More More More: Making Maximalism Work in Your Home and Life

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After graduating, Llewelyn-Bowen worked for the Harefield Group of Companies and the interior design firm Peter Leonard Associates. In 1989 he started his own design consultancy. In 2008 he began hosting a Sunday morning radio show The Sunday Spa on Classic FM. [19] Early 2000s [ edit ] Why on earth would you want to smell of laundry? Why not smell like chocolate, indulgence, sex or romance," he teases. Since 2017 he has appeared on the Australian TV series House Rules in seasons 5-8 as one of three judges, co-starring with Home Beautiful editor in chief Wendy Moore, and award-winning Australian architect Drew Heath. In 2020, Moore and Heath were replaced by interior designer Kyly Clarke and builder Saul Myers.

My homage to William Morris’ daughter, who took over the business after he died. She has incredibly strong Cotswold roots. She, I feel, took Arts and Crafts into a very 20th-century direction; she turned the colour palette up and made the designs that little bit more ‘bombastic’. I wanted to create a space that had all of the enjoyment and energy that the Morris dynasty derived from nature.’The 'Owen' suite, inspired by Victorian 'patternista' and architect, Owen Jones, using patterns from the Llewelyn-Bowen Fabric Collection, and featuring LLB wallpaper available from wallpaperdirect.com (Image: Steve Thorp) Llewelyn-Bowen appeared as a judge on the series of the reality show The Apartment from 2012 to 2019. We can't even start that. There is a scroll that would stretch twice around the globe practically - I've never denied myself maximalism."

LLB spent two decades railing against all shades of beige, especially magnolia, and has now turned his guns on grey. LLB's new book can help you navigate away from the danger of journeying towards cat lady to instead arrive at the destination of curated loveliness. He said: "The book is not a style file, it's not a prescriptive way of doing it, but what it does do is show you why and how maximalism works. I wanted to make a very strong link between the Cotswolds and the Arts and Crafts movement,’ he continues. ‘It was people like Ashbee, Owen Jones, Walter Crane – and we all know about William Morris, of course – who all used the Cotswolds as a real springboard for all that we love about the movement; its chunky integrity and ‘Britishness’.’He has a home in Port Isaac, Cornwall, which is well known as the filming location of the popular television series Doc Martin. Yes, there is a very good life lesson to this idea of just asking the stuff that you share your world with if they give you pleasure and have a story to tell. While colour can add a sense of warmth to homes, filling our rooms with cosy belongings can even save you money on heating costs.