With a myriad of colours, patterns, sizes and materials available, choosing the perfect rug for your interior can be an overwhelming decision. Is it any wonder there is such choice when you consider that the humble rug dates back over 2500 years?

The fabled Charleston House is more than just a beautiful historic building, with a fascinating past. Charleston is the most complete Bloomsbury Interior left standing, and portrays beautifully the interiors of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, two key members of the Bloomsbury Group, who lived at the property from 1916 and was occupied by various friends and family for another 64 years. Charleston has remained as it was in the 1950’s, a place in which the beautiful surroundings are breath-taking, a simple way of life was lived, with art taking precedence over comfort.

It’s fair to say that most of us will look back at some interiors, styles and outfits we loved years ago and wonder ‘what was I thinking?!’ The design world moves at such a pace, that it’s easy to get swept along with the current trends, without considering their longevity and how they will age.

Employing the services of an Interior Designer to help design your home can often lead to a far more polished and cohesive result than doing it yourself but the process can be daunting. We are often asked to define exactly what it is Interior Designers do? What do they bring to a project? How do they work with an Architect? Do they add value to a project? Do we even need one? In our first blog post, we wanted to answer some of these common questions and provide some practical suggestions for making the process as smooth and successful as possible.