wall stickers that turn everyday items such as suitcases into works of art - okay, so they're not quite Michelangelo frescos, but they certainly do bring a blank wall to life and are an instant way to update tired-looking decor...
Interiors has been having its very own stag party for a while now. It started, innocently enough, with a couple of ironic deer heads, mounted on the wall, just for the fun of it. They were fake, of course – there’s no way any of the stylists who thought they were cool would ever have ventured anywhere wilder than Hoxton on a Friday night. Then Graham and Green started selling them, followed by M&S, and suddenly every home in every mag was replete with its ...View more
Punchy purple, teal and pink are hot colours on the high street this season, in fashion and in homes, and then there’s lime (a lemony attention-seeking lime that can't help but bring a smile to your face). Mix these shades and you've got the perfect cocktail of style - just take a look at the wonderful way Matthew Williamson rocks the look with his Butterfly Home Chinoise bed linen (above) and Macau crockery (below) from ...View more
Ever since your parents kept their unused wedding china in one, sideboards have been seen as outdated and old fashioned. But there has been a recent shift in storage style (now there are two words you don’t often see together). Popping up on the high street, and ranging from sleek and chic to French and fabulous, they’re the logical extension of the maximalist trend, as something not only to store all your objects in, but on too. Yes, sideboards are back. You ...View more
Autumn/Winter. That time of year that’s all about new coats, new shoes and new pencil cases. And, if you look at interiors trends, pink and purple. Yes, every year, as predictable as the lack of Indian summer, comes an array of cushions, vases, and even sofas in funky fuchsias and moody maroons. The theory, I’m guessing, is this: purple fits with the cosy feeling of log fires, nights drawing in, and snuggling into a warm sofa with a glass of port and bowl of chestnuts. Pink lifts the look...View more
People who actually like their house to look like a home can rejoice: minimalism is officially dead! When House of Hackney launched its first interiors collection a couple of months ago the couple behind it decided to showcase the range in their own house. With not a surface uncovered by prints, and not a table top unhampered by random objet, the old trend for stark, white interiors was well and truly over. An allergy sufferer’s nightmare, the look is all about dust gathering knick knacks, about fil...View more
So 'Shabby Chic' is back this coming season and House of Fraser is rocking the trend in a bold and brazen fashion. It happens to the best of trends - they'll always come back to haunt after a decade of trying to pretend they never happened. But this time round the look is less shabby and more chic and a natural continuation of the ubiquitous trend for vintage style. Think washed out pastels and faded neutrals in...View more
Like most interiors trends, butterflies only have a lifespan of about a day (DISCLAIMER: this may not actually be true, and could be merely a mis-remembered fact from a Biology lesson 15 years ago. However, the “stat” about interiors trends is almost certainly correct). One minute we’re all over a look, the next it’s discarded like an empty trolley in the IKEA car park. But the butterfly motif has been bubbling under for a while - covering e...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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