At least once a month, our mailbox is jammed with flyers from estate agents featuring houses that have already gone off the market by the time the brochure even goes to print – I mean really, what is the point in that??!!!

I know most of my neighbours chuck them away or simply leave them at the entrance hoping they’ll dissolve into the air or something (some people are so lazy…) but I personally really enjoy browsing through them for ideas and inspiration and it’s always interesting to see inside other people’s, mostly rich people’s homes!

So in one such publication (John D Wood & Co September/ October 2009), I found the below property – a 3 bedroom Victorian house in Chelsea on sale for a mere £2.7mn…

I thought it would be worth mentioning here as it is so classy and simple, yet with the little touches of colour, not at all bland. Unfortunately though, even if you have a few millions to spare, it has now been sold!

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I came across this gorgeous home in Sweden’s Sköna Hem magazine and totally fell in love… I just can’t believe how light and airy it is and so full of character, what with all the white beams, arched doorways and sloped ceilings. Wonder if anything like this exists in London and if so, how much would it cost??!!

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We had to replace our front door a couple of years ago, as our house was broken into and the door totally smashed (a whole other story…) and would you believe it, we still haven’t got round to painting it! So when I saw these lovely colour suggestions in Country Homes & Interiors, I thought that’s it, the front door has to go to the top of our to-do-list when we’re back from our honeymoon… But for the time being, I thought I’d play around a bit with some colours in photoshop. Which one do you prefer?

or even a combination of two colours?

They all look gorgeous in my opinion, but I’m not sure they’d suit a London flat, they’re more cottage style/ Greek island colours no? Although now that I think about it, there’s tons of houses with coloured doors in and around Notting Hill…

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This 1960s house in London’s Chalk Farm was featured in last week’s Sunday Times and the minute I set my eyes on the first picture of the patio I thought “yuppee – my kind of house! Then, as I turned the pages, I was increasingly disappointed. I really don’t know what to make of it – some rooms are so gorgeous and grown up, others are simply babyish… what do y’all think of it?

The house is owned by Meg Matthews (former wife of Noel Gallagher). Click here to read her interview.

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Perched high up on the side of a hill on the island of Ponza in Italy, this holiday hideout belongs to the woman behind designer label Fendi and has the most amazing views in the world… I truly can’t imagine anything better and more relaxing than having breakfast on this terrace. And as all designers, Silvia certainly doesn’t do bland!!! Mismatched furniture, antique tiles, mosaic patterns and unique finishing touches make this house one-of-a-kind.

I totally get you Silvia, I also hate not being close to the sea and it kills me every time I have to leave Greece and return to London…

Vogue June 2002/Photographed by Francois Halard

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