Being on the opposite side of the world doesn't necessarily prevent you from designing a kitchen for your client.

Garner an insight into the problems faced by yours truly and other interior designers alike during this continuing Covid-19 pandemic.

Proper drapery didn’t really appear until the 17th century and then it was reserved for the wealthy homes.

It could all have been straight out of a Tom Sharpe novel: Government goofs and bundles of bureaucratic blunders

So it seems to be my fate - or destiny - to have a knack for observing all that is broken or what will go wrong with a building.

Little did my father know that he was inadvertently preparing me for my future career.

The brief from the client was, well brief and to the point - “I want luxe, glam and drama!”

There's always home cooking to try out, not that I'm particularly good at it: in fact I'm rubbish at it.

The wealthy people got to use less irritable materials including wool - presumably after it had been detached from the sheep - lace or hemp.

"it was now being used as a glorified workshop and storage facility, as well as a home for a nest of some very unwelcome European Wasps"

Post war austerity was replaced with joie de vivre, flare and flamboyance: designers took risks - they were fearless, courageous......

My fascination for fireplaces just seemed to grow more peculiar ~ I even took to peering up peoples chimneys to see if I could see daylight!

It is often underestimated what is involved in the creation of a new bathroom and how much time they actually take to construct. In this...