by James Balston | May 8, 2014 | Artists' Homes, Design, Exhibitions, Homes
I’m lucky enough to live in a flat on the Dulwich Estate. Few housing estates are as well planned, designed, or indeed situated. Mostly built between the 50s and 70s to the designs of Architect, Russell Vernon, it has the good fortune to occupy the wooded hills... 
by James Balston | May 1, 2014 | Artists' Homes, Decoration, Homes
As well as being directly commissioned by magazines to shoot homes, I’m constantly on the look-out for places to pitch to editors. But suitable homes aren’t always that easy to find. Naturally, to be magazine worthy, all the key rooms need to be up 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 | Jun 12, 2013 | Art, Artists' Homes, Bathrooms, Bedrooms, Homes
One of the most enjoyable shoots I’ve done in ages, was a recent one for the Times at the home of Harry Parr. Harry is one half of the creative duo, Bompas & Parr, otherwise known as the Jellymongers. Combining food and installation art, they are like a... 
by James Balston | Mar 4, 2013 | Architecture, Art, Artists' Homes, Homes
Artist, Jess Quinn’s home in Bristol, is full of characters. Some drawn directly on the walls of her daughters’ bedroom, but mostly toys, made of fabric, spilling out of her studio space and inhabiting much of the living space. There is something of a... 
by James Balston | Jan 21, 2013 | Art, Artists' Homes, Churches
A bowling hall, an underground public toilet and a garage, have all featured on this blog. Homes have been converted from the most unlikely of uses, but now finally I have shot a less unconventional conversion, namely a former Weslyan chapel in Lincolnshire. This... 