So, there is a running joke since we started renovating our 11-bedder manoir in the Charente, France. Even our local antiques dealer is in on it. Basically if it's not nailed down, I'll paint it. Namely with Fusion mineral paint.
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If Harry Potter made loos…
This would be it… Do you like what I did there?! I’m basically an architect. A bit of parcel tape and ta dah! One understairs loo, fit for this muggle family (I think our builder thinks I’m nuts). Aaaaannyway, this is what I’m envisaging… Now all we have to agree*…
A new tattoo
Aged 19, I downed a triple Jack Daniels and walked into the first tattoo parlour I came across in Camden Market one busy Saturday afternoon. It wasn’t as much of a whim as it may appear; I had been doodling tattoos on my jotter since the tender age of 12,…
CF Grows: A saunter around an English cottage garden in Devon
As the baby slumbered last week, I decided to take 5 minutes away from my desk for a quiet walk around our garden, albeit in the drizzle, to drink in the green lushness of our cottage garden in full bloom. It made me stop and realise just how far this…
CF Loves: Danish interiors brand, Bloomingville
So I have just fallen in love with the Danish Interiors company, Bloomingville. They are stocked at various independent boutiques across the country but somehow I’ve only just discovered their brand of modern Scandi interiors (read bleached woods, clean lines, organic shapes and mutes palettes with shots of colour). If…
A quick guide to making Christmas presents
Every year in the 10 days or so leading up to Christmas I try and add a little sparkle to my shop-bought gifts by adding a little ‘extra’ that I’ve made myself. I’m neither a saint, nor Kirstie Allsopp, so I keep it pretty simple. A bundle of parmesan cheese…