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Designer, owner of Ghost Furniture - bringing quality furniture back from the dead and making it hauntingly beautiful. This is a place to share inspirations and ideas.

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  • A Bit Of Rough

    Posted on Wednesday December 16th, 2009 at 09:49 in france, interiors

    In the mountains of Cevenne, in the Departement of Lozere, one of the most scarcely populated areas of France, sits this farmhouse. Bought by a couple from London and sympathetically and beautifully renovated.Rough Luxe at its very best.Via Office fo...

  • Do You Hate Your Fireplace?

    Posted on Tuesday December 15th, 2009 at 02:01 in weird, interiors, clever

    Then put a slip cover over it. Genius and fun idea from Ridiculous Design, what a great name for a design company....

  • Does Your Laundry Look Like This?

    Posted on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 at 07:26 in interiors

    Mine doesn't. Found at Office for Word and Image...

  • Chez Chantal Thomass

    Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 04:05 in french, designers, interiors

    Could you expect the home of Chantal Thomass to be any less fabulous? The Parisian Queen of lingerie and other fabulous products seems to have a thing for dusky pink and grey and uses it to great effect.Images found at Elle France...

  • The Alabaster House

    Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 05:21 in interiors, photographic locations

    Let me introduce you to The Alabaster House in North London.My cottage is called The Cottage, not very imaginative but that's what it has been called for hundreds of years so I aint going to change it. Not only has this house got a great name but it ...

  • The Bare Wall Phenomenon

    Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 03:51 in interiors

    I am sure I am not the only one who has noticed the trend for walls laid bare. I find it all very comforting and it's a great excuse not to do the decorating.Fabric companies are using it,photographic locations seem to demand it,stylists love it,I us...

  • To Do or Not To Do

    Posted on Wednesday November 4th, 2009 at 08:21 in Photography, styling, interiors

    Religiously every morning I make the bed. I wouldn't bother if it looked this good. Photography by Camilla Krishnaswamy...

  • Console Yourself

    Posted on Wednesday November 4th, 2009 at 08:12 in furniture, french, interiors

    A gorgeous array of Console Tables to feast your eyes on all in French houses. Via Art & Decoration...

  • Just Lovely

    Posted on Wednesday October 21st, 2009 at 07:15 in french, interiors

    What's not to like in any one of these photographs? I found these fabulous images recently at a French Magazine website - Art & Decoration - and just had to share them with you....

  • Bed and Breakfast In a Gallery

    Posted on Thursday October 15th, 2009 at 09:09 in travel, hotels, interiors

    How fabulous would this be? Staying in a Gallery near Antwerp. Yes it's also a Bed and Breakfast. See more images here....

  • The Road To Hell But Heaven On Arrival

    Posted on Wednesday September 30th, 2009 at 13:05 in travel, accessories, interiors

    On the way to France we had to do a more than slight detour to Ross on Wye on the Welsh Border to deliver a huge piece of Ghost Furniture. The people lived in a fabulous barn conversion in an idyllic setting and on the road there we passed Bailey's H...

  • Living In a Railway Station

    Posted on Friday September 18th, 2009 at 09:59 in architecture, interiors

    We are surrounded by disused railway stations here in Northumberland some of which have been turned into amazing houses. This one I found on All About You and very nice it is too....

  • A Light Location at Light Locations

    Posted on Thursday September 3rd, 2009 at 10:35 in interiors, photographic locations

    Well you can't get much lighter than this can you? A beautiful house in Kensal Rise, London via Light Locations....

  • Lace Tiles At Emery et Cie

    Posted on Wednesday August 26th, 2009 at 10:33 in french, interiors

    I could think of numerous uses for these fabulous lace tiles from Emery et Cie. My favourite would be a skirting around a room. Even one, which would only cost 5.50 Euros would look fabulous framed.What would you do with them?...

  • The French and Their Floors

    Posted on Wednesday July 29th, 2009 at 07:28 in france, interiors, floors

    I came across this French Estate Agency website the other day and could have leaped right in. This is one of my favourite properties. I know I always tell people to look up for inspiration but in the case of the French, look down because they have th...

  • This Is Not a House

    Posted on Tuesday July 28th, 2009 at 05:18 in exhibitions, interiors, stylists

    This is a design studio where you can go and hold a function, an exhibition, a photo shoot well just about anything really. Leila Fakouri of Madera Design lives in California and curates art exhibitions, is a stylist and just about puts her hand to a...