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From years spent globetrotting with some of the biggest names in fashion and beauty, to embracing the quiet countryside life with her young family, Joey shares everything from her advice on capturing the perfect interior shots, to how she’s created a beautiful home that stands up to the wear and tear and having two lively boys!

Looking for easy DIY projects to update your home? Ones that only take the weekend and won't break the bank? Reinventing what you have is one of the most pleasing pastimes in our opinion. Using a small amount of fabric, wallpaper and paint – and a big dollop of creativity – is all you need to glow up a living space in need of a little love.

‘What colour should I paint a north-facing room?’ It’s the design question you often ask us. If you don’t already know, rooms that face North on the compass lack warm natural light. That’s because the sun rises in the East and sets in the West. The result is that little direct light enters spaces orientated in a northerly direction, making them tricky to decorate as they are darker, calmer and cooler than those that face South.

Ask an estate agent why south-facing properties are in demand and they’ll tell you it's because they benefit from the best of natural light at most times during the day. Spaces are light, airy and have an uplifting vibe as a result. But there are also downsides to a southerly aspect from a decorating point of view.

One of the fundamental choices you’ll make when decorating a home is deciding on its colour palette. For some, it’s easy – a favourite hue is an instinctive go-to – but for many of us the agonising spectrum of colours available makes committing far less easy!

Stripes are incoming! So say the interior design thought leaders. The funny thing is that for many home lovers – us included – this eyecatcher of a pattern isn't a trend, it's a modern classic. In fact, it’s the style staple that can always be relied on to bring forever good looks to nigh on every design decoration scheme.

Brace yourself! Brown is back big time. Throwing off its retro reputation thanks to the ‘warm minimalism’ interiors’ trend of 2023, we’re happy to report that this redefined home decorating hue is having a renaissance on home buffs’ mood boards everywhere.

For the second instalment of our ’10 questions’ series, we caught up with ‘Accidental Renovators’ Cal & Claire, better known amongst their 300k-strong Instagram community as @whathavewedunoon.

Blue – it’s the colour of skies, seas and all things relaxing. As a universal colour long associated with tranquility and reassurance, blue is the go-to palette when considering a home redecoration project. Why? The simple answer is it works! Just like a great pair of jeans, a blue look is the one to reach for if you are after never-out-of-fashion longevity.

Who better to begin with than Mindful Business Coach, CEO & Founder of conscious clothing brand Beaumont Organic, Hannah Beaumont-Laurencia. Practicing a slow and conscious lifestyle in Manchester with her husband Nelson and their utterly adorable poodle Lola, Hannah opens the doors of her immaculate Victorian home to chat to us about all things travel, mindful living and home renovation…

In case you are new to it, the rules of the Big Garden Birdwatch are this: over the course of 1 hour you record the maximum number of any bird species present at the same time – so a flock of five Starlings counts as five but a single Starling visiting five times counts as one. This method is more accurate for recording abundance.

Do you have old wallpaper off-cuts lying around from a previous project and not sure what to do with them? Why not add something extra special to your Christmas gifts this year with this easy festive craft idea.