This is me
I am a designer, mostly interiors, my blog is about sharing beautiful things that move and inspire me, what catches my radar, what’s new, what’s old, designs, people, books, food. A look at my creative life-
Recent Posts
Categories
- Design (130)
- Great Places (52)
- Interiors (112)
- Makes (47)
- Outside (63)
- Recipes (35)
- Senses (105)
- What's new (1)
Past Posts
- March 2015 (1)
- August 2014 (1)
- November 2013 (1)
- July 2013 (1)
- June 2013 (2)
- March 2013 (3)
- February 2013 (2)
- January 2013 (3)
- December 2012 (5)
- November 2012 (4)
- September 2012 (2)
- August 2012 (2)
- July 2012 (7)
- June 2012 (3)
- May 2012 (5)
- April 2012 (13)
- March 2012 (12)
- February 2012 (13)
- January 2012 (13)
- December 2011 (9)
- November 2011 (9)
- October 2011 (10)
- September 2011 (9)
- August 2011 (12)
- July 2011 (12)
- June 2011 (12)
- May 2011 (13)
- April 2011 (13)
- March 2011 (13)
- February 2011 (12)
- January 2011 (7)
- December 2010 (5)
- November 2010 (4)
- October 2010 (9)
- September 2010 (4)
- August 2010 (3)
Meta
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Kenwood House
When I was a kid a friend of my parents was curator at Kenwood House, an elegant villa, an unmissable Adam gem, set in landscaped parkland, unbelievably a wide open country experience in the city. Once when I was very small, when I was … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Great Places, Interiors, Outside
Leave a comment
Acts of Random Kindness
A bowlful of perfect, beautiful little fruits. Clusters of fruits in neat bouquets, how can I resist picking them up when invited? I love these generous hearted invitations you see at the roadside in autumn. Perfect fruits as good as … Continue reading
Posted in Senses
Leave a comment
Shrines
When you start looking you start to notice there are private shrines, often in obscure places. This one was under supermarket shelves. If making a space for deep contemplation helps you through the day, why not? Make your own shrine, … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Interiors, Senses
Leave a comment
Giffords Circus
The best summer tradition has to be Giffords Circus, every year they take to the road in traditional painted wagons, touring village greens with their glamourous spell binding show. Thrilling, gentle, gutsy, family entertainment, a breath of fresh air, a … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Great Places, Senses
Leave a comment
Abbey House Gardens, Malmesbury
Oooh, we must go to the Naked Gardens, my sisters says. I look at her baffled, suddenly in that sentence I’ve found out a whole lot of new stuff about her, and I haven’t packed my cosi ‘just incase’. Further probing … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Great Places, Outside, Senses
Leave a comment
Blackberry Ice Cream
Have you noticed all the blackberries in the hedges just now, I thought that’s too good to miss, so I dug out this great little recipe for making delicious fruity fool ice cream. The best thing, along with using foraged … Continue reading
Posted in Outside, Recipes
Leave a comment
She Feeds You Tea and Oranges All The Way From China
I’m sipping green tea brought to me by friends all the way from China. The flavour is like nothing else I have ever experienced. It’s a surprise, a wake up to my taste buds that are used to being sloshed … Continue reading
Posted in Great Places, Senses
Leave a comment
Sir John Soane, Pitzhanger Manor
You know how it goes, day tightly organised around a string of appointments, then with zero notice one gets postponed and suddenly from full steam ahead you end up kicking your heels. So that’s what happened to me in Ealing, … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Great Places, Interiors
Leave a comment
Syllabub
Syllabub is such an English tradition, started way back, long before refrigeration days, when social one upmanship was derigeur, serving it was a subtle way of making people aware of your estate ice house. I used to make syllabub with a … Continue reading
Posted in Recipes, Senses
Leave a comment
Gertrude Hermes, Sculpture and Prints
Now at North House Gallery is an exhibition of Gertrude Hermes OBE, RA, RE engravings and sculpture. It focuses primarily on her sculpture, which she and others regarded as the more important part of her oeuvre. Closely related are her engravings, there … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Great Places
Leave a comment