Abigail Ahern's Blog

Art Walls

I am pretty obsessed with them as nothing adds personality to a space like a good old wall of art. If you are starting from scratch it can be daunting – but once you start it gets pretty addictive....

A tour round my neighbourhood

Today I thought I would take you on a little mini tour of my neighbourhood, Dalston in East London. Arty, edgy and pretty darn fabulous if you ask me (biased of course) its where the fashion cognos...

Decorating Children’s Rooms

Last night my sister gave birth to a little baby girl, called Lily (named after our grandmother). She is the first baby in our family, (apart from Maud of course who is a dog  and probably doesn’t...

Cushions on couches

One of the easiest things you can do in transforming or revamping a room. Relatively inexpensive they add colour, depth, pattern and comfort to any couch. You don’t need an interior designer (am do...

Wall Decor

I am sticking to  my most recent campaign  (adding personality to walls) if you don’t mind  for one more day only, as very recently we received through the post the most beautifully shot image...

IKEA’s gone boho

It’€™s not just me that loves a mix of ethnic and eclectic, patterned and plain it seems. IKEA have also embraced the boho chic look. Against a white background palette they have added some bright ...

From grey to black in a day

Today should be a working at home day instead I am painting the hallway black. Have 10 hours to complete it as Graham has just left the house and he is not in on the plan (Maud is pretty good at ke...

Dark colours in small spaces

If you have a small space with little light and you are considering painting it a light colour so it appears larger than it really is. May I try to dissuade you from going down such a route?  For a...

Sofas

Forgive the lack of posts last week it was a frantic one – two weeks to go until we debut the collection in Paris and still we have no products (its sending me grey). Everything apart from one ligh...

Animal Magic

Adding the odd animal vase, light or sculpture to any interior instantly lightens the mood and makes your space fun. Good taste I have to say is oh so pointless without a dash of humour as there is...