Five Ways to Add Character to a New Build
Five ways to add character to a new build. With a few thoughtful design choices, you can create a home that feels warm, individual and completely your own.
Five Ways to Create Wow Factor in Any Room
Every memorable interior has something that makes you stop and look twice. Whether it’s a bold colour choice, a dramatic piece of furniture or an unexpected design detail, wow factor comes from doing something a little different.
5 Quick DIY Wins for a Stylish Bank Holiday Monday
Five quick, satisfying DIY projects to refresh your home in a single long weekend.
10 Interior Design Trends to Watch in 2026
As we move into 2026, interior design is becoming more intuitive, more personal and more deeply connected to how we actually live. At Clair Strong Interior Design, we are seeing clients wanting spaces that feel emotionally grounding, visually inspiring and built to last. These ten trends reflect that shift – blending beauty with purpose and innovation with timelessness.
The Art of Layering to Create Effortless Style
Layering in interior design is much like layering in fashion. It’s the art of adding depth, character, and richness to a space through thoughtful combinations of texture, tone, scale, and material. It’s what makes a room feel collected rather than decorated – and it’s one of the secrets behind those effortlessly styled interiors you fall in love with in magazines or on Pinterest or Instagram.
How to incorporate biophilic design in your home
There are a number of ways you can incorporate biophilic design into your home in 2025. It is all about creating more of a natural connection.
Brands I love – Pooky Lighting
Pooky are all about decorative lights and a love of colour and shape. They make beautiful, well-made, slightly eclectic lamps, pendants and shades at a price that is a lot more reasonable than you might expect.
My top 20 design rules: Part 1
My top 20 design rules: Part 1
Measuring, mood boards, colour, wallpaper and lighting.
Creating a modern take on classic heritage style – Part 2
You don’t need to live in a home with lots of traditional features to get the heritage meets contemporary look. Whether you’re in a Georgian townhouse or a modern bungalow, you can create a feature-filled yet contemporary home.
The sustainable home – Part 2
From lights bulbs that will last 30,000 years to worktops made from recycled glass, here are some of my favourite sustainable products and brands to help make your house an eco-friendlier place to be.