Mad About The House by Kate Watson-Smyth

Mad About The House by Kate Watson-Smyth

HOUSE NOTES #16

My regular round-up – including news of an upcoming event, a bit of shopping, design tips, and Room of the Month.

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Kate Watson-Smyth
Nov 28, 2025
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Welcome to House Notes, the most newslettery part of this online interiors magazine. In this monthly post, which is mostly free to read, I bring you news of events both in review and upcoming, keep you posted on new product launches and discoveries, and throw in a few design tips as well as my Room of the Month. I hope it’s both a jolly read with some useful information and, since it’s long, is designed for you to dip in and out of. So grab a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, depending at which end of the day you are reading, and let’s dive in. Also, unlike every other post on Substack at the moment I’m posting this between T and C (Thanksgiving and Christmas) and that is the only time I shall mention either of those words so if you’re looking for a bit of tinsel respite then welcome.

HOUSEKEEPING: My Month This Month

First up – sorry, this one’s for Londoners, or at least UK residents only (although someone did once schedule a trip from Canada to visit her daughter around a talk I was…

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