As Craft Festival celebrates its 20th Anniversary, I talk to founder Sarah James about how craft has evolved and what the future looks like for craftspeople and artisans

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After a weekend woodwork course at The Woodlab in Dartington, I learned how to use a router to create my own shelving unit from Ash wood.

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Clerkenwell Design Week 2019 celebrated its 10th anniversary this year. Take a look at my highlights.

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We recently had an indoor air quality test performed on our home by Airtopia. Find out the results here.

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I recently took a short 5-day interior design course with Juliette's Interiors. Find out how I got on and what I thought of the course.

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Last month I attended Imm Cologne 2019, the international furniture and interiors fair that takes place in Germany every January. I was invited by the NKBA to attend Living Kitchen, but I also had a little free time to explore the rest of the fair. So in today’s post I’d like to share some of the highlights

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As many of you will already know from following me on Instagram, (@StaceyJSheppard for those of you not already following) last weekend Mr Design Sheppard and I attended the Vuelio Blog Awards 2018 at the Bloomsbury Big Top in London. Now in it’s fourth year, the Vuelio Blog Awards are firmly established as the most respected

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I’ll be surprised if there is anyone on t’internet who hasn’t already heard by now as I’ve been posting all about this on my social channels for a week. But just in case there are people in the dark I’ll start at the beginning. I think I’ve been nominated for an Amara Interior Blog Award

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How is it October already? Was last month a blur for anyone else? September is such a hectic month, both in the design world and in the real world. I was so busy last month that my head is now spinning and I’m barely managing to keep up. The kids started pre-school and reception, and

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I had the pleasure recently of visiting Salone del Mobile in Milan as a guest of DFS. It was my first trip to the renowned furniture fair, which received almost half a million visitors over six days, from 188 different countries. I have wanted to visit Salone for years, but I never had the chance so when

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