Design inspirations

We have a visit from the Farrow & Ball milk float, bearing bottles of colour loveliness Nine new colours on your doorstep Our customers at Brewers have just been treated to a visit from the marvellous Farrow & Ball milk float. Now everybody loves a classic Farrow & Ball cream, and you can imagine how … Read more

We’re even more full of hot air than usual this week, with balloons on wallpaper… We can’t let Maggie go… She flies like a bird in the sky (ay, ay, ay) She flies like a bird and I wish that she was mine… So (way back in the seventies) went the soundtrack to the Nimble TV … Read more

Metallic copper wallpaper means never having to say you’re out of fashion. Thoroughly modern metal In the seventies (so they tell me 🙂 no British holiday was complete without a visit to “Ye Olde Copper Kettle” for tea and buns between the showers. As old-fashioned as in their name, copper kettles (along with horse brasses) … Read more

The biggest walls you’ll never wallpaper! Iconic Walls Visualised Walls are hardly the most exciting discussion point (unless of course they are draped in gorgeous wallpaper), despite serving such an important role. They have marked borders, defended countries and supported the world’s most impressive architectural structures, yet they rarely get the recognition they deserve. We … Read more

Look out your window, what do you see? Maybe a little sunshine’s bringing smiles our way. Sunny with a chance of smiles We’ve just booked an Airbnb to Bergen in Norway for the Summer. Will we see the Northern Lights? Asked the kids. So I Googled it and no, no chance in August (Bergen’s quite … Read more

Painterly florals put the garden on your walls The art of the garden Our cultural whirl finds us this week at The Royal Academy of Arts for their show Painting the Modern Garden featuring gorgeous garden paintings from Monet, Matisse and Renoir (and many others) who found inspiration in their own modern gardens. Monet famously … Read more

Theatre wallpapers for London and Broadway Let’s do the show… RIGHT HERE! London’s lovely V&A has opened an exhibition celebrating 40 years of the Olivier Awards and the world’s greatest centres of theatre – London and New York. CURTAIN UP runs until 31st August 2016. Displays around Phantom of the Opera, A Chorus Line, War … Read more

Get that GIDC look …if you dare! We’re loving the new series of the Great Interior Design Challenge on BBC2. In the hope that you lovely readers are loving it with us, we thought we’d take our favourite room from this week’s show and help you get the look. The contestants were briefed to take … Read more

Christian Lacroix’s irrepressible designs on wallpaper at wallpaperdirect. Walls à Lacroix Christian Lacroix designs for a contemporary fantasy world oozing original luxury, and wallpaperdirect is delighted to be home to four fantastic Lacroix wallpaper collections: Nouveau Mondes, Belle Rives, Carnets Andalous and Air de Paris. Museum pieces As a would-be museum curator of fashion, a … Read more

It started with Black Friday and Blue Monday. Here’s our colours for every day of the week… Your week in colour If Black Friday is an elbows-out scrap for online bargains, and Blue Monday is the year’s most miserable day, what about the rest of the week? We’ve put our heads together to introduce a … Read more

PANTONE® say dusky pink and lilac blue will soothe you through a frenetic 2016 PANTONE colours of the year 2016 Every year, the colour gurus in Pantone Towers unveil their colour of the coming year, setting the tone for colour trends in fashion and design. This time round they’re treating us to not one but … Read more

Trends in colour pattern and feel for wallpaper this year Wallpaper trends 2016 Our studios are filled to the brim with pattern books, swatches and samples helping us keep ahead of the trends. Be inspired by modern geometrics, understated pastels, and refreshing aqua designs. GEOMETRIC Bold geometric patterns are back for 2016, modernising walls for … Read more