WOW! House has been running for 4 years now, but this was my first visit.

Colour drenching is going to be a huge trend for 2025.

At Keates Interiors, we are a dog friendly office. We have our resident dog Sprout, the Jack Russell cross, who works full time telling off the moor hens that nest on our canal and graze on the fallen apples outside our office. We also have Bailey and Biscuit our beautiful Lurchers, who’s main job is sleeping and taking up space in the office, however they will chase off a squirrel when required. Then finally we have Gwen, the Maltichon who pops in from time to time to check

We nearly got washed away, but we did it! Our 26 mile mighty hike in the beautiful lake district to raise money for the incredible charity, Macmillan Cancer Support is complete. None of us have ever done anything like this before, and I have to admit we were nervous.  Sara and I took the approach of preparation is everything.  We hiked every other weekend for two months before the event, building up from a start distance of 9 miles up to 20 miles. However our steely companion

Well, that was fun! We like to visit Clerkenwell Design Week every couple of years to see what’s new and meet our suppliers.  It’s always a vibrant and energetic trade fair, that allows us to catch up with some of our favourite suppliers as well as introducing us to new ones. It was a long day, traveling down first thing in the morning and driving back in the evening after we’d had our fill of seeing beautiful products, materials and architecture, as well as soaking up some o