40 articles in Interior Design and Finishing with practical commercial and delivery insight.
Where interior money actually goes inside a villa, which lines are elastic, which are fixed by the building, and which ones buy nothing you can see.
Read MoreFitted work uses every millimetre and cannot be moved. Loose furniture is flexible and wastes space. The right split depends on how long you will be in the space.
Read MoreA majlis is the most scrutinised room in a Saudi home and the one with the least conventional cost structure. These are the lines that decide what it costs to do properly.
Read MoreMost tired interiors are not worn out; they are dated, badly lit and poorly maintained. Here are the assumptions that turn a refresh into an unnecessary strip-out.
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Approving materials by photograph, by verbal agreement or after delivery is how specified interiors quietly become something else. The submittal trail is the defence.
Read MoreDoors are low value, high count and heavily dependent on other trades. That combination is why they so often become the last thing stopping a project from finishing.
Read MoreWindow treatments are quoted as a fabric price and delivered as a measured, made and installed system. These are the lines that actually move the total.
Read MorePerceived quality comes from alignment, consistency, light and restraint, not from the price of materials. These are the beliefs behind interiors that cost a lot and read badly.
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Visuals sell interiors and then get blamed for them. Here is what each kind of image is actually evidence of, and what you should ask for instead.
Read MoreOrdering tiles on net floor area is the most common way to run out mid-job. This illustrative calculation shows how to get from measured area to boxes ordered.
Read MoreThe received wisdom about making rooms feel larger is mostly about contrast, sightlines and light, not about paint colour. Here is what actually changes a room.
Read MoreWhen the budget does not cover the whole interior, the order of work matters more than the total. An illustrative calculation of what to do first and what it costs to wait.
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