The Spring Decorative Fair highlights
The Spring Decorative Fair is on this week in Battersea Park. Always popular with decorators, it’s a great source of painted furniture, Gustavian & Swedish design, 20th century design, lighting,...
View ArticleRose Uniacke opens new shop
Rose Uniacke has redesigned and extended her pared-down and elegant shop on Pimlico Road. In the light-filled rooms she combines an eclectic mix of antiques with bespoke pieces to create elegant and...
View ArticleDoors open to Jamb’s new showroom
Jamb‘s new double-fronted Pimlico Road showroom captures the company’s English country house look, with a comfortable mix of beautiful reproduction chimneypieces, lighting and furniture and eclectic...
View ArticleThe Crakemarsh Hall Staircase
Every year, LAPADA (The Association of Art and Antique Dealers) runs a competition, in partnership with Country Life, to identify an ‘Object of The Year’. The shortlisted 12 objects are currently on...
View ArticleBADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair ’14
The glamorous BADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair has just opened in Chelsea. There’s always a dazzling display of art and antiques for sale – from 16th century furniture to contemporary paintings, all...
View ArticleThe Spring 2014 Decorative Fair
Still plenty of time to get to the inspiring Decorative Fair, in the relaxed surroundings of leafy Battersea Park – just over the River Thames from Sloane Square and Knightsbridge. From quirky...
View ArticleEnd of an era for Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd
Sad news: my treasure trove for propping and just plain curiosity during my days at The World of Interiors is closing down… It’s actually one of the oldest mineral and fossil shops in the world, and...
View ArticleBADA Art & Antiques Fair 2015
The glamorous BADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair has just opened, and runs until 24 March at Duke of York’s Square, London SW3. It’s a dazzling display – from 16th century furniture to contemporary...
View ArticleA guide to garden antiques & ornaments
Whether for indoors or out, garden antiques and ornaments are highly sought after. But which items should you buy? How do you know where to place them? Where do you seek inspiration? Darren Jones of...
View ArticleThirty years of The Decorative Antiques Fair
For three decades, The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair has set the standard for antiques in interior design. It was the first in the UK to showcase a ‘look’ for decorating. This autumn, the...
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