Abigail Ahern's Blog

GETTING READY FOR THE NEW SEASON

We’re bidding adieu to summer and embracing autumn with a new collection so you’ll see lots of changes here at AA. Our first drop has just landed with our own label collection landing a few weeks l...

CHIC CHANDELIERS FOR YOUR KITCHEN

I’m kind of known in the biz for pushing boundaries. It’s never something I’ve tried to do intentionally, instead I do it intuitively. I’m always thinking of and wanting to find ways to take rooms ...

WHY YOUR HALLWAY SHOULD BE AN ENTRYWAY

Having lived in America for a few years I’ve still kept some Americanisms. It drives my team mad, and I know I’ve been called out about it on the blog too! The main culprits are as follows: cell ph...

QUICK DESIGN FIXES IN MY KITCHEN

My kitchen apart from the odd paint change has remained pretty much the same since the day we installed. No major renovations, ripping out appliances, installations or anything. But even so it’s ch...

HOW TO SELECT THE PERFECT SOFA

Today allow me to present my tried and tested, 100% guaranteed tips for choosing just the right sofa. The sofa is one of the largest, and oftentimes most expensive pieces of furniture you’ll ever b...

GOLDEN DESIGN RULES

Hi all, today I’m introducing a few of my golden design rules. Also we’re going very zen… let me explain. So after my majorly stressful last few weeks I’m trying to restore something a bit like a w...

HOW TO BEGIN ANY INTERIOR DESIGN PROJECT

You don’t have to be a designer to have the coolest pad in town – you just have to begin to think like a designer, with all the tips, tricks, tools and insider knowledge. Luckily you’ve got me and ...

WHY NOT HAVING AN EXIT STRATEGY IS A GOOD THING

I get asked a lot what my exit strategy is. Really, I think this is the wrong question. These days success in business is measured by how quickly you can launch and then exit in the shortest of tim...

COMING OUT THE OTHER SIDE

I just wanted to give a shout out to you guys by saying a big huge thank you for bearing with me in the last crazy roller coaster few weeks. I haven’t always been able to answer every comment like ...

STYLE LESSONS FROM THE SPADES

I spend a lot of time looking at images… images of living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms you name it. Very few stand out – generally they all sort of merge into a haze of nothingness. However some d...