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 6, 2013 | Kitchens
I remember my grandmother’s farmhouse kitchen fondly. As children we were regularly roped in to help with chores. If we weren’t outside weeding the garden, or feeding the pigs, we’d be at the kitchen table podding peas, while she busied herself at... 
by James Balston | Apr 24, 2012 | Homes
“A room without books is like a body without a soul”. So said the great Roman author and orator, Cicero. I would have to agree that a home devoid of books feels somehow incomplete, like a show home awaiting its occupants. Books not only tell you something... 
by James Balston | Sep 19, 2011 | Apartments, Contemporary
A few months ago, I wrote about a penthouse interior by Alan McVitty in Room at the Top. The same designer has recently completed a garden flat. While garden flat can be a loose term ascribed to any basement with a patch of exterior space, the garden in this case is...