Book review: Design*Sponge at Home by Grace Bonney
Image clipped from: designsponge.com From the moment it touched down on my desk, I fell in love with blogger Grace Bonney’s eponymous tome Design*Sponge at Home. Grace’s inspirational blog Design*Sponge has captivated the design community, including yours truly, since it began seven years ago and today it has up to eight daily updates from Grace,... Read more...
Book review: Creative Walls by Geraldine James
Are you having trouble displaying your whozits and whatzits? Then why not place them on your walls. In her recent book, Creative Walls, Geraldine James is showcasing a new way to display and enjoy your treasured collections in your home. Image credit: Selfridges Geraldine is the home buying manager for Selfridges, and her book of... Read more...
Book Review: Ideas by Kelly Hoppen
Kelly Hoppen’s seventh book, Ideas, is out today, once again letting you into her spectacular interior design secrets. With an array of beautiful accompanying pictures, a foreword from Victoria Beckham and Hoppen’s signature details, it’s a style bible. Read more...
Book review: Designs for Small Spaces by Jennifer Hudson
If, like me, you dream of that New York City lifestyle: wearing your apartment pants while drinking a decaffeinated latte in your undersized, studio loft conversion, then Designs for Small Spaces is the perfect sourcebook for you. It has short, small and chic furnishings to renovate your equally small interior with style. Image credit: Laurence... Read more...
Book review: Robert Tavener, printmaker and illustrator
Image credit: Emma Mason Gallery When I came across the new biography and retrospective book on the printer and illutrator Robert Tavener, I was first struck by his beautiful prints. My second thought was ‘why haven’t I heard of Robert Tavener before?’ On reading the short, very well written biography by Emma and Richard Mason,... Read more...
Review: Apartment Therapy’s Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces
Image credit: Apartment Therapy Who doesn’t love Apartment Therapy? Who isn’t dying to be part of the Small Cool team? And who could say no to an apartment-cum-space-age cubby hole or furniture tree house bang slap in the middle of your apartment? All hail Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan’s latest Small Cool Bible, Apartment Therapy’s Big Book of... Read more...
Our must-have book: New London Style by Chloe Grimshaw
If your own property ladder isn’t looking its best (mine doesn’t even have any rungs…) then prepare to be jealous. Image credit: Thames & Hudson New London Style by Chloe Grimshaw is a beautiful design book that ‘takes a fresh look into the private dwellings of the most exciting young creative talents in the city,... Read more...
Book review: Print & Pattern by Bowie Style
Image credit: Laurence King If you don’t already know about the Print & Pattern blog, you should. Set up and lovingly nurtured by textile designer Marie Perkins, it’s a beautiful, colourful, eclectic showcase of the hottest print trends, and a great way to spend ten free minutes. Read more...
