--- title: blog | Everything But description: Interiors, gardens & good design, decoded. Discover inspiring spaces, practical design advice and curated home and garden products in the Kitchen Sink blog image: https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/hubfs/AI-Generated%20Media/Images/AI%20Generated%20Image%20with%20Enhanced%20Quality.png --- [Skip to content](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/author/everything-but#main-content) [![everything-but-galoshes](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/everything-but-galoshes.png?width=3201&height=408&name=everything-but-galoshes.png "everything-but-galoshes")](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/home) - [DECODE](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/decode) - [MUSINGS](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/musings) - [KNOW-HOW](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/know-how) - [THE EDIT](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/the-edit) - [ABOUT](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/about) - [DECODE](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/decode) - [MUSINGS](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/musings) - [KNOW-HOW](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/know-how) - [THE EDIT](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/the-edit) - [ABOUT](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/about) #### BLOG /blɒɡ/ n. # The Kitchen Sink Blog   # Where good design gets pulled apart and put back together. Interiors, gardens and good design, decoded. [IN /ɪn/ *adv.*](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/in-%C9%AAn-adv) [OUT /aʊt/ *adv.*](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/out-a%CA%8At-adv) [ALL /ɔːl/ *pron.*](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/decode) ## Posts by Everything But: [![Everything But Swatches No Such thing as plain white](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/white-chips-scatter-C-transparent.png?width=760&name=white-chips-scatter-C-transparent.png)](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/white-paint) [Musings](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/musings) ## [There’s no such thing as plain white.](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/white-paint) Paint You think you’re choosing white. You’re actually choosing yellow, pink, green, grey or stone. [READ →](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/white-paint) [![](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Decode/Oudolf/look-decoded-oudolf_hero.png?width=760&name=look-decoded-oudolf_hero.png)](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/piet-oudolf-decoded) [OUT /aʊt/ adv.](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/out-aʊt-adv), [Decode](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/decode) ## [Piet Oudolf, decoded: the six details I keep seeing in his gardens](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/piet-oudolf-decoded) Everyone remembers the mauve. Almost none of the garden is mauve.I looked across seven of Piet Oudolf’s gardens and measured the colour in their summer photographs: mauve averages 1.5%. The rest is green, straw and brown. [READ →](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/piet-oudolf-decoded) [![](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Decode/Oudolf/Abstract%20Artwork%20In%20Three%20Matching%20Grid%20Panels.png?width=760&name=Abstract%20Artwork%20In%20Three%20Matching%20Grid%20Panels.png)](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/the-piet-oudolf-edit) [OUT /aʊt/ adv.](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/out-aʊt-adv), [The Edit](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/the-edit) ## [My Edit, inspired by Piet Oudolf](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/the-piet-oudolf-edit) Loose, wild-looking and planned to the inch: that's what I keep coming back to in Piet Oudolf's gardens. These are my picks to try it at home: tools for a crisp edge and the big cut-back, a home for the birds, bees and toads that move into the seedheads, something to sit out with, the books that... [READ →](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/the-piet-oudolf-edit) [![](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/AI-Generated%20Media/Images/Atmospheric%20Glasgow%20Terraced%20Bonfire%20Night%20Celebration.png?width=760&name=Atmospheric%20Glasgow%20Terraced%20Bonfire%20Night%20Celebration.png)](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/bonfire-night) [Musings](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/musings) ## [Remember, remember, it's a school night](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/bonfire-night) Bonfire Night Bonfire Night falls on a Thursday this year. A quieter evening, closer to home. [READ →](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/bonfire-night) [![](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/AI-Generated%20Media/Images/Three%20Products%20With%20Mugs%20Fire%20And%20Flask%20Grid.png?width=760&name=Three%20Products%20With%20Mugs%20Fire%20And%20Flask%20Grid.png)](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/remember-remember-the-guy-fawkes-edit) [The Edit](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/the-edit) ## [Remember Remember, The Guy Fawkes Edit](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/remember-remember-the-guy-fawkes-edit) Bonfire Night without the fireworks. Everything for a Thursday evening in your own garden: a fire, something hot in a mug, a blanket each, and enough light to see faces by. [Read: Remember, remember, it's a school night →](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/bonfire-night) [READ →](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/remember-remember-the-guy-fawkes-edit) [![](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/look-decoded-dimore_featured-collage.png?width=760&name=look-decoded-dimore_featured-collage.png)](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/dimore-studio-decoded) [IN /ɪn/ adv.](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/in-ɪn-adv), [Decode](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/decode) ## [Dimore Studio, decoded: the six details I keep seeing in its rooms](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/dimore-studio-decoded) Dark, theatrical and impossibly inviting. Dimore Studio makes rooms that feel as though something interesting happened in them just before you arrived.I looked across seven projects to see how it makes a room glow. [READ →](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/dimore-studio-decoded) [![The Dimore Studio Edit Everything But](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Decode/Dimore/Dimore%20Studio%20Edit%20Grid%20Everything%20But.png?width=760&name=Dimore%20Studio%20Edit%20Grid%20Everything%20But.png)](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/the-dimore-studio-edit) [The Edit](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/the-edit) ## [My Edit, inspired by Dimore Studio](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/the-dimore-studio-edit) Dark, warm and impossibly inviting: that's what I keep coming back to in Dimore Studio's rooms. These are my picks to get there: velvet in sepia, rose and wine, brass and honey-coloured glass to catch the light, lamps that glow rather than glare, and the smaller things that finish a room. Start... [READ →](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/the-dimore-studio-edit) [![](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Decode/Kelly%20W/The%20Kelly%20Wearstler%20Edit%20Gird%20Everything%20But.png?width=760&name=The%20Kelly%20Wearstler%20Edit%20Gird%20Everything%20But.png)](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/the-kelly-wearstler-edit) [The Edit](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/the-edit) ## [My Edit, inspired by Kelly Wearstler](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/the-kelly-wearstler-edit) Six moves I keep seeing in Kelly Wearstler's rooms: a curve against straight lines, rough beside polished, one older piece, one thing a little too big, pairs, and pattern that comes from the materials. Here are my picks for each. Go for it, or go light. [READ →](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/the-kelly-wearstler-edit) [![](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/look-decoded_featured-collage.png?width=760&name=look-decoded_featured-collage.png)](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/kelly-wearstler-decoded) [IN /ɪn/ adv.](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/in-ɪn-adv), [Decode](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/decode) ## [Kelly Wearstler, decoded: the six moves I keep seeing in her rooms](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/kelly-wearstler-decoded) A curve against a grid. Stone beside metal. A 2019 bench in a 1930s Georgian bedroom.Kelly Wearstler puts together things that have no obvious business being together, and makes it look inevitable. I looked across six projects to see how. [READ →](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/kelly-wearstler-decoded) [![What Size Rug Under a Sofa? UK Living Room Rug Guide | Everything But](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/AI-Generated%20Media/Images/Kilim%20Rugs%20in%20New%20York%20Rug%20Store.png?width=760&name=Kilim%20Rugs%20in%20New%20York%20Rug%20Store.png)](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/how-big-should-a-rug-be-under-a-sofa) [IN /ɪn/ adv.](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/in-ɪn-adv), [Know-How](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/know-how) ## [How Big Should a Rug Be Under a Sofa?](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/how-big-should-a-rug-be-under-a-sofa) I normally suggest your rug should be large enough for at least the front legs of your sofa and chairs to sit on it. For many UK living rooms, 200 × 290cm works considerably better than the commonly bought 160 × 230cm size.  [READ →](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/how-big-should-a-rug-be-under-a-sofa) [![](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Amazon%20Only/Halloween%20drawing%20room%20decor%20with%20hints%20of%20magical%20elements-1.png?width=760&name=Halloween%20drawing%20room%20decor%20with%20hints%20of%20magical%20elements-1.png)](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/enter-if-you-dare) [IN /ɪn/ adv.](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/in-ɪn-adv), [OUT /aʊt/ adv.](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/out-aʊt-adv), [The Edit](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/the-edit) ## [Enter if you Dare, The Halloween Pick n Mix Edit](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/enter-if-you-dare) The Halloween pick and mix. Every piece from my five haunted looks, in one place. [Read the story →](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/a-haunting-we-will-go-halloween-decor-without-the-plastic) [READ →](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/enter-if-you-dare) [![](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Amazon%20Only/Halloween%20drawing%20room%20decor%20with%20hints%20of%20magical%20elements-1.png?width=760&name=Halloween%20drawing%20room%20decor%20with%20hints%20of%20magical%20elements-1.png)](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/a-haunting-we-will-go-halloween-decor-without-the-plastic) [Musings](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/musings) ## [A haunting we will go: Halloween decor without the