Rich pickings: Super wealthy clients can have such poor taste in curtains
September 19, 2013
‘Good ain’t cheap and cheap ain’t good’: So proclaimed my Texan godmother (who is an interior decorator) to a client who was... Read more >
September 2013
Some houses (and clients) you fall in love with
September 12, 2013
‘You know, darling, she’s got that quality, she just lifts a room when she walks into it.’ I knew what the Thesp meant when he... Read more >
Back to business as unusual
September 4, 2013
And so we’re back: la rentrée is in full flow, computers are whirring, distracting apps on our devices are deactivated, our phone... Read more >
When a super-basement turns out to be a super-pain
September 2, 2013
When is enough enough? The recent reports that a hedge funder is spending £4 million building a subterranean complex in his Holland... Read more >
The fine art of holidaying well
September 2, 2013
The last two weeks of August have that leisurely feel, activity dwindles to a languid pace, as if we want to delay the arrival of... Read more >