by James Balston | Dec 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
I am often asked for images of christmassy interiors, but magazine editors are normally thinking about this in July, which is problematic, as I don’t know anyone who is prepared to cover their house in tinsel at that time of year. So the pictures here, which... 
by James Balston | Dec 21, 2009 | Pubs
Just down the road from the Barnsley, is the Village Pub, which is owned by the hotel, and has just undergone complete refurbishment by interior designers, Fox Linton. The feel of a cosy village local has been maintained, with the pub broken up into a series of... 
by James Balston | Dec 18, 2009 | Hotels, Spas
I don’t need any excuse to go to the Cotswolds, so it’s always a treat to be asked to shoot a country house hotel there. The village of Barnsley is everything one would expect from a Cotswold village: picturesque stone cottages huddled around a pretty... 
by James Balston | Dec 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
I usually avoid getting reflections of camera, tripod, me or my assistant, Josh, in shot, but on this occasion the client thought it would be fun as part of the record of his house, to include all the above. 
by James Balston | Dec 3, 2009 | 1970s, Architecture, Bathrooms, Homes
In a week when the “Brutalist” 1970s public library in the centre of Birmingham was denied listed building status, and so, in all likelihood, condemned to the wrecking ball, I would suggest that we are likely to have little left of this currently...