The people behind StoneStudio
Every guide here is written, tested and signed by a person. Four regulars, no ghostwriters.
Rosalind Kerr Lead writer
Eleven years in site management, impatient with rough junctions. she writes only methods that survive a real site.
- Layering bedding: a grounded explanation
- Reading fabric texture: turning experience into steps
- Seasonal swaps: turning experience into steps
- Sofa size against the room: a grounded explanation
- Hanging height for art: where rework happens
- The cost of the cheapest bid: solutions by condition
- Holding back retention: is the investment justified
- The trap in per-square-metre pricing: a grounded explanation
Imogen Clare Contributing editor
Former materials buyer who knows every vague line in a quote. she unpicks splitting the budget item by item.
- What mirrors enlarge: settled in one read
- The discipline of subtraction: solutions by condition
- Furnishing a child's room: is the investment justified
- The rule for rug dimensions: is the investment justified
- Cushion colour strategy: the detail checklist
- When to buy appliances: priorities at three stages
- Risks with prepaid packages: don't get carried by claims
- Keeping a renovation ledger: from zero to fluent
Gideon Stark Staff writer
Seven years writing renovation content, having seen too much rework. he starts with standards, then style.
- Styling a bookshelf: questions and pitfalls
- Pale palettes in small rooms: from zero to fluent
- How far to unify style: boundaries before methods
- The first thing you see at the door: boundaries before methods
- Curtain fullness multiples: where rework happens
- How much contingency: don't get carried by claims
- Instalments or lump sum: a grounded explanation
- Splitting the budget: turning experience into steps
Emory Blake Regular contributor
Independent designer focused on small flats. he prefers dimensions and details you can measure on a drawing.
- Mixing dining chairs: from zero to fluent
- Balancing wood and metal: is the investment justified
- Splitting the furnishing budget: from zero to fluent
- The order things arrive in: priorities at three stages
- Choosing blackout levels: boundaries before methods
- Comparing two quotes fairly: where rework happens
- Negotiating a price-rise clause: don't get carried by claims
- Hidden lines in a quote: a grounded explanation