Trend report: English country garden
This has been the hottest trend this summer as we were treated to glorious weather, day after day of sunny skies and plenty of opportunity to enjoy the garden. And when it comes to garden parties, we brits do it best. Cue bringing out the best china, floral table clothes, napkins and candle sticks. It […]
Luisa’s garden renovation reveal
Welcome to my blog takeover, I’m Luisa, Sophie’s Blog Editor. Sophie has kindly passed over the reigns for this week’s post to reveal my long-awaited garden makeover. When we bought our ex-industrial house in the East Sussex countryside, almost nine years ago, we took a hit on the garden as we were surrounded by public […]
The best colourful garden furniture
Wahoo! Haven’t we had the most glorious May and the sun continues to shine on us into June. If the past two years has taught us anything, it’s that we love our outside spaces. So whether you have a meandering country garden or compact city terrace, styling your garden to look as lush as your […]
RHS Chelsea Flower show
So on Monday I was lucky enough to be invited to the press day of the RHS Chelsea Flower show. It’s very privilaged ticket for two reasons. You get to look around the show with only a small amount of people so you really do get to stand back and view the gardens in all […]
Colour Crush: Black weatherboard
I’ve become obsessed with Black weatherboard cladding. I started researching ideas for cladding when it came to designing our annex conversion. The existing brick structure was ugly as a toad, and really needed taking down but with a tight budget we needed to find an affordable way to make it look pretty. Cladding an existing […]
Here’s a factoid for you, 51% of sheds are bought by women. The She-Shed is a ‘thing’. Its a space outside the home where the girls can get away from it all. Sound good? Enter here to WIN this one! The She Shed offers up a perfect bit of me time and me-space. I’m really […]
