Do you risk assess your art before buying? Do you consider ‘recycling’ pieces you no longer want on eBay? Join me in this episode of the Art First Interiors Podcast as I chat to creative home maker, home library styling queen and vintage art lover Lou Watkins on how she chooses art she loves for her home.…
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Podcast chat with Rachel Louise Lee
This week I visit the studio of Rachel Louise Lee, one of our Art Room Artists to chat about life beyond art school and her creative process. Rachel Graduated in 2015 and has since set up studio in her home to continue her practice.…
Podcast chat with Jasmine Edwards
In this episode of the Art First Interiors podcast, I chat to creative homemaker and online gallery owner, Jasmine Edwards about her art filled home. We talk about her favourite places to source art, making a considered purchase versus an impulsive one and the dreaded, what if my tastes change and I don’t like it in a few years time?…
Style Warrior Secrets – Helma Bongenaar
My grandmother didn’t walk she glided. I rarely saw her feet because they were hidden beneath that most beautiful shimmering silk saris sometimes detailed with real gold thread and beautiful peacock blues and greens. She was small like me and used to seemingly float along to wherever she was going slowly so gracefully (unlike me) in fact her name was Grace and that’s my middle name which I have probably yet to live up to.…
‘Art First’ Interior Design – Visioning & Moodboards 5
To wrap up our mini mood board series, let’s talk about the infamous hallway.
In a previous post on our Edinburgh interiors project, we talked about how the entrance hall of this property is a remarkably uncooperative space – when you first walk into the flat, you’re forced into a tall, narrow and claustrophobic space that immediately requires you to turn left or right.…
‘Art First’ Interior Design – Visioning & Moodboards 4
If you’re anything like me, your Pinterest is full of beautiful bathrooms. Ones with candles flickering by antique claw foot bathtubs or concrete basins inlaid with multi-coloured mosaic tiles. If you’ve been following our mini blog series on the moodboards (you can see the last post here) then you’ll know that this week we’re focussing on the bathrooms and luckily for us, the flat in Edinburgh has not one but two!…
‘Art First’ Interior Design – Visioning & Moodboards 3
If you’ve been following our mini blog series on moodboarding for the Edinburgh New Town property you’ll know we’re moving onto the main living spaces! Don’t worry if you missed our last post on the bedroom dilemma, you can catch up here.…
‘Art First’ Interior Design – Visioning & Moodboards 2
Continuing from our last post on the Edinburgh New Town apartment moodboards series, where Lorraine is designing nine spaces all at once, we move on to the bedrooms. Bedrooms are often the most intimate and personal spaces within our homes – our nest and our sanctuary.…
‘Art First’ Interior Design – Visioning & Moodboards 1
Hello again, it’s great to have you back!
In our last post, we talked about Lorraine’s unique approach to tackling the research and gathering phase of our current interiors project. Her vision for the Edinburgh property was inspired not only by place, but more intriguingly by the personalities of each of her four clients that share ownership over the property.…
Edinburgh New Town ‘Art First’ Interior Design Project
Hi, I’m Genevieve. Recent graduate, fellow art admirer and interior style seeker – it’s lovely to meet you!
I’ll be keeping in touch over the coming weeks to share insights into Curious Egg’s latest Art First interiors project in Edinburgh. As always, we want to bring you with us on the creative journeys near and dear to our hearts.…









