The Suzy  Hoodless ‘Curve’ rug for The Rug Company launched at Decorex.

Here is a behind the scenes look at our latest project in Chelsea. A work in progress…

Suzy talks wallpaper

Suzy Hoodless is currently working with Amalgam Architects on the complete refurbishment of this 5 storey grade 2 listed townhouse near Sloane Square. The interior will be classic, modern and smart.

Suzy featured in last Saturday’s Times Magazine. Entertaining her closest girlfriends, she treated them to homemade delights including a mushroom torte and chocolate mousse cake, all served in style at her west London home. Click here to read the article.

Suzy Hoodless aims to demystify Interior Design. Suzy has encountered over the years recurring dilemmas and key problems, this course is structured to identify some of those issues as well as allowing people to discuss problems relevant to their own homes. Suzy says ‘I have made every mistake there is to make, this is my guide to ensure you don’t have to’.

Next workshop Friday 23rd April, 10am-12pm.
£150 per person.
Please email us to book your place.

We are working on the Shropshire/Welsh border for very old friends of mine who have moved into his family home.  A hugely ambitious scheme to turn the house into a wedding venue is set to pay off with over 20 weddings booked for the next 12 months.  The first wedding is May 1 and the house is a frantic scramble to get to the finishing line.  We are re decorating the entire house, installing new bathrooms throughout as well as building an extension, collaborating with the architects, contractors and suppliers.

I have taken the big leap and bought this house in Oxfordshire with my friend and brilliant developer James Perkins.  It’s going to be comfortable, modern and adorable. We are currently experiencing the usual fun and games, delayed planning permission and heavy snow falls but we’ll be back on track soon.

A two day trip to Paris to Maison et Objet, the bi annual interiors exhibition, left us inspired, a little more educated, hopefully a little thinner and a tiny bit more chic.  Check out our behind the scenes section over the next few weeks to see our pick of the bunch.

People have always come to us looking for inspiration designing their homes and hotels, but recently we’ve seen an upsurge in requests from people wanting to decorate for the festive season.

And we say, why not? Christmas is a time for celebration and it can be almost sad saying goodbye to our trees when it’s time to take them down, so why not get the most out of them while they’re twinkling up our front rooms.  And the wonderful thing is that there are no rules.  Retro revival trees with hand made baubles are just as fabulous as fashion fantasy style trees and then there are trees that don’t actually look like trees at all. The only thing that matters is having fun with it!

Suzy recently took part in a tinsel-charged debate over whether the style police have kidnapped Christmas. To read the Guardian article go to:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/dec/02/christmas-fashion-john-galliano

Christmas tree pictured by Frank Visser