by James Balston | Dec 3, 2016 | Apartments, Architecture, Bathrooms, Bedrooms, Cityscape, Kitchens
I heard it said that Vauxhall is the new Knightsbridge. While this may be a tad exaggerated, even by property marketing standards, there are elements of truth. Perhaps more accurate would be Vauxhall is the new Mayfair, for the simple reason that the American embassy... 
by James Balston | Jul 10, 2016 | Bedrooms, Decoration, Homes, Kitchens
Although the majority of my work keeps me within the M25, I get plenty of assignments which take me further afield. And it’s funny how there are some parts of the country I return to again and again: Bristol for example, where I must have shot a dozen or more... 
by James Balston | Apr 20, 2016 | Bedrooms, Decoration
I’ve often said to clients that you don’t need to show a whole bed to know that you’re in a bedroom. Particularly when shooting a small room, trying to get the whole bed into frame, often makes for a very uncomfortable composition. While there may... 
by James Balston | Mar 14, 2016 | Bathrooms, Bedrooms, Home Cinemas, Homes, Kitchens, Real Homes
Like many young married couples, Dan and Dennis Keighron-Foster have a hectic life, raising a young family, doing up their huge Victorian home in Manchester, and running a web hosting business, Steamhaus. The house has plenty of space for a growing family, along with... 
by James Balston | Jan 7, 2016 | Apartments, Bathrooms, Bedrooms, Contemporary, Lighting, London
One of the last design jobs I completed in my former career, was dressing a show flat in a new development. That was over ten years ago, and today a whole industry has grown up around the presentation and marketing of high end property. Some design firms have been set... 
by James Balston | May 28, 2015 | Apartments, Bathrooms, Bedrooms, Contemporary, Decoration, Lighting, London
Let’s face it, this isn’t a choice that most of us will ever make, or perhaps even want to, but if money were no object, which would you choose. Here are two apartments I’ve shot this year; the first is an opulent affair in a mansion block on Mount...