Hibernation Mode | How to Make Your Sofa Cosy for Winter
The clocks haven’t even gone back yet, but I’ve well and truly moved into hibernation mode. I love this time of year. There’s always one evening in October when...
Journal
A Year On | How Sheepskin Softens a Kitchen Banquette
It's a year this week since I wrote about our kitchen banquette and called it the best decision we made in the renovation. I still think that. When I...
As if it had been there forever
A day at home with the painter Molly Gaisford The painter Molly Gaisford has lived in the same Victorian house in south London for nineteen years, slowly turning it...
Six Ways To Style A Sarong Scarf
One scarf. Six outfits, before it's even made it into the suitcase. I tried it on every way I could think of — knotted as a top, wrapped as...
The trim that makes the slipper
It's usually the first thing people notice. Before the softness, before the sheepskin — the narrow band of pattern running around the opening, in natural tones of blush, ochre...
What a Sheepskin Rug Did to Our Kitchen Table
There's a corner of our kitchen we never planned to love this much. It's where the day begins, before anyone's properly awake. Where work happens — laptop open, second...
Are Merino Wool Gilets Worth It? The Layer That Works All Year
Why so many women end up wearing our Merino Gilet far more than they expected — through summer, autumn and winter. There's a strange pattern I've noticed in my...
A Dying Craft: The Last Makers of Handmade Sheepskin Slippers
When I first started The Small Home, I had three families of makers producing the sheepskin moccasin slippers we sell. Three small workshops, tucked into the Polish Tatra mountains,...
The Belt That Elevates Every Outfit
I’m a big believer in the capsule wardrobe. Not lots of things — fewer, better things. A small core of pieces that fit you well, feel good against your...