Ask The Experts
Ask The Experts
Ask the Expert: Meredith Ellis
We spoke to Texas-based interior designer, Meredith Ellis, about how lighting guides her design process and how it can be used to tie a space together.
Ask the Expert: Meredith Ellis
We spoke to Texas-based interior designer, Meredith Ellis, about how lighting guides her design process and how it can be used to tie a space together.
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Ask The Expert: Bedroom Design with Minnie Kemp
We spoke to Minnie Kemp, Interior Designer at Firmdale Hotels, to learn about her process of designing unique bedrooms, full of character and lively prints and patterns. Design Your Bedroom...
Ask The Expert: Bedroom Design with Minnie Kemp
We spoke to Minnie Kemp, Interior Designer at Firmdale Hotels, to learn about her process of designing unique bedrooms, full of character and lively prints and patterns. Design Your Bedroom...
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Ask The Expert | Summer Entertaining With Bell ...
We spoke to illustrator, Bell Hutley, who has collaborated with Penny Morrison on a summer tableware collection, about her tips and tricks when entertaining.
Ask The Expert | Summer Entertaining With Bell ...
We spoke to illustrator, Bell Hutley, who has collaborated with Penny Morrison on a summer tableware collection, about her tips and tricks when entertaining.
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Where to Start
9 ways to style cushions in your home
At Penny Morrison, we see cushions as a celebration of pattern and print, the piece de résistance that will set your sofa, armchair or bed apart from everybody else’s. We...
9 ways to style cushions in your home
At Penny Morrison, we see cushions as a celebration of pattern and print, the piece de résistance that will set your sofa, armchair or bed apart from everybody else’s. We...
Where to Start
12 Tips For Incorporating Pattern And Print In ...
Whether you are embarking on a new interior design project or just want to give your home a refresh, we’ve collated our top tips for designing with patterns and prints...
12 Tips For Incorporating Pattern And Print In ...
Whether you are embarking on a new interior design project or just want to give your home a refresh, we’ve collated our top tips for designing with patterns and prints...
Where to Start
7 Ways to Style Your Outside Space
Here are our 7 ways to style your outside space that will beckon you, your family and friends to the outdoors, weather permitting!
7 Ways to Style Your Outside Space
Here are our 7 ways to style your outside space that will beckon you, your family and friends to the outdoors, weather permitting!
Where to Start
5 Design Ideas to Incorporate into your Kitchen
Here are 5 design ideas you can begin to incorporate into your kitchen and dining areas that are fun and will allow you to inject your personality into your home.
5 Design Ideas to Incorporate into your Kitchen
Here are 5 design ideas you can begin to incorporate into your kitchen and dining areas that are fun and will allow you to inject your personality into your home.
Where to Start
8 Things to Consider When Choosing Your Wallpaper
If you’re looking to decorate your walls with wallpaper, we’ve created our Penny Morrison Where to Start: Wallpaper Guide to help you choose your wallpaper and design and hang with...
8 Things to Consider When Choosing Your Wallpaper
If you’re looking to decorate your walls with wallpaper, we’ve created our Penny Morrison Where to Start: Wallpaper Guide to help you choose your wallpaper and design and hang with...
Where to Start
10 Tips for Bedroom Interior Design
Be inspired to think outside the design rule box and create a bedroom where you are completely free to be yourself. Indulge in the luxury of imagining a design that...
10 Tips for Bedroom Interior Design
Be inspired to think outside the design rule box and create a bedroom where you are completely free to be yourself. Indulge in the luxury of imagining a design that...
Where to Start
Where to Start: 6 Tips for ‘Lampscaping’ Your Home
Illuminate your home with delightful sources of light and discover the art of ‘lampscaping’!
Where to Start: 6 Tips for ‘Lampscaping’ Your Home
Illuminate your home with delightful sources of light and discover the art of ‘lampscaping’!
Where to Start
10 Steps to Designing Your Living Room
Look around your living room in more detail and think to yourself, what would make me happy and more comfortable? That is always the best way to start!
10 Steps to Designing Your Living Room
Look around your living room in more detail and think to yourself, what would make me happy and more comfortable? That is always the best way to start!
Where to Start
Where to Start: 5 Tips for Outdoor Tablescaping
Alfresco dining is the perfect opportunity to give your outdoor dining set-up a refresh with bright colours, whimsical patterns and new textures—but where do you start?
Where to Start: 5 Tips for Outdoor Tablescaping
Alfresco dining is the perfect opportunity to give your outdoor dining set-up a refresh with bright colours, whimsical patterns and new textures—but where do you start?
Where to Start
7 Interior Design Tips for your Dream Bathroom
Looking for new bathroom design ideas? If your bathroom doesn’t make a design statement, perhaps it’s time to consider a refresh. Go beyond a fresh lick of paint and step...
7 Interior Design Tips for your Dream Bathroom
Looking for new bathroom design ideas? If your bathroom doesn’t make a design statement, perhaps it’s time to consider a refresh. Go beyond a fresh lick of paint and step...
Designer Profiles
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Designer Profiles
Important Announcement: Sarah Vanrenen
After nearly a decade of a very successful collaboration with Sarah, the time has come for her to take her fabric collection under her own umbrella. There is so much...
Important Announcement: Sarah Vanrenen
After nearly a decade of a very successful collaboration with Sarah, the time has come for her to take her fabric collection under her own umbrella. There is so much...
Designer Profiles
Penny Morrison
With a career of over forty years behind her, Penny Morrison has become a leading name in the world of interior design, and her brand continues to grow and evolve...
Penny Morrison
With a career of over forty years behind her, Penny Morrison has become a leading name in the world of interior design, and her brand continues to grow and evolve...
