Debbie Blott is the founder of The Decorcafe.
e: debbie@thedecorcafe.com
t: 07796 952116
Richmond Hill Open Gardens: Sunday 2nd June 2019 Richmond Hill Open Gardens was started by Susanna Edwards and Julia Stead in 2015 and with over 1000 visitors was an instant success. The idea was quite simply to connect fellow gardeners to be inspired by lovely local gardens and to create a community of garden lovers […]
Debbie Blott is the founder of The Decorcafe.
e: debbie@thedecorcafe.com
t: 07796 952116
Architects Home Tour With John & Anna Proctor John and Anna Proctor’s home began life as a bombsite, quite literally. Part of the post-war development it was built by the local authority in an unassuming street near Clapham Common in about 1958. In-keeping with the rapid build programme of the time it was totally utalitarian […]
Lisa-Jayne Baker is a Surrey based interior designer and property developer.
e: lisa.baker177@btinternet.com
t: 07775 740 549
a: Ockham, Surrey
i: prettylittlehouseco
My Relaxed & Elegant Living Room By Lisa-Jayne Baker The hardest design brief of all has to be the one for your own home & when I set about designing our living room my initial vision was for an elegant take on a ‘Cornish Beach house’. I needed a great entertaining space but also a […]
Chris Gulson founded Maitland and Poate with his wife Emma to source beautiful reclaimed encaustic and handmade tiles, lime paints and hand made ceramics.
e: chris@maitlandandpoate.com
t: 07801 055330
a: Wandsworth London
w: maitlandandpoate.com
It’s thanks to fashion icons Coco Chanel and Christian Dior, who originally introduced the base monochrome bold black and white colour blocking styles into haute couture fashion collections, that our love affair started. Heralded as a ground-breaking new colour combination […]
Jo Pratt is an acclaimed food writer, cook, food stylist and presenter. She creates inspirational modern recipes, using the best seasonal produce all with achievable results for the home cook. She has a unique style, which has seen her become a best – selling author, with eight cookbooks under her belt, and more in the pipeline! When she’s not writing books, you’ll also find Jo presenting recipes online, on TV, in your favourite food magazines, on stage performing live cookery demonstrations and hosting numerous workshops/cookery classes.
e: jo@jo-pratt.com
a: London, UK
t: 07778 269824
w: jo-pratt.com
Sweet & Savory Pancake Recipes By Jo Pratt Pancake day is March 5th this year and so I thought I would share two of my favourite pancake recipes. The classic recipe is my tried and tested perfect recipe for pancake day or, if you prefer something savoury the recipes for Baked Chilli and Coriander Pancakes […]
Shelley Hugh-Jones is a professional garden designer based near Wandsworth Common, working on projects both small and large, urban and country. Each project is unique. Shelley aims to create gardens that are in context and have a cohesive transition from the interior to exterior creating one unified space.
A Garden Designed To Blur The Lines Between Inside And Out Garden designer Shelley-Hugh Jones tells the story of how to create a garden design that works with a contemporary extension and flows from the inside out. This large 120ft, London garden was completely over-grown when I first saw it; full of mature trees, saplings, […]
Anna Starling is the creative force behind Barnes-based Muraldesign. She has been designing and painting stunning murals, along with canvases to commission for 18 years. Her professional murals transform interior rooms and exterior walls into breathtaking features and one-off works of art.
e: anna@muraldesign.co.uk
t: 07974 574534
a: Barnes, London, UK
w: muraldesign.co.uk
Circus Mural Designed For Paloma Faith by Anna Starling I am an artist and mural designer and have always loved my work. I enjoy working closely with my clients to create unique mural designs for their homes and gardens, but when my second child was born I decided to take a break. I loved every second […]
Deborah Moor & Caroline Nicholls run Slightly Quirky, an established interior design company located in West London working on a range of projects from substantial period family houses to central London apartments. “For us, interior design is more than a business. It is a passion and a lifestyle.”
e: caroline@slightlyquirky.com
t: 0207 788 6629
a: Based in West London.
w: slightlyquirky.com
Interior Inspiration: Revamping a Rental to Make it Home. By Deborah Moor & Caroline Nicholls of Slightly Quirky. We were approached by a family who had been renting out their Reigate home for a number of years whilst they lived abroad. The tenants had moved out and the property was looking very tired. They wanted […]
Interior designer, Fiona Cochran brings a unique blend of skills in interior design, property acquisition and development. With over 18 years experience in the property industry she understands the importance of designing a space that suits the clients needs whilst retaining the individual characteristics of the building.
e: info@fionacochran.co.uk
t: 07795 164 755
a: Putney, London.
w: fionacochran.co.uk
A Beautiful Wheelchair-Friendly Bathroom Design This is the story of how interior designer Fiona Cochran created a beautiful bathroom for an older client who needed to make sure that there was the possibility of wheelchair access in the future… I was asked by a 79 year old client if it would be possible to convert […]
Debbie Blott is the founder of The Decorcafe.
e: debbie@thedecorcafe.com
t: 07796 952116
Look Inside an Inspiring Grade 2 Listed Georgian Home in Richmond With Diana Thompson & Ann Jackman Built on the site of a sixteenth century farmhouse, it is formed in two parts. Two-thirds of the house is Georgian, from 1732, and the remainder a Victorian side extension added in 1853. The childhood home of Diana […]