by James Balston | Jan 31, 2014 | Bathrooms, Designers & Architects, Homes
One of the difficulties I had as an interior designer, was trying to juggle so many different roles. There’s an assumption by many outside the industry that it’s all fluffily creative, but a wide set of skills is required, particularly if you are going to... 
by James Balston | Jan 15, 2014 | Artists' Homes
A year ago, I posted a story about a converted chapel in Lincolnshire that I’d shot for the Times Magazine. It was the home of artists Nicola Streeten and John Plowman. Some months later I shot a house in Bath for Homes & Antiques magazine, and was amazed to... 
by James Balston | Jan 9, 2014 | Apartments, Architecture, Cityscape, Contemporary, London
Rather like the old adage about waiting ages for a London bus, and then 3 come along, last year I shot a lovely apartment for Jess Lavers on Hanover Street, only to find myself back on the same street a few weeks later shooting the apartment block itself for Squire...