Abigail Ahern's Blog

Decorating with colour

So so late this morning far to many episodes last night of The Killing made all three of us oversleep and wham bam its 9am and I’ve only just started the day. Fine tuning my seminar for next week i...

Talking sofas

Today I am feeling a little sorry for myself – its the start of a detox plan that the medical profession seem to think I need to undertake so no dairy and a few weeks later no wheat no alcohol. Yik...

Making tiny cleaver

More and more of us live in small spaces, especially if we happen to dwell in a city –think Paris and NY in particular. In London too, I happen to live in a four story townhouse being Victorian r...

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...