Getting interior inspiration from binge watching - Fiona Duff
OK ladies – hands up who has guilty secret television series that they watch when partner ain’t around? During the winter months my husband spends a lot of time curling, so I can indulge in a lot of these, and generally he goes to bed earlier than me so plenty of time then.
I usually choose programmes that I think he would have no interest in although sometimes get it wrong.
I watched the first series of Rivals and about a year later he mentioned it to me as had been recommended to him by a friend. So before I could embark on series two earlier this year he had to wade through number 1 as quickly as possible. However, I am slightly obsessed by anything to do with home improvement – Sort Your Life Out and Interior Design Masters are top of the list.
Despite him finding Alan Carr very funny, I do know for certain that he would never get excited about curtains. When it comes to de-cluttering he reckons he has done his job by chucking out a couple of pairs of holey socks. Getting rid of stuff is what should be top of our ‘to do’ list. And of course Mr Carr is hilarious, but it is Michelle Ogundehin on whom I have my beady eyes.
She’s so calm and collected, just gazes into a room and picks out what is good and bad within seconds.She is always impeccably turned out (in fact I wish her wardrobe should get a credit at the end of each show), firm but fair and there’s a serenity about her that I can only dream of achieving. Most of all, she knows what she is talking about having been editor of the interiors bible Elle Decoration.
This magazine epitomises cool decoration; I would salivate over the photographs and then almost spit my tea all over the pages when I saw the cost of virtually everything from sofas to soap dishes. For a Gumtree girl it is all out of my league. Anyway, for fellow fans brace yourself because Ms Ogundehin is heading north of the border to appear at the Fringe By The Sea festival, just down the road in sunny North Berwick in August.
I shall be there to try and pick up some hints on how to make my home look better. Putting the bins out might be a good start.