The 5 Best Interior Design Blogs to Follow

Whether interior design is your passion or you simply want ideas for your latest home project, interior design blogs are the place to go. But with so many to choose from, how do you decide which to follow? We’ve taken a look through our bookmarks and selected the cream of the crop to get you started.

Journalist Kate Watson-Smyth has spent more than twenty years writing about property and interior design in national newspapers, but found that there simply wasn’t room for everything in her newspaper work. That’s why she created Mad About the House, an award-winning blog that Kate describes as ‘a source-book for modern living’.

Athena Calderone is an interior designer, home chef, and entertainment expert – and her blog is just as varied as her work. Sharing beautiful food, design and home décor, EyeSwoon shows readers how to transform your everyday surroundings into something truly beautiful. Meanwhile, fashionable and acclaimed chefs, designers, actors and editors guest star, sharing their ideas and creative process.

Creative director, graphic designer and photographer Dabito has a passion for taking the old and making it new again. His creative studio has worked with big brands including Ebay, Pepsi and American Express, but Dabito hasn’t forgotten his thrifty adventures – which is what he started writing Old Brand New about, five years ago.

Sharing ‘make you smile style’ across design, fashion and travel, Bright Bazaar was founded by colour fanatic Will Taylor. Working with the motto ‘beige is boring!’, Will shares his passion for colour through his blog and books, and has hundreds of thousands of fans across the world.

Katy Orme lives in a central London flat, and created Apartment Apothecary to show how you can make a beautiful home without much space or money. Sharing budget-friendly ways to make your home look and feel better, Katy’s DIY projects, room makeovers and design tips have won her a clutch of awards, and a whole heap of fans.