The Womens Room

ABC carpets in New York has long been one of our favourite shops in the world. A fabulous 10 floor emporium stacked with new and vintage eclectic homeware, its like exploring your rich, well travelled, great aunts attic. We never miss the opportunity to visit… Read More

  There was a moment in the new Reginald Perrin series on BBC One this Friday night where, sat on a crowded train and surrounded by earphone wearing, bored commuters all crammed in to each other’s spaces (see yesterday’s post)… Read More

Our fashion and retail readers in the industry may already know of the knowledgeable Ms Horyn of The New York Times. She is, in The Women's Room's opinion, one of the best fashion writers in the world (we'll give you… Read More

For all our readers with a love of taxidermy, bell jars, moon cycles and a bit of Stevie-Nicks inspired gothic magic… Every time we go onto Etsy.com we are amazed by the incredible wealth of talent and imagination we find… Read More

Petersham Nurseries It’s almost law that you must visit a garden centre at least once over the Easter weekend. Four whole days with the family can sometimes seem a little long if one doesn’t have any plans and ‘I’m just… Read More

There is nothing more satisfying (in our opinion) than homemade cakes displayed proudly on a cake stand. Your kitchen is transformed into a sweet smelling 1920's tea room and you into a smug domestic goddess. Baking is something I have only recently come… Read More

Elspeth Thompson is an gardening writer, who recently wrote The Wonderful Weekend Book: Reclaiming Life's Simple Pleasures, a beautiful book packed full of ideas for free, pleasurable ways of making the weekend a time of simple pleasures.She divides her time between London… Read More