House Tour with cookery writer Skye McAlpine

Regular visitors may remember that I visited Skye McAlpine’s London flat a couple of years ago just as she put it on the market - remember those gorgeous plaster pink walls and open shelving? Last week I was thrilled to visit her again, this time in her new house that she gutted and completely redecorated with the help of the designer Ben Pentreath.

Sophie and I went over to see the house – the first time we have been together in over six months - and recorded a (socially-distanced) podcast. For those of you who don't know Skye is a food writer, who grew up mostly in Venice. She began writing a food blog which led to two books (the second of which A Table For Friends has just come out) and a gorgeous collaboration with Anthropologie.

Her style is unashamedly vintage (including clothes) and her trick for dressing a table is simply abundance - piles of lemons, tomatoes or even red onions on pretty platters. Come on round with me.

It was such a treat. Not only to be out of the house but to …