Very inspired by last week's visit to Rachel Ashwell's house and her focus on her colour palette I thought it would be fun to have a visit to this contrasting house, with a stronger palette, where my friend artist Katie James lives.

The garden here, a typical, long, narrow, suburban London garden, was completely empty but for the large, clipped bay tree, when Katie moved back in with her parents during her mother's last illness.

Over the past five years Katie has transformed the garden, creating this beautiful wild patch where today the tulips are dancing in a jewel carpet. Katie's eye for colour has been applied indoors too, so that while keeping some of her mother's choices, like the wonderful Colefax and Fowler curtains in the dining room, Katie's added touches of her own clever way with colour.

I hope you enjoy this clip. I love this house not just because of the warmth of the welcome whenever I visit, but because wherever I look there's something interesting to see. There's a lovely story about Katie's radio at the end: her much missed mother is clearly not very far away.

Enjoy! xxx

Katie's website is here https://www.katiejames.studio/

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