As summer turns to autumn, I’ve put together two very different moodboards, both inspired by the natural world. First up: the colours and textures of woodland. I love being outdoors among the trees at this time of year, surrounded by peeling bark and falling leaves. It provides plenty of inspiration for interiors, too, and my favourite rustic schemes blend the silvery greys, rich browns . . .
Profile | Another Escape
I love pouring over the inspiring stories and beautiful photography in Bristol-based independent magazine Another Escape. With the fourth volume on the horizon, co-editor Rachel Taylor tells me about the publication’s journey to date. . . .
Home tour | A corner of Africa in Clifton
This is one of the most striking family homes I've ever visited. Spanning the lower floors of two elegant 18th-century houses, it’s owned by wildlife filmmaker Jo Scofield and freelance sound recordist and cameraman Andrew Yarme, who live here with their teenage children, Jasper and Luca, and a friendly cocker spaniel named Ernie. The property was near-derelict when the couple purchased it in . . .
Top tips for Lisbon
I love Lisbon: tumbling down seven hillsides towards the shimmering River Tagus, it's at once charmingly old-fashioned and highly modern, beautifully ornate and appealingly shabby. Sleek shops sit next to crumbling mansions, cutting-edge restaurants by tatty neighbourhood cafés, and rickety yellow trams rattle along the cobbled streets much like they have done since the 1900s. . . .
Profile | Rolfe&Wills
Screen printer Alice Rolfe of Rolfe&Wills, whose colourful work has long captured my eye, tells me about her fantastic designs, where she finds her inspiration and why she loves working in Bristol. . . .
Home tour | A blissful garden in Bradford on Avon
Everyone needs an escape – somewhere to sit still, breathe deeply and forget the stresses of daily life. For busy PR consultant Sylvie Pender, that escape is the garden of her 1850s weavers’ cottage in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire. . . .
