Sunday Journal
Where I share the thinking behind the rooms: how a palette gets chosen, why the quietest corner often turns out to be the best seat in the house, and what a space genuinely needs before it needs anything new.
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Organic modern interiors pair the clean lines of modern design with natural materials, soft curves and a calm, muted palette. Here’s where the look comes from, and eleven ways to bring it home.
042Love this look? The Olive Tree Sitting Room, coming soon as a room designModern Egyptian interiors have nothing to do with gold and hieroglyphs. Think tall Cairo shutters, latticed screens, pierced brass lanterns and handmade craft. Here’s what defines the look, and nine calm ways to bring it home.
041Love this look? The Cairo Sitting Room, coming soon as a room designUrban chic is the polished, pared-back look of stylish city homes. Here’s what defines it, why it can feel cool and impersonal, and five ways to make a city flat feel sleek and warm at the same time.
040Love this look? The City Flat, coming soon as a room designIndustrial interiors have wonderful bones: exposed brick, steel windows, high ceilings and concrete floors. Here’s where the look comes from, why it can feel cold, and nine ways to make an industrial home warm.
039Love this look? The Warehouse Loft, coming soon as a room designWabi-sabi finds beauty in the worn, the handmade and the imperfect, and rooms built on it are some of the calmest there are. Here’s what it really means, and seven ways to bring it into your home.
038Love this look? The Clay Table, coming soon as a room designShabby chic is soft, romantic and easy to live with, but it can tip into frills and clutter. Here’s where the look comes from, and five ways to make a shabby chic home that feels calm and grown up.
037Love this look? The Painted Cottage Bedroom, coming soon as a room designMoroccan interiors are warm, earthy and surprisingly calm: polished plaster, handmade tiles, cream wool rugs and lantern light. Here’s what defines the look, and nine ways to bring it home without the clutter.
036Love this look? The Riad Room, coming soon as a room designThe Nordic countries have long, dark winters, and they’ve learnt to make homes that glow through them. Here are eleven Scandinavian secrets for a lighter, cosier and calmer British home.
035Love this look? The Nordic Sitting Room, coming soon as a room designModern farmhouse is loved for its long tables, beams and easy welcome, but it can turn stark or themed. Here’s how to bring it into every room of a British home, warmly and without the clichés.
034Love this look? The Farmhouse Snug, coming soon as a room designMinimalism isn’t white walls and an empty room. It’s keeping only what you use and love, and giving it space. Here’s how to make a minimalist home that feels warm, lived in and calm.
033Love this look? The Still Bedroom, coming soon as a room designJapandi brings Japanese calm and Scandinavian comfort together, but done badly it can feel bare and chilly. Here’s what Japandi really is, why it goes cold, and seven ways to make it warm in a British home.
032Love this look? The Japandi Sitting Room, coming soon as a room designJapanese interior design has been perfecting calm for centuries. Here are the nine ideas behind it, from ma to wabi-sabi, and how to bring them into a British home without turning it into a theme.
031Love this look? The Shoji Room, coming soon as a room designModern farmhouse, modern rustic and rustic luxury are often used as if they meant the same thing. Here’s what each one really is, how they differ, and how to bring the best of all three into a British home.
028Love this look? The Farmhouse Dining Room, coming soon as a room designModern farmhouse kitchens look wonderful in photographs and can feel cold on a grey British afternoon. Here are seven ways to keep everything you love about the look, with far more warmth.
029Love this look? The Sage Farmhouse Kitchen, coming soon as a room designModern rustic living rooms are warm, textured and wonderfully cosy, until all that wood and stone starts to feel heavy. Here are nine ways to keep the cosiness and keep the room light.
030Love this look? The Barn Living Room, coming soon as a room designSpanish country interiors are bare, cool and deeply restful. Here’s what defines the look, where Spanish luxury really lies, how it differs from English and French country, and how to bring it into a British home.
010Love this look? The Spanish Country Room, coming soon as a room designFrench country interiors look effortless, and are easily overdone. Here’s what defines the look, how it differs from English country, and how to bring it home without a farmhouse in Provence.
009Love this look? The French Farmhouse Room, coming soon as a room designEnglish country interiors are loved for their comfort, and easily overdone. Here’s what defines the look, where it goes wrong, and how to bring it home in a calmer, more edited way.
008Love this look? The English Cottage Room, coming soon as a room designRustic luxury interior design isn’t about shine, or about owning a great deal. Here’s what defines it, why matt wins over gloss, and how to bring that calm, natural warmth into your own home, rented or not.
005Love this look? The Limewash Nook, coming soon as a room designReady-made rustic luxury room designs, coming soon to the Sunday Ambience Etsy shop. Any questions go through Etsy messages, and Rachel replies personally.
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