Clemmie Hooper/Photo: Philippa James
Clemmie, husband Simon and their four children have just moved out of London to a sprawling Victorian house by the sea in Kent. Here she tells me of her plans to renovate it with plenty of colour and creativity, despite husband Simon's preference for "symmetrical lines"...
Read MoreSuper sexy pink velvet curtains by The London Curtain Girls in The Pink House/Photo: Susie Lowe
“Our curtains are like couture for windows,” says Mary Walsh, co-founder of bespoke curtain company The London Curtain Girls, and a subscriber to the curtains-as-fabulous-home-clothing concept. Together with business partner Laragh Bohn, she made my – yes – my SEXY pink velvet curtains, and I still can’t get over how much I love them...
Read MoreI went live on BBC Radio London's Jo Good Show and didn't make a total tit of myself, hooray! Here I am with the lovely Jo Good and journalist Patricia Nicol after we discussed the ins and outs (and ups and downs) of moving out of - and back to - London.
Read MoreCome in - the party's just getting started!/Photo: Susie Lowe
I've also been getting in the Auld Year's Night party spirit thanks to Wayfair, who asked me to curate and style a selection of their products in my own home, while sharing my tips on getting your home ready for a fizz-fuelled New Year's knees-up.
Read MoreDesign by 2LG Studio/Photo: Megan Taylor
Given that it’s basically just red with some white chucked in, pink’s impact is extraordinary. To pay homage to this most polarising of colours, I asked four pink-passionate, super-inspiring people to give me their take on this incredible colour...
Read MoreThe Edinburgh house we left behind, complete with London bus blind/Photo: Susie Lowe
I'll be honest. There's the odd moment, when I'm lying on the mattress on my laminate London floor late at night, having been woken yet again by a barking dog or returning party goer, that I wonder what the hell I've done...
Read MoreJess with her biggest decor triumph: Jonathan Adler gold Drip wallpaper
Welcome to the second in The Pink House’s occasional series ‘How I Won The Interior War’, where experts share their tips on how to overcome the partners/husbands/kids/dogs that stand in the way of our genius interior ideas. Next up is Jess Hurrell, interior blogger at Gold Is A Neutral...
Read MoreLaurie's living room, painted in Abigail Ahern Rivington Blue
Laurie Lee, founder of the eponymous leather jacket label, describes the style of her extraordinary North London house as "Norman Bates meets Abigail Ahern". Come in and have a look around...
Read MoreFirmdale's pretty Dorset Square Hotel in Marylebone
One bright, crocusy morning when I had nothing to wear a timely email arrived: would I like to test Firmdale Hotels’ new Bicester Village shopping package? I knew Firmdale, Kit Kemp's super-stylish hotel group, but I’d never been to Bicester, the designer outlet in Oxfordshire...
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At my life stage lots of people move out of London to a) be near family, b) afford a bigger house/garden, and c) to find a more peaceful way of living. We are doing the opposite, but somehow it just feels right...
Read MoreI might have been unlucky in my state of health during a recent London visit, but I was extremely fortunate when it came to my accommodation. The Artist Residence in London's Pimlico is, quite simply, one of the most inspirational hotels I've ever stayed in...
Read MoreCheers to The Herald for featuring me and my massive face in their The View From My Window section. I loved chatting to the lovely Fiona Reid all about how I'm the opposite of green-fingered, meaning I'm pink-fingered...
Read MorePrepping for a Little Yellow Couch podcast on a Big Green Sofa/Photo: Katie Lee
This week the fabulous ladies from Little Yellow Couch popped my podcast cherry 🍒 (despite my own couch being both green and rather large) - have a listen, at the bottom of this post...
Read MoreWoohoo! The Pink House made the front page of Scotland on Sunday's 'Homes & more' supplement! Inside there's the inevitable interview, this time with the lovely Fiona Reid (who herself has an excellent interior blog called Copperline...
Read MoreIt's not every day your house is The Times newspaper's House of the Week - in fact it's logically impossible. But THIS day, Friday 13th January 2017, was a surprisingly lucky one for The Pink House, as we did indeed pick up this accolade...
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