How To Stick Things To Your Walls.

I had a massive tidy up of my office between Christmas and New Year. At one point I found a large box of 'paper that needs attending to' and chucked it the bin. It felt so satisfying. All of the children came in and said something like 'wow, I can't believe how tidy it looks in here'. And India -our eldest daughter- looked at the wall I have covered in old photos and drawings and stuff and commented how brilliant she thinks it is. Which got me thinking about how good things can look blu-tacked or pinned or whatever to the wall; no framing, no permanence. So I did a bit of googling. The first thing I came across was a picture of our staircase -covered in photos and things- on apartmenttherapy.com, which was odd. Then I came up with loads of great pictures. Here are a few. That's Ilse Crawford's work at Soho House, New York at the bottom. It's hard to underestimate how influential Ilse has been; she is one of the true geniuses of contemporary interior design. I'll photograph my office this weekend and show you that.