Design Sponge is that rare beast: a site about interiors and design, which has real soul and character - masses of credit to founder Grace Bonney for featuring homes belonging to people you really want to get to know.
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In Valentino Rockstud flats/Photo: Katie Lee
Why I've ditched heels for flats forever
It's been revealed this week that there are still loads of sexist employers who force female employees to wear heels. So this seemed a good time to make a stand (!) in flat shoes, and explain why I've chosen never to wear heels ever ever again, like, ever.
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10 minutes with Kelly Hoppen
We might disagree on our favourite colour, but I'm delighted to announce that the very fabulous GIDC judge Kelly Hoppen has shared her thoughts on all things interiors, toilet roll and taupe with The Pink House.
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The Pink House Den, as seen on A Beautiful Mess/Photo: Susie Lowe
The Pink House on A Beautiful Mess
A Beautiful Mess is, by its own admission, 'a lifestyle company focused on creating happiness through a homemade lifestyle'. Now, anyone who knows me will be aware that, although I can fold an origami animal or two, my lifestyle isn't exactly what you'd call 'homemade'...
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This is where I'd rather be/Photo: JML Garden Rooms
Why we all need a she shed
Yes, there are benefits to working in the basement office. Namely, that it’s close to the utility room. But despite this huge bonus, what I really really want, with Geri Haliwellesque fervor, is not just a room, but an entire tiny HOUSE of my own. Yes; I want a She Shed.
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"What? You think it was indecorous to ask Santa about the size of his sack?"/Photo: Mawi
The dos and don'ts of seasonal socialising
I don’t know about you, but when it comes to Christmas, with its parties, presents and pitfalls a-plenty, the least of my worries is wondering what to buy Auntie Margaret (yup; shortbread again). Instead, the biggest stresses of the season are social...
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@artynads' super-stylish home
10 interior tricks Instagram can teach us
Once upon a time I found my interior inspiration in beautiful bars, hotels and restaurants across the world. And then two things happened: 1) I had kids, and the nights out and holidays abroad became far less frequent; and 2) Instagram.
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The Pink House, as seen on Apartment Therapy/Photo: Susie Lowe
The Pink House on Apartment Therapy
Being featured on Apartment Therapy is nearly as good as that time when I found a solid chocolate United biscuit - you remember; the amazing ones that could be broken into three pieces and had little honeycomb pieces in the chocolate, and then biscuit in the middle...?
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My favourite mugs, Pink House Husband not included
The Perfect Pink House Cuppa
It’s safe to say tea is kind of a big deal in The Pink House. I would estimate that, on a typical work-from-home weekday, about 10 milky cups of the stuff are consumed between myself and the Pink House Husband...
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The Tower Pool at Ushuaia, Ibiza, where we did drinking
The 3 Rules of Post-Party Parenting
I went to Ibiza with my girlfriends, and partied hard for four whole nights and days. And then I returned to the small Pink House Dwellers and got on with my life, (practically) hangover free. How? Well, read on and I'll tell you...
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Pink House Husband, his errant wife, and a morsel of banana/Photo: Andrea Thomson
The Pink House Husband's Styling Challenge!
Last week, when PHH objected to my latest cushion acquisition, I had a lightbulb moment. Instead of ignoring/arguing with his interior design-based complaints, perhaps it was time to let him HAVE HIS OWN WAY...
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Zen Lifestyle non-terrifying Hanover Street salon
My first facial - a review of Edinburgh's Zen Lifestyle
When I was invited to experience a bespoke Murad facial at Zen Lifestyle’s Edinburgh salon, I jumped at the chance, especially as I’d just spent a week soaking up the sun on holiday and my face had turned into a giant freckle.
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Cupcakes are for girls - right?
When I pictured having a daughter, I imagined our girls’ days out, bonding over pink, cupcakes-and-sprinkles afternoon teas in fancy hotels. It was fantasies like these that meant, when I had my 20-week scan and discovered I was having a second boy, I cried for a week.
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Buster + Punch's Rockstar Whisky Bar - bringing hotel luxe to your home
The Pink House in Smallish magazine
Of all the parenting magazines out there, Smallish is definitely my favourite, and that's not just because they let me write a feature for them. In fact, this feature - 'How My Home Became a Hotel', as published in last month's July 2016 issue - is also the story of how The Pink House came into existence. Have a read below...
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The Church of Booze, Amanyara
7 Life Lessons (Accidentally) Learned at Amanyara
I didn't go to the luxury resort of Amanyara in the Caribbean's Turks & Caicos islands to learn anything. Quite the opposite; I went to kill as many braincells as possible with exotic booze, gaze mindlessly at the sparkling ocean, and forget about being a parent for a week.
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