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Bohemian Birtwell: a very british delight
The very first fabric I ever bought was from Celia Birtwell, I vaguely appreciated it was Celia I had the long chat with – as I mooned over fabled creatures, princesses, stars and stripes whilst...
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Magic Carpet Decor
How do you start decorating? Most people collect some tear sheets, look at colour charts, possibly think about storage. Most people end up with a variation on a theme of current decorating trends: You...
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Civilisation: A Collective Impulse
I sometimes think it’s a tad sad my passion is so focused on inanimate objects ‘beautifully arranged’, the ‘history of’ the decorative arts, the mythical power of ‘home’ (in the face of global...
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Clouded Over
A hundred years ago Europe walked over a precipice: the ensuing slaughter spiralled us into a 20th Century in which each strata of society was left gasping with gaping, bleeding wounds: from Royalty...
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Can we go again? Ballyvolane
Ireland’s country houses are the stuff of interior dreams and good life fantasies, whilst the Irish ‘themselves’ are famed for their céad míle fáilte hospitality, That’s ‘guaranteed a grand time’ to...
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An Innner Glow an Outer Light: Melodi Horne
Have you seen Melodi Horne’s lamp shades? ‘shades’ feel an entirely inappropriate name for her vibrant creations, which reverberate in rainbow hues often through exotic fabrics redolent of the silk...
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