There’s something so beautiful about a house in transition, that late renovation phase, where you can start to see years of ideas coming together. Life has yet to return to the home –– the laughter, the tears, the flowers, paintings and tomato sauce –– and the house is still, and full of possibility. Our walls are primed, and ready to paint. The same white of the walls in our original home. Now what pictures will we hang where?

It’s amazing how one small detail can transform an aesthetic. That neon pink perspex leg, takes this otherwise classic room in the direction of disco. Or off to outer space. I kind of love it, and the sage green walls, too.

Good golly, a perfect pink canope! It sort of belongs on the good witch Glinda’s head. And the prettiest arrangement of fruit bearing branches. And that raffia moose head, oh my! It’s all so crisp and dreamy and fresh. Nothing like our real life homes –– but wasn’t that the purpose of Dorothy’s adventure?

Who has room for more than one set of dishes? It’s decadent, for sure, but I love the idea of a walk-in cupboard dedicated to china. Modern plates, rustic ones, grand and old fashioned ones. What fun to mix and match them all.

This isn’t a colour combination that I’d typically gravitate to –– lilacs and lavenders aren’t my thing –– but I do love this decor. It’s Italian architect Roberto Baciocchi’s home in Tuscany which makes it all the more interesting. I love the watercolour effect of the lilac, and how it contrasts with that fierce flaming red. Such contrasts make life more interesting.

I really like densely packed picture walls, the more eclectic the better. I like to see a mix of photographs, drawings and paintings. It need not be fancy, but the best picture walls are personal and reflect their creators. An iconic magazine cover or record sleeve, some old postcards and heirloom photographs, some children’s art, a love letter, a report card, some pressed leaves, matchbooks and eye popping prints can all look wonderful. Vary your frame styles –– from ultra minimal to gaudy and ornate –– and don’t fret too much about placement. The more higgledy-piggledy the better. This one here is pretty great.

Good golly! I came across the work of up-and-coming garden designer, Alexander Hoyle, and I’m positively swooning. “My design aesthetic is best described as the modern English country garden,” says Hoyle. “It combines form, and function, structurally and architecturally, and with a sense of serendipity in the cacophony of planting. I like gardens that are a little wild, have flair and zest, and are a little camp.” I love these enormous baskets stuffed full of wild booms, and this English garden is so densely planted, rich in texture, unfussy and free. And just look at this wild and whimsical terrace, complete with vintage wrought-iron and wicker furniture, created for a home in Tangier. Cocktail hour could never be dull with all these fancy plants to talk to. And I’m sure a little Rosé in the soil would help the flowers grow.

I’ve had my eye on these shell sconces for weeks, and the salmon pink paint colour is divine. There’s really nothing I don’t adore about this loo, from the brass taps and marbled fabric to the botanical drawings, hyacinths and peonies. We all know how much I love a good guest loo. They’re a decorator’s dream, and very often, a holiday from the rest of the house.

I’ve come across the home of Portuguese artist, Tomas Colaço many times, and it stops me in my tracks every time. All the beautiful fabrics, murals, and beautifully appointed bric-a-brac, make for the ultimate bohemia. I can only imagine what it looks like filled with the couple’s artist friends, sculptors, writers, painters siting low to the ground, eating, drinking, singing and smoking on an argila. It’s listed on Airbnb, so if Tangier is calling, consider this life for a week or two.