Made.com absorbed by Next, Habitat reduced to a concession, Heal’s restructured and The Conran Shop changed hands. The UK high street isn’t actually short of places to buy a sofa. DFS, Sofology, ScS, Furniture Village — they’re still trading from retail-park acreage from Aberdeen to Exeter. What’s missing is anyone showing what a considered home … Read more

Garden rooms are now the most over-promised, under-specified addition in UK homes. Chelsea Flower Show this week is full of beautifully integrated garden buildings — pavilions, studios, dissolved thresholds — and the inspiration is real. The execution, six months later in a Surrey back garden, often isn’t. A “garden room” can mean a £9,000 felt-roofed … Read more

If your walls suddenly look wrong this week, it’s not your imagination. May light is brutal — and it’s exposing every paint decision you made in January. Something happens to UK homes in the first week of May that designers know and clients usually don’t. The sun climbs higher. The days stretch past 8pm. North-facing … Read more

The “sad beige” era is over — and it’s not just Gen Z dragging us out of it. It’s the new UK UHNW, too. Something interesting is happening at both ends of the market. The enquiries landing on my desk from twenty-something tech founders, scale-up exits, and seven-figure creators are so different from a few … Read more

Three things people still believe about small spaces — and all three are quietly costing them. Myth 1: “Paint it white to make it feel bigger” White walls in a small north-facing London flat don’t open it up. They flatten it, expose every shadow, and make the room feel colder than it already is. Dark, … Read more

Thoughts I have at 3am!! The UK super-prime property market is giving mixed signals — and it’s creating a fascinating divide. On one hand, we’ve just seen a record-breaking £265m sale in Chelsea — proof that demand at the very top of the market remains incredibly strong. On the other, in conversations this week with … Read more

Great interiors don’t happen by accident — they’re the result of clear thinking, collaboration, and attention to detail at every stage. One of the most important lessons I’ve learned over 30 years (yes, nearly that long!) in interior design is that no detail is too small. From the way a door opens, to the alignment … Read more

I’ve been wondering how global uncertainty is starting to shape where — and how — people choose to live. With ongoing instability in the Middle East, and the situation involving Iran in particular, could we begin to see a subtle shift in behaviour? Not necessarily a dramatic movement, but a growing preference for stability and … Read more