Schoolroom Inspired Interiors

Image: Clair Strong Interior Design The summer holidays are coming to an end and while most parents are thinking about school uniforms and stationery supplies, I’m (unsurprisingly) thinking about interior design. More specifically, I’m thinking about the ways in which you can incorporate vintage schoolroom charm into the home. Not just in the kid’s rooms…

Three Incredible Home Conversions

Image: Clair Strong Interior Design From warehouses and water towers to shipping containers and churches, just about any structure can be converted into a home. It’s a wonderful way to repurpose buildings that are no longer required for their original purpose. Rather than tear down these often historical or architecturally interesting structures, they’re given a…

More Interior Updates for Renters

Image: Clair Strong Interior Design Back in January 2015, I wrote a blog post with some easy, landlord-friendly interior design tips for renters. Well since then the property market has gone wild, and as a result more people than ever are renting privately. Not only that, but first-time buyers are getting older and fewer renters…

Five British Etsy Sellers to Watch

You’ve almost certainly heard of Etsy, the handmade marketplace where talented artists, designers and crafters sell their wares. It’s an enormous site with more than 1.7 million active sellers around the world, as of 2016. That’s a lot of items to wade through. In fact, the site can actually feel quite overwhelming, especially if you’re…

Decorating Your New Home on a Budget

Image: Clair Strong Interior Design Moving home is an expensive business and the costs can quickly blow through your savings. This often means that any dream renovations have to wait until your wallet recovers. While you save up to update the avocado bathroom suite, you can still make your new house feel like home. Here…

5 DIY Projects to Try this Summer

Image source: Mini patterned plant pots by Homey oh My Fancy updating your space with something bespoke this summer? Try one of these five stylish DIY projects: Mini Patterned Plant Pots The house plant craze continues. If you love succulents and cacti, you’ll probably love this effortless DIY: painted plant pots. You can decorate your…

Illusions of Grandeur Part II

Back in May I wrote the unintentional first part of this blog series on faking it interior design. I say unintentional because I wasn’t originally going to expand on it. Then I was asked by the lovely people at The Bath Magazine to write a full feature on the topic and part II was born.…

Summer Accessories Guide

We’re very lucky to have a huge array of interiors retailers here in Bath. From high street favourites House of Fraser, OKA and India Jane to charming independents like Verve Living, Found and Graham and Green. And that’s really only the start of it, because we’ve got many wonderful antique and vintage shops too. If you…

The Best of: Dining Tables

The dining table is a multi-tasking hero. It doesn’t just look good: it endures meal times with the kids, board game nights, homework tantrums, rowdy dinner parties, counselling sessions and more. You need a dining table that works for your family, in your space. Here are five of some of the most versatile tables available…