It is often the smallest. simplest, cheapest things that add the ‘wow factor’ to a room, and it’s just so in this beautiful space. The red firework-like explosion of just a few stems of tulips draw the eye and really make this space what it is, adding a tiny burst of excitement in an otherwise quite simple, relaxing space.
Since moving to London I have always lived in house shares or tiny flats, so there has rarely been a day go by that I didn’t enter a room draped in wet washing. Wet washing, half-dry washing, dry washing, ironed sheets, un-ironed sheets; the washing cycle of life means that there is always washing that either needs to be done, or has just been done, somewhere in the home. For me, with either a plethora of flatmates and/or very little hanging space, this has resulted in living literally with my washing for the last 8 years! Whether draped on banisters, hung over tops of doors, hanging over the end of the bed or lying flat on the kitchen table (‘hand wash only. Dry flat…’) it would be absolute heaven for me to have a laundry room.
If someone asked you to name your favourite room in the house, or the room that made you feel most spoilt/ content, I am sure that the laundry would be at the bottom of many peoples lists but, for me, the thought of a little laundry room is extravagantly decadent. On that note I have found some beautiful laundries that I will covet until I find space big enough to finally squeeze one in.
For my interview at KLC School of Design I was set the task of creating a mood board for the re-design of a Fashion PR’s studio apartment. The challenge got me thinking about the inevitable similarities between fashion design and interior design. Constantly changing seasons, the need for flexibility, personalisation of trends, low/ high maintenance looks and ever-adored classics, are just a few of the things that make both design worlds ‘tick’.
The five fashion images below inspired me to trawl my files in search of spaces that reflect the gorgeousness of each wonderfully individual, fashion-forward look. From the splash of colour on Sarah Jessica Parker’s kitchen unit inspired by the luscious redhead, to the natty ‘nauti-ness’ of ‘Gossip Girl’ Blair’s ensemble, which inspired the seaside bedroom at the Tresanton Hotel in Cornwall, each fashion shot enabled me to channel a different feel, and find a collection of five diverse, fashion-inspired interiors that I hope you’ll enjoy.
