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 | Mar 10, 2014 | Bathrooms, Bedrooms, Designers & Architects, Homes, Kitchens, Lighting
If you pick up the April issue (out now) of Homes & Gardens, you’ll see the Terraced Home feature I shot, called ‘Time to Reflect’. Elegant and restrained with a few pops of colour, the home was designed by Juliette Byrne. Meanwhile, here is a... 
by James Balston | Feb 17, 2014 | Antiques, Architecture, Bedrooms, Classical, Homes
I’m not normally a fan of new classical buildings. So often they are poorly detailed and the proportions are all wrong. Besides, I’d much rather see good modern architecture which is of its time rather than something which pointlessly mimics the past. So I... 
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...