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1 month ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Hannah Newton |Fleur Britten |John Sturgis |Ros Byam Shaw
If you want a bathroom that functions well and looks good, take note of these common - and potentially costly - mistakesA bathroom overhaul is a major undertaking, one littered with design conundrums: how much storage can you fit in? What kind of flooring is not slippery when wet? Should you have two sinks or one? Where should you place the bath, basin or shower?
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1 month ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Fleur Britten |John Sturgis |Ros Byam Shaw |Jessica Doyle
If you're looking to escape the harsh glare of reality, what you need is a book nook - a cosy, secluded spot at home where you can tuck yourself away and lose yourself to an unputdownable read. "It doesn't need to get complicated," says luxury designer Tom Howley.
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1 month ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | John Sturgis |Ros Byam Shaw |Jessica Doyle |Emma Reed
Sian has long fancied herself as my sartorial curator, and I am familiar with her close scrutiny of my outfit when we go out as a couple. But now she's bringing this scrutiny to bear on everything I own. And apparently intends to throw out a good deal of it. My wife has worked in fashion for most of her adult life; as a professional buyer, she has an enduring compulsion to purchase clothes and shoes that are often (in my view, at least) identical to those she already owns.
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Dec 22, 2024 | 
worldofinteriors.com | Ros Byam Shaw
At 5.30 in the morning, when Will Le Clerc gets up to give his elderly spaniel her breakfast, he is overlooked by a frowning Dr Johnson, whose marble bust sits on a column at the foot of the bed. As he pulls on his dressing gown, an anonymous female relative of the Marquess of Downshire throws him a sideways glance from her pastel portrait over the chest of drawers.
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Dec 12, 2024 | 
houseandgarden.co.uk | Ros Byam Shaw
‘We turned up in our old jalopy to find ranks of shiny four-by-fours and a queue of people waiting for tours of the house in 10-minute slots,’ she says. ‘We thought we didn’t have a chance, especially as our townhouse wasn’t even on the market. But when we stepped through the front door, all our doubts about the location dropped away. It was beautiful and felt like coming home.’From that moment, despite the competition, everything ‘magically fell into place’.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
houseandgarden.co.uk | Ros Byam Shaw
The owner of this handsome 17th-century Oxfordshire farmhouse, with its wonky façade of faded red brick and gleaming knapped flint, first visited it at the age of 14. ‘We lived in a modern house at the other end of the village and I came to a Young Farmers’ meeting here,’ she says. ‘I remember sitting in the kitchen in front of a roaring fire.’ Was this the moment she fell in love with the house and vowed that one day she would buy it? ‘No,’ she says with a laugh.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
houseandgarden.co.uk | Ros Byam Shaw
There was a boat I saw many years ago moored in Puerto José Banús, its name, painted around the entire circumference in elegant italic lettering was "Goodbye World Nothing You Can Do Or Say Will Make Me Change My Mind”. As I boarded Explora I, the first ship from travel company Explora Journeys, it was all I could think about. On a journey from Hamburg to Southampton, I took my time getting to know the ins and outs of Explora I, with its 12 bars and lounges, eight restaurants and tranquil spa.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
geni.us | Ros Byam Shaw
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
cabanamagazine.com | Ros Byam Shaw
FINDERS KEEPERS | ART & CULTURE | CABANA MAGAZINEINTERVIEW BY ROS BYAM SHAW | ART & CULTURE | 21 JUNE 2024"Unusual and interesting pieces" atop a late-17th century Charles II chest of drawers in Kevin Morris' showroom. The first and greatest influence on Kevin Morris’ taste was the furniture in his parents' farmhouse on the Isle of Wight - "it had never been updated and was all 17th and early 18th century, and I loved it".
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
cabanamagazine.com | Ros Byam Shaw
FINDERS KEEPERS | MASTERS & MUSES | CABANA MAGAZINEINTERVIEW BY ROS BYAM SHAW | MASTERS & MUSES | 21 JUNE 2024"Unusual and interesting pieces" atop a late-17th century Charles II chest of drawers in Kevin Morris' showroom. The first and greatest influence on Kevin Morris’ taste was the furniture in his parents' farmhouse on the Isle of Wight - "it had never been updated and was all 17th and early 18th century, and I loved it".
