6 Years in Business: What I Know Now
This week marked 6 years of Lydia Allen Interiors. 6 years of beautiful homes, lots of lessons, plenty of mistakes and figuring it out as I go.
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An Interior Designer’s Guide to the Cotswolds
The places I sleep, eat, mooch and keep going back to,
Finding Your Own Taste
I don’t think it’s something you’re born with.
Notes from July
After months of running at 100mph, July gave me permission to slow down, reset and rethink.
The best homes are collected, not completed.
What if the goal isn’t to finish your home at all?
Shell Core Edit
I don't know when it happened, but apparently I'm in my shell era.
House Rules — Part Two
The things everyone gets slightly wrong
Why does a £2,500-a-year club still feel like a leisure centre?
We spend more time and more money than ever in gyms, spas and members’ clubs. So why do so many of them still feel so... meh?
Interior trends I’m predicting for 2027
We’re over halfway through 2026, which feels like the right moment to stick my neck out. Screenshot this one — you can mark my homework in December.
The Wimbledon Edit
Tennis core has officially entered the chat. 🎾