plastic](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/a-haunting-we-will-go-halloween-decor-without-the-plastic) Halloween How to create a beautifully haunted house. Five senses, five darkly delicious looks, and decorations that deserve to live beyond October. [READ →](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/a-haunting-we-will-go-halloween-decor-without-the-plastic) [![](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Amazon%20Only/Halloween%20drawing%20room%20decor%20with%20hints%20of%20magical%20elements-1.png?width=760&name=Halloween%20drawing%20room%20decor%20with%20hints%20of%20magical%20elements-1.png)](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/the-haunted-house-edit) [The Edit](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/the-edit) ## [The Haunted House Edit](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/the-haunted-house-edit) The Edit · Halloween Inside the haunted house. Gothic Halloween decor for the hallway and the drawing room. [READ →](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/the-haunted-house-edit) [![](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Amazon%20Only/Outside%20the%20haunted%20house.jpeg?width=760&name=Outside%20the%20haunted%20house.jpeg)](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/spooky-halloween-entrance) [The Edit](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/the-edit) ## [Spooky Halloween Entrance](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/spooky-halloween-entrance) The Edit · Halloween Make an entrance. Halloween front door decor that works in daylight as well as after dark. [READ →](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/spooky-halloween-entrance) [![](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Amazon%20Only/The%20Poison%20Bar.png?width=760&name=The%20Poison%20Bar.png)](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/the-poison-bar-edit) [The Edit](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/the-edit) ## [The Poison Bar Edit](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/the-poison-bar-edit) The Edit · Halloween Something to drink, if you dare. Head for the bar and pick your poison. [READ →](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/the-poison-bar-edit) [![](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Amazon%20Only/Cabinet%20of%20Curiosities.jpeg?width=760&name=Cabinet%20of%20Curiosities.jpeg)](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/the-cabinet-of-curiosities-edit) [The Edit](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/the-edit) ## [The Cabinet of Curiosities Edit](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/the-cabinet-of-curiosities-edit) The Edit · Halloween For the curious, and the slightly wicked. [READ →](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/the-cabinet-of-curiosities-edit) [![](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Main%20Images/Farleys%20House%20and%20Garden%20Sculpture%20Everything%20But.png?width=760&name=Farleys%20House%20and%20Garden%20Sculpture%20Everything%20But.png)](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/garden-sculpture) [Musings](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/musings) ## [Not everything in the garden needs watering](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/garden-sculpture) Garden sculpture What happens when art leaves the gallery and takes its chances with the weather. [READ →](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/garden-sculpture) [![](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Lighting%20Edit/The%20standing%20lamp%20edit%20grid%20Everything%20But.png?width=760&name=The%20standing%20lamp%20edit%20grid%20Everything%20But.png)](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/the-floor-lamp-edit) [The Edit](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/the-edit) ## [The Floor Lamp Edit](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/the-floor-lamp-edit) The arcs, globes and sculptures worth giving floor space to, from design icons to clever buys at a fraction of the price. [READ →](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/the-floor-lamp-edit) [![](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/AI-Generated%20Media/Images/First%2c%20there%20was%20light.%20Then%20the%20lampshade%20Decode%20Everything%20But.png?width=760&name=First%2c%20there%20was%20light.%20Then%20the%20lampshade%20Decode%20Everything%20But.png)](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/first-there-was-light.-then-the-lampshade) [IN /ɪn/ adv.](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/in-ɪn-adv), [Decode](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/decode) ## [First, there was light. Then the lampshade.](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/first-there-was-light.-then-the-lampshade) How the floor lamp learnt to become a statement AD | This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission if you buy through them, at no extra cost to you. [READ →](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/first-there-was-light.-then-the-lampshade) [The Edit](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/tag/the-edit) ## [The Lighting Edit](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/the-lighting-edit) Most rooms don’t need more lights. They need the right ones in the right places. This Edit brings together floor lamps, table lamps, wall lights and pendants that layer properly: soft light to live in, focused light to read by, and a few pieces worth looking at even when they’re off. [READ →](https://www.everythingbutthekitchensink.co.uk/blog/the-lighting-edit) The Edit Each edit decodes a complete look, breaking down the pieces that make it feel considered. See our curated homeware recommendations for good design, inside and out. 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