No cooker hood (or cooking) to be found here!
I might have a fancy kitchen, but truth be told I designed it more for looking at than cooking in. How else would you explain my decision to rip out the very practical extractor hood above the hob, replacing it with a hand-blown glass pendant lamp which looks like a glamorous strawberry?
Read MoreThis gorgeous garden, complete with festoon lights and paper lanterns, belongs to @agi_at_59
Thanks to lockdown, we now have a) the makings of a poncey pretend-you’re-in-Ibiza outdoor seating area (thanks, handy Pink House Husband), and b) an imperative to light it so enticingly that a passing Calvin Harris would settle down beside me and offer me a sip of his Spritz (this is a euphemism).
Read MoreI’m truly honoured that The Pink House was chosen as the cover story for this Saturday’s homes supplement ‘Bricks & Mortar’ in The Times. With thanks to Katrina Burroughs for writing such a flattering account of my eclectic life and home, and to Susie Lowe for the ever-incredible photos.
Read MoreThe Pink House’s gold cocktail cabinet and blue bookshelves, gilding by Lūx & Umber/Photo: Susie Lowe
Not everything Emily and Jade touch turns to gold – sometimes it’s platinum, silver or Dutch metal…What’s their special power? These talented ladies are professional gilders, and founders of the newly-formed company Lūx & Umber…
Read MoreThis shower room had big boots - or should I say massive faucets - to fill. My previous bathroom renovation, in my Edinburgh Victorian terrace, became something of a viral digital sensation, seen by more than 1 million people across the world. That’s a lot of (water) pressure on my London littlest room.
Read MoreWhen Telegraph journalist Fiona Cowood contacted me to ask for my thoughts on how to create an Insta-worthy Christmas tree, and ensure plenty of people see it on your digital platform, I was only too happy to share my tips.
Read MoreThe basement hallway in my Edinburgh home/Wallpaper is Prism by Cole & Son/Photo: Susie Lowe
Pink House Helps is back! And this time we’re tackling the hallway and stairs. Alongside hanging pictures (how does any couple ever agree?) and replacing faulty windows (they somehow cost more than you paid for the actual house), designing and decorating the hallway and stairs is often the last task in a home renovation project.
Read MoreThe Fab 5 in all their glory.
Queer Eye’s Bobby Berk is an interior design tornado; a modern day Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, but without the flouncy sleeves, commitment to MDF, or refusal to create spaces his clients actually like. We took a look at Bobby’s impressive transformations to see what we can learn about redecorating a space in a few quick moves.
Read MoreOf the many wonderful pink doors I’ve seen, one stands frame and fanlight above the rest. And that is the hot pink, be-googly-eyed front door belonging to hip handbag label Hill & Friends’ fabulous founder Emma Hill, behind which she lives with her 12-year-old son.
Read MoreMe and the kids in our half-finished home
In an ideal world, we wouldn’t be living in The Pink House while it was being renovated; we’d be chilling in a large, fully-furnished, dust-free - hell, this is an ideal world; let’s throw in a swimming pool, grotto and a kitten farm too - mansion across the road until the very last lick of paint had been applied.
Read MoreBuy ten and your karmic scales will be balanced for life…
What if there were some magical way of receiving delicious home goodies AND have that added moral superior rush one gets from the thrill of giving? These nine interiors finds look great and help to give back to charity – particularly women’s causes. It’d basically be heartless for you not to whip out your credit card.
Read MoreThe scarcely-seen loo side of my Edinburgh bathroom
When it comes to bathrooms, everyone’s happy to chat pretty taps, rolltop tubs and lovely lighting. But despite the fact that using the loo is the main reason we go to the littlest room, when it comes to designing a sanitary space, no-one really talks about toilets. How very British of us!
Read MoreThe very definition of luxe, Chateau d'Estoublon.
Airbnb’s come a long way from blow up mattresses on a stranger’s creaking wooden floor. With its recent acquisition of Luxury Retreats, the home rental service has thrown on a tux and entered the world of glamour with Airbnb Luxe. The villas, castles, kasbahs and private islands on offer all have one thing in common – they are luxury epitomised…
Read MoreAFTER: the finished bedroom!
My eldest son Oscar is a lucky little (insert inappropriate term of abuse here): of all the bedrooms in The Pink House, his has the best view. So when it came to designing Oscar’s room, its location, perched high above London, was a key consideration. I wanted to reference the city beyond his window, but balance the urban with the presence of nature…
Read MoreParadise, that you? Suite 76 at the Belmond La Residencia.
The Pink House *loves* the unabashed luxury of a hotel suite, so we decided to round-up a few of our favourites, looking at exactly what makes them so fabulous. Now you can feel like champagne room service is just a phone call away (even if the reality is more like a mug of Earl Grey)…
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