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  • Early spring styling with Georg Jensen's 'Bloom Botanica' collection | These Four Walls blog

    Early spring styling with Georg Jensen’s ‘Bloom Botanica’ collection

    February 12, 2020February 12, 2020

    [Advertisement – this is a paid collaboration with Georg Jensen, but as always words and opinions are my own] I love living somewhere with distinct seasons, and I always relish…

  • The spring-summer 2020 collection from Northern | These Four Walls blog

    The spring-summer 2020 collection from Northern

    February 3, 2020January 31, 2020

    Happy Monday everyone! I’m currently on my way to Stockholm for the city’s annual Furniture Fair – always a great opportunity to soak up lots of Nordic design inspiration. It…

  • The spring-summer 2020 collection from Menu | These Four Walls blog

    The spring-summer 2020 collection from Menu

    January 28, 2020

    Details of new-season interiors collections are coming thick and fast, and I have another beauty to share with you today – this time from Menu. Not only is it brimming…

  • The spring-summer 2020 collection from Ferm Living | These Four Walls blog

    The spring-summer 2020 collection from Ferm Living

    January 21, 2020January 20, 2020

    Today I’m sharing more new-season interiors news, this time from a brand whose launches I always look forward to seeing: Ferm Living. Over the past few years the Danish company…

  • Home tour - a beautiful period apartment in Edinburgh | These Four Walls blog

    Home tour | A beautiful period apartment in Edinburgh

    January 20, 2020January 17, 2020

    It’s time for my first home tour of 2020 and today’s is particularly special, as it features a property that I was lucky enough to visit and photograph in person….

  • The Hvidt & Mølgaard collection from &Tradition | These Four Walls blog

    The Hvidt & Mølgaard collection from &Tradition

    January 16, 2020January 10, 2020

    I love it when long-lost design classics are brought back to life, so I was very excited to hear that &tradition is relaunching a range of beautiful furniture first created…

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So here it is: this year's Halloween fireplace, an So here it is: this year's Halloween fireplace, and the first in our new home. This looks tricky to do but it’s actually incredibly easy. Just arrange the pumpkins how you want them, tuck branches and dried ferns (or whatever foliage you prefer) in between and behind them, and use pine cones to fill any gaps. Nothing’s stuck down, so there’s no tape or glue involved, and as there are no fresh leaves or flowers you don’t need to use any unsustainable oasis foam or other water source. I find displays like this look best when there’s an odd number of pumpkins (for some reason, the human eye tends to prefer odd numbers over even ones) in a variety of sizes. I also like the foliage to look a little wild and unruly, with swooshy bits pointing up and down. I’ve gone for an asymmetrical display on one side of the mantelpiece only, but you could centre things or run pumpkins all the way along. #halloweenfireplace #pumpkinseason #autumnhomedecor #seasonalhome #naturalhalloweendecorations Autumn home styling | Natural Halloween decor | Halloween mantelpiece display | Neutral home decor | Cottage living room | Neutral living room | Soft minimalist home | Seasonal living | Stylish Halloween decorations | Minimalist interior
From a lovely afternoon pumpkin picking yesterday. From a lovely afternoon pumpkin picking yesterday. It's become a bit of an annual tradition, although we had to skip it last year as we thought we were about to move house (turns out we weren't and had another month to wait). Anyway, the last photo in the carousel is my haul - 'far too many' according to Chris, but I can't wait to show what I'm doing with them all! #pumpkinseason #spookyseason #halloweendecorations #autumnmood #pumpkinpicking
A few people asked how effective the flame on our A few people asked how effective the flame on our bioethanol stove is, so here's a peek - and I reckon it's pretty good. Obviously you don't get the lovely woodsmoke smell that you have with wood-burners, but you can always recreate that with a scented candle - 'Smoke' by @essenceandalchemy, 'Tinder Box' by @thebotanicalcandleco and 'Winter Embers' by @charlesfarrislondon are ideal. And of course no smoke means no nasty particles in the air... #cosyseason #autumnhome #cottageliving #cottagerenovation #neutrallivingroom Bioethanol fire | Cottage living room | Rustic minimalist interior | Neutral home decor | Cosy home | Soft minimalist decor | Minimalist home | Cottagr renovation
[AD - the flooring is a PR product] We've had a br [AD - the flooring is a PR product] We've had a break from renovating over the past couple of months, focusing on enjoying the finished ground-floor rooms rather than starting on any others. But that's about to change, as work on our bland, tatty and dated bathroom kicks off on Monday. We had originally planned to leave it until next year, but the bath has started leaking through the ceiling of our newly painted living room so we've brought things forward. It's a small space and there isn't really any other way to lay it out, but otherwise we'll be giving it a total overhaul. We're going for a timeless, pared-back look with a hint of rustic cottage charm, mixing tongue-and-groove panelling with beautifully imperfect Zellige tiles and a linen shower curtain. We'll be using the @quickstepfloors pale oak 'Cascada' flooring that we're fitting throughout the house (it's totally watertight and ideal for bathrooms), and adding some much-needed storage by concealing the toilet cistern within a built-in floor-to-ceiling cupboard. The taps and shower will be the same gunmetal finish that we've used in the kitchen, as I love the way it patinates and ties in with the overall palette. I'm also thinking of painting the bathroom in a darker colour than we've used elsewhere - probably @farrowandball's stony 'Light Grey', which we chose for the front door. Swipe through the carousel to see my digital and physical mood boards for the bathroom, and a peek at what it looks like at the moment. Flooring: @quickstepfloors [PR product] Tiles: @bakedtiles Taps and shower: @abiinteriors_uk Shower curtain: @fermliving Wall lamps: @corstonarchitecturaldetail Mirror, travertine accessories and towel: Zara Home Vase: already owned #cottagerenovation #interiormoodboard #bathroomrenovation #neutralhomedecor #minimalistbathroom Batheoom renovation | Neutral bathroom decor | Cottage bathroom | Minimalist bathroom | Bathroom panelling | Neutral interior | Neutral home | Soft minimalist home | Simple interiors
The pocket-door cupboard is perhaps my favourite f The pocket-door cupboard is perhaps my favourite feature of our new kitchen. We dithered about having the pocket doors as they're more expensive than normal ones, but I'm so glad we decided to go for them. They're perfect for a small-ish kitchen like ours, as they slide back into the frame when open rather than jutting out into the room. That makes the kitchen so much easier to use and circulate around, and it's freed up enough floor space for a little freestanding island unit in the centre. We've added a section of worktop inside the cupboard to give us some handy extra prep space, and we can open it up or hide it away as needed. It's turned out to be particularly useful when we've prepared food in advance and need to shut it away from a curious and rather greedy cat... #shakerkitchen #cottagekitchen #minimalistkitchen #cottagerenovation #neutralhomedecor Minimalist cottage interior | Shaker kitchen | Cottage kitchen renovation | Scandinavian kitchen | Soft minimalist interiors | Neutral home | Neutrak kitchen inspiration | Pocket doors

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