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What does it take to make a house feel like home?

What does it take to make a house feel like home? My best friend @bethpartridgeart moved and renovated her Georgian farm house during the peak of lock down and it’s been wonderful to be able to visit more recently and see how they are slowly making it feel like home. Beth is rather taken with the newly plastered walls and the rustic warm pink colour is the perfect back drop to her stunning artwork. Her husband @hawkmothleather.co is the king is searching out great salvage and this stripped mantle piece is the bomb! I love by casually taking a few snips from the garden looks effortlessly chic along side. Together they are making a magical home and I’m so pleased I get to visit. Rather excitedly Beth is selling this piece of her artwork to pay for her renovations, so hop into her account for details as it’s totally stunning! I have a similar piece from the same collection and it’s pure colour joy!
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#cottagecore #countryliving #homerenovations #plasterpink #artistsoninstagram #artistshome #colourlover #banthebeige

The wetroom makeover gathers apace. It’s extraor

The wetroom makeover gathers apace. It’s extraordinary how much work goes into preparing such a tiny room. Pipe work has been chased into walls, soil pipe re positioned. New sub floor fitted and now finally this weekend the room has been tanked ready for tiling next week! It might only be a tiny room, just 1x2m but I’m going all out in colour and pattern! Small rooms can really take it. It will be like walking into a happy box of sunshine! Cannot wait to reveal it to you!

Today I’m popping up at @happyplaceofficial free

Today I’m popping up at @happyplaceofficial free online well-being festival hosted and masterminded by the awesome @fearnecotton . I’m thrilled to be part of this festival again this year and passionately believe that your wellbeing and happiness starts at home.
. I’ll be in the ‘wellbeing garden’ today at happyplacefestival.com 3pm today with a guided meditation to help you create your own dream home. All the talks and works shops are free for you to enjoy! But meanwhile I thought I’d share this poem by a four year old poet, highlighted to me by @katetaylorldn and I feel sums up what our home’s mean to us.
Titled ‘Coming Home’

Take off your jackets
Hang them up
Take our gloves off
Take our shoes off
Put them
Where they are supposed to go.
You take off your brave feeling
Because there’s nothing
To be scared of in the house:
No dark caves no monsters no witches
no bees no howling sounds
You don’t need your brave
Anymore
wash your hands
Eat lunch
Go get cosy

On The Great Indoors podcast today (new episode! L

Now that Toms Brighton development is drawing to a

Now that Toms Brighton development is drawing to a close I will be able to pass the baton and start to get back to work. While I’ve loved being with Arthur during lock down the home schooling has been hard for both of us. He ‘breaks up’ for the holidays in two weeks but has a summer of being with his dad to look forward to while I look forward to getting back to my desk. So looking forward to sharing more interior inspiration with you here. Lovely illustration by @sjaxelby . Check out her feed for more beautiful colourful interior inspiration!

This week I’ve enjoyed stepping back from the gr

This week I’ve enjoyed stepping back from the grid and handing over these squares to black-owned interiors accounts that I love, and to support #diversityindesign. Please do read my previous posts for context. Instagram has been a great platform for @somethingbluehome to share her obvious talent for design, where she has had the door to a career closed too many times due to racist attitutes. You can hear Angie’s full story on this weeks The Great Indoors podcast. But meanwhile can we all give some love to that yellow stair case!

Hello, I’m Angie. I set up my interiors account to explore my love for bold, colourful and eclectic interiors. I’ve always known that there is an under-representation of Black and minority ethnic groups in the world of interiors, however, I naively thought that with the right attitude, commitment and passion — being a young black woman would not be a barrier to success in the industry. Sadly, my experience of racial discrimination left that dream unfulfilled. One particular experience etched in my memory was when I was asked to leave a shoot because the homeowners didn’t feel comfortable with having ‘me’ around. Presently, when the world seems more aware and awake to the perils of systemic racism, injustice and inequality, I have found myself sad, at times angry and hurt as to why it has taken this long. However, I feel encouraged by the actions of the many to fight for change. My hope is that — people will see the talents of BAME creatives first and not their skin colour when deciding whether to hire them or not. I hope that we can collectively work together to increase diversity in ALL industries.

Today on The Great Indoors podcast @mad_about_the_

This week I’m stepping back from the grid and ha

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