Mad About The House by Kate Watson-Smyth

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Design Decoded: The Househunter
Come with me on a virtual stroll around this Georgian house in Leicester and see what inspiration we can take for our own places and spaces.
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Eye on Design
News from the interiors world, including lighting inspired by the royal palaces, a collection made by Pinterest – and a unique coffee table book you…
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How to put together a colour scheme
Ever fallen in love with a piece of fabric or a picture on a wall and felt it would shape the perfect decor? Here's how you can find the right colours…
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Design Postcards: Zurich
Did you know the police HQ here is home to a fresco by Augusto Giacometti that's one of the most important works of art in the entire city?
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February 2025

How to sleep
We've all heard about sleep hygiene and how we must turn off screens early and not eat too late, go to bed early and not drink too late. When did…
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House Notes #8
This month: the founder of design studio A New Day shares his Interior Life, we discover the best-kept secret on the high street, a new sofa company …
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Eye on Design
This month's news from the interiors world, including Stockholm Design Week, a visit to the William Morris Archive – and Beata Heuman's paint launch.
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Come to my interior design workshop in Italy this June.
Join me and an award-winning RIBA architect for a weekend of learning and inspiration with plenty of Aperol thrown in. Bookings are now open.
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Design Decoded: The Househunter
My regular series in which we look at a house on the market to see what inspiration we can take for our own places and spaces.
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Sourcing and styling vintage in your home
Join me and Lisa Dawson as we chat all things vintage from what to buy and where to find it as well as learning your own taste and styling it at home.
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Lisa Dawson
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Design Postcards: decoding Chequers
A peek inside the UK Prime Minister's official country residence – which is, frankly, a decorative disaster.
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Your decorating dilemmas solved
This month: what to do when the grey has sunk into your psyche, mixing pattern and colour, bathroom design chat, how to do those feature walls and…
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