Phoebe J McDowell

Home! Just two for now because some are landscape, some are portrait and all make me feel slightly overwhelmed about sharing my most personal space ont’internet. I bought this flat in the depths of despair, completely underestimating how much work it - and I - required. Thought it was going to be cosmetic and fun but it was deep boned and boring. The budget evaporated alongside my sanity. After nearly three years, it is my sanctuary, my favourite place on the planet. Home has, and always will, mean so much to me and this makes count my slightly damp and drafty, spider ridden stars ♥️ @theststyle 📸: @horwoodphoto

My kitchen, which I can say is my favourite room because there are really only three, and the kitchen technically includes the living room. The cupboards, made by @fallowworkshops are @farrowandball Cola, with a Rosso Levanto marble that’s stained to fuck but we breathe and continue to cut lemons on it anyway. Hardware is a mix of @corstonarchitecturaldetail and @beataheuman . The utensils rail is @devolkitchens , as is the tap which I always wanted but decided I couldn’t afford at the time so bought a crap copy and nearly cried (just kidding) at how bad it looked. Spent twice as much in the end than if I’d just bought the Devol tap in the first place. The three stainless steel wall lights are from a Manchester based company called Nocturne Studio, and the articulated one by my grandad and grandma was about £40 from @vinterior . Speaking of grandparents, the carimite chairs are theirs from 1962. I’ve been sitting on them for 30+ years and resuscitated them by painting them blue. The blind - are you bored yet? - is a really sweet light linen from @eastlondoncloth and the banquette is in an @ian_mankin ticking. It folds open and is crucial storage in a small kitchen, as is the bottom oven which is rarely used as a result. Had the kitchen table made by @konkfurniture because it was an awks space and I couldn’t find anything dimensions wise that I liked. It was loosely based around a Charlotte Perriand design. I think I got everything but watch someone ask where the lamp is from. Oh yeah, actually, it’s @_findere_ . Loads more flat stuff to share if you want it. Say you want it! Or maybe just mute me for a week. Either or! 📷: @horwoodphoto for @theststyle

A snippet from my piece in today’s @theststyle interiors special, which is excellent btw. IMHO! ‘Some words for the wise. Trust your eye over any rule book and let that eye wander. Aesthetic monogamy is dreadfully dull. Being “done” is a liminal state: there is always as much left to do as there is already finished. The wiggle room is precious because it’s where you stitch it all together and implant the soul. Second, and this one is important: no matter how consuming your renovation, do not talk about it. It is transcendentally boring to anyone but you. The housing equivalent of dissecting your dreams or sharing your marathon training plan. Having said that, as someone who just can’t help myself, my DMs are always open.’ 📷: @horwoodphoto

@primeur_restaurant , a great @massimodutti top, London Falling which blew my mind, @rosalia.vt who rattled my soul, home, cooking & ‘olidays

she didn’t know it yet, but the swollen, gobstopper grapes that were tighter than tight, ready to explode with the faintest touch of a tooth, were in fact an omen

briefcase and a mac to speak the dr part responsible for Japanese skin looking like glass. And because where they go we follow, our pursuit of it too. Though upon testing mine scored 5 where 1 is good and 5 is bad. Official term ‘loosened’. Four days in the cobalt blue and brilliantly complexioned world of @takami , which I blame for my now religious application of its vit c and soft peel, and for the purchase of a bleu LV bucket bag (a steal). Side note: vintage shopping in Japan is as good as scoring 1 on the skindex. Or so I imagine. @spacenk

queens of Tokyo 💮❗️

overrated, sure 🫰🏻🇯🇵

went to NY and all I got was a fresh blend of Bergamote 22 from the og @lelabofragrances Nolita store - plus an hour with the brain, eyes and nose behind it all. Coming soon to a @theststyle near you

yikes so much fun, little better than mountains and skis and friends who love fondue and fires and each other as much as you do 🏔️ 🖖🏼 + major upgrade this year because my socks and gloves had underfloor heating @bertschat

@dinner 🍽️

Somewhere between lasers, microcurrents and red lights, we forgot about hands! The power of touch! @Nicholajoss rooting around in my mouth, @adeelacrown slapping me sculpted and @kmp draining me of all my tox(sins) are three of the most transformative treatments I’ve had. Machines are brilliant but nothing replaces humans. This feat includes a directory of excellent hands-on facialists up and down the country. For those outside of the M25 I asked you guys. Anyone included came up numerous times - and I did some DD, obv, as there were a tonne! Swipe for the list, plus a few more that I couldn’t fit into @theststyle but couldn’t leave out altogether