David Linley knows good design. The legendary designer founded LINLEY back in 1985, a company which is world-renowned for its design and creation of fine furniture and interiors. David Linley's first collection was unveiled at Christies that very year, followed by the launch of the first showroom opening. David’s mother, who is the late Princess Margaret, sister to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, encouraged his creativity with her passion and talent for music and art and over the years David has wr...View more
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Posted by Emily Peck, Editor, ACHICA Living
May 20th, 2012
There’s something about retro style that brings a smile to my face - I’m not sure if it’s because it reminds me of my childhood or just that those classic shapes and styles are bang on trend right now. And I love the clever use of green and teal and mixes of brown and yellow that are gracing homewares. Ten years ago they would have looked dated and frumpy, but now they look modern and fresh. It’s easy to get the look right without completely redecorating...View more
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Posted by Emma Morton Turner, Interiors Stylist and Writer
February 20th, 2012
Offering exquisite furniture from top designers including Matthew Hilton, Shin Azumi and Robin Day, Case Furniture is a brand to covet. ACHICA Living grabs a skinny latte and sits down with Case Furniture co-founder Paul Newman to talk design inspirations, Salon de Mobile, mud and mountains...
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Posted by Emily Peck, Editor, ACHICA Living
February 17th, 2012
As a stylist I get to see a lot of houses and one of my favourite location houses for photoshoots belongs to Atlanta Bartlett and Dave Coote. Their amazing house in Kent actually gave me goose bumps when I walked around it for the first time. It has the perfect blend of white-washed floors, tongue and groove walls, tons and tons of natural light and as Atlanta is a stylist extraordinaire the most gorgeously styled rooms. The mantelpiece in her living room has been shot so many times that you’ve probably seen it before in magazines and no...View more
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Posted by Emma Morton Turner, Interiors Stylist and Writer
November 15th, 2011
I love Marks and Spencer’s. Unashamedly, whole-heartedly, and without any trace of irony. Sure, those Twiggy ads tested my patience, but they’ve gone now, and may they quickly be forgotten. For starters (and mains, puddings, and post-dinner digestifs) you can’t beat their amazing food halls, and anyone who claims not to love Percy Pigs is clearly telling porky pies. But more to the point, its interiors collections have been getting stronger and stronger with every passing seas...View more
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Posted by Pip McCormac
October 11th, 2011
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
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Posted by Emily Peck, Editor, ACHICA Living
August 24th, 2011
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
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Posted by Pip McCormac
August 24th, 2011
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
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Posted by David Nicholls, Design Editor, Telegraph Magazine
August 15th, 2011
Meet 'theatrical minimalist', designer and dog owner Johnny Egg, whose dramatic furniture, lighting and accessories in his trademark flock finishes are hitting all the right style notes. Many of his designs are created with the process of flocking, which involves depositing many small fibre particles (called flock) onto a surface to give it a velvety coating. This makes his work original and eye-catching. Read on to disco...View more
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Posted by Emily Peck, Editor, ACHICA Living
August 4th, 2011
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
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Posted by Emily Peck, Editor, ACHICA Living
June 10th, 2011
