A few weeks ago I went to the Anish Kapoor exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in London. I knew of Kapoor's sculpture work and had seen the brilliant Cloud Gate bean-shaped mirror sculpture in Chicago several years back, but I wasn't prepared for some of the works in this new exhibition. In particular the 'Vantablack' images. Image: Anish Kapoor at the Hayward Gallery/Southbank Centre Vantablack is a substance created 'with nanotechnology that absorbs up to 99% of visible ligh

Back in 2018, my SW London Edwardian semi-detached house was renovated from top to bottom. We'd moved in the previous year and lived in what felt like a very dusty museum for several months before embarking on the work.

Every period home renovation reaches the same moment. The carpet comes up, and you hold your breath.

There’s a decision that comes up in almost every period home project I work on, and it rarely has a simple answer. Do you restore the original feature, or do you recreate it?

This is the third post in my Design Clinic series where I answer your interior design challenges. Sarah sent me this photograph of the front door of her Edwardian terraced home. My first thought was "Wow! Amazing tiles!"