Author Archives: Jane Blanchard

 This bathroom window has grown and grown – from a simple Roman Blind, the client then decided a  bit of privacy was required, so a pretty voile panel was added…then a little more warmth and je ne  sais quoi was … Continue reading →

For anyone who thinks interior design is all pink and fluffy, this is me after having spent three hours searching for fireplaces in Glasgow – we needed to source 6 surrounds for a large renovation project and ended up in … Continue reading →

This was an interesting staircase to design a handrail for – a very sharp turn, which meant the rail not only had to get round the corner, but it had to go up quite a long way whilst twisting just the … Continue reading →

From today, Wednesday the 27th November 2013  Jane Blanchard Design is not only Designing by Nature, but now being POWERED by Nature! Over the past couple of months, we have been installing our very own teeny weeny hydro turbine, taking … Continue reading →

Usually one imagines Italian strung curtains on tall, elegant windows – maybe even looking out over the Grand Canal in Venice…but they’ve worked extremely well here on a wide, low window looking out over Loch Creran…

If you can lay your hands on a battered copy of Swallows and Amazons, read it then book a week’s holiday at Achnacarron Boathouse in Kilchrennan.  Right on the shores of Loch Awe, you can almost cast a line from … Continue reading →

If you find yourself having to run up and down ladders for a couple of days hanging new curtains and blinds, I can’t think of anywhere lovelier to do it!  Never has an interior designer been so well looked after… … Continue reading →

Nothing at Chelsea Flower Show can beat this…just back from a walk with the dogs to re-organise the brain cells and realised the hill was bursting with beauty!  This little arrangement is wild cotton, bog myrtle, Rowan and grass – … Continue reading →

If the sun won’t come to the office, take the office to the sun!  It was just too beautiful today to stay inside, so with deadlines to meet, there was only one solution: