INSPIRATION
Join me here in explorations of the places and people who inspire my passion for interiors or follow me on Instagram @hilarywhiteinteriors. I’m always on the hunt for outstanding design, ancient, modern, natural and crafted.
Exploring London Design Week : Key Interior Design Trends for Spring 2025
As designers we often say we shouldn’t follow trends. Whether we like it or not, we’re subliminally influenced by them, so here are some light-hearted forecasts starting with nature-inspired interiors.
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Iconic interior design in Surrey: Visiting the mid-century modern interiors of Surrey’s Stanley Picker House and The Homewood
Design trends come and go, but I’m starting to wonder if mid-century modern is forever. The minimalist movement first swept through US suburbs in the 1940s and Fifties, held on until the Seventies and regained popularity in the Noughties.
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A weaver’s tale...
In these uncertain economic times, it’s inspirational to come across a man like Roger Oates. His quiet passion for weaving became a thriving business. He’s spent the last forty years making a living doing what he most loves. This month he came to the Fashion and Textile Museum in London to talk with Giles Kime, Interiors Editor of Country Life and I went along.
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Spring is nature’s way of saying, “Let’s Party!”
And this year, the design world has risen to nature’s challenge with spectacular razzamatazz. Only a few blogs ago I was visiting Decorex and Design Week in the Autumn, now camellias and daphne are in full bloom in our gardens and London Design Week is again in full swing.
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Screening the Screen: that ongoing interior design dilemma, how to disguise the television
It used to be so simple. Glowing coals and flickering flames in every hearth created an effortless focal point for sitting rooms across the country. Then just as central heating came along, releasing the family from a huddle by the fire, (sitting around a radiator was never going to catch on!) the television set arrived.
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Earth, Wind and Fire: elemental inspiration for our homes from the world’s leading craft designers.
During the cold and rainy season (the last one, not our current summer), I escaped the brutal elements outside and stepped into the Saatchi Gallery. For a couple of magical hours...
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