Video Guides
Video Guides
How to Choose the Correct Sized Lampshade for Y...
We've put together a short video to help you choose the right sized lampshade for your lamp base. It can be tricky to know what size of lampshade is required...
How to Choose the Correct Sized Lampshade for Y...
We've put together a short video to help you choose the right sized lampshade for your lamp base. It can be tricky to know what size of lampshade is required...
Video Guides
How To Order Fabrics Online
Ordering fabric meterage online can be a daunting prospect, so we've put together a short video to help you navigate our website and order the fabric that you need to...
How To Order Fabrics Online
Ordering fabric meterage online can be a daunting prospect, so we've put together a short video to help you navigate our website and order the fabric that you need to...
Video Guides
How To Style Your Outdoor Space
It can be tricky to know where to start when styling your outdoor space. We've put together a short video that we hope will inspire you to get outdoors and...
How To Style Your Outdoor Space
It can be tricky to know where to start when styling your outdoor space. We've put together a short video that we hope will inspire you to get outdoors and...
Decoration
Decoration
Cultural Diversity in Interior Design: Balancin...
At Penny Morrison, celebrating the beauty of styles and techniques from around the world is what we do. Click here to find out more.
Cultural Diversity in Interior Design: Balancin...
At Penny Morrison, celebrating the beauty of styles and techniques from around the world is what we do. Click here to find out more.
Decoration
Pattern and Colour: 3 Tips for Judging Wallpape...
We don’t want to know the person who isn’t checking the letterbox twice a day waiting for their wallpaper and paint samples to arrive. There is something about anticipating a...
Pattern and Colour: 3 Tips for Judging Wallpape...
We don’t want to know the person who isn’t checking the letterbox twice a day waiting for their wallpaper and paint samples to arrive. There is something about anticipating a...
Decoration
Soft Divides – The Many Different Ways to Use C...
Curtains are so versatile, but do we make enough use of them? Click here for more.
Soft Divides – The Many Different Ways to Use C...
Curtains are so versatile, but do we make enough use of them? Click here for more.
Decoration
Exposed Stone: How to Work With it, Rather than...
Exposed stone is one of those features that sells itself. Whether the exposed red brick of a Victorian cellar buried deep beneath your townhouse or the bare Cotswold stone of...
Exposed Stone: How to Work With it, Rather than...
Exposed stone is one of those features that sells itself. Whether the exposed red brick of a Victorian cellar buried deep beneath your townhouse or the bare Cotswold stone of...
Decoration
What Can We Learn From the 2023 RIBA House of t...
The RIBA House of the Year award celebrates excellence and innovation in home design. Click here to find out what we can learn from the winner.
What Can We Learn From the 2023 RIBA House of t...
The RIBA House of the Year award celebrates excellence and innovation in home design. Click here to find out what we can learn from the winner.
Decoration
Why Mis-Matching Furniture is a Key Trend in In...
Once upon a time, the matching three-piece suite for the living room was at the top of every ‘starter couple’s’ wedding registry. The three-seater sofa and matching armchairs was, for...
Why Mis-Matching Furniture is a Key Trend in In...
Once upon a time, the matching three-piece suite for the living room was at the top of every ‘starter couple’s’ wedding registry. The three-seater sofa and matching armchairs was, for...
Decoration
Making Multifunctional Spaces Flow
Wondering how an open-plan layout can feel less segmented without feeling cavernous? Click here to find out more about improving flow.
Making Multifunctional Spaces Flow
Wondering how an open-plan layout can feel less segmented without feeling cavernous? Click here to find out more about improving flow.
Decoration
10 Tips for Lighting Parties, Gatherings, and D...
Playing host for the day or evening means confronting a near endless list of things to perfect, things to worry about and, potentially, things to over-think late into the night...
10 Tips for Lighting Parties, Gatherings, and D...
Playing host for the day or evening means confronting a near endless list of things to perfect, things to worry about and, potentially, things to over-think late into the night...
Decoration
Playroom Inspiration: the Soft Furnishings
If there is a more enjoyable part of the home to decorate than the playroom, then we’ve yet to encounter it. It gives us an enjoyable sense of freedom from...
Playroom Inspiration: the Soft Furnishings
If there is a more enjoyable part of the home to decorate than the playroom, then we’ve yet to encounter it. It gives us an enjoyable sense of freedom from...
Decoration
Window Cornices and Valances: Out of Style?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and that most certainly applies when considering the comings and goings of interior design trends. From the elaborate, vibrant, patterned wallpaper of...
Window Cornices and Valances: Out of Style?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and that most certainly applies when considering the comings and goings of interior design trends. From the elaborate, vibrant, patterned wallpaper of...
Decoration
3 Tips for Finding the Perfect Decorative Lamp
A lamp can make all the difference. That doesn’t just apply to the light it brings – its ability to take a room from ‘daytime mode’ to ‘evening mode’ in...
3 Tips for Finding the Perfect Decorative Lamp
A lamp can make all the difference. That doesn’t just apply to the light it brings – its ability to take a room from ‘daytime mode’ to ‘evening mode’ in...
Decoration
Is Brown the Toughest Colour to Decorate With?
Brown is rarely regarded as a popular primary colour for a room, but it offers its own beauty, benefits, and appeal to interior design. Click here for more.
Is Brown the Toughest Colour to Decorate With?
Brown is rarely regarded as a popular primary colour for a room, but it offers its own beauty, benefits, and appeal to interior design. Click here for more.
Decoration
The Trial of the Terraced Hallway, and How to G...
The Victorian terrace is a mainstay of British architecture. Click here to find out about the trials and possibilities bound-up in the terraced hallway.
The Trial of the Terraced Hallway, and How to G...
The Victorian terrace is a mainstay of British architecture. Click here to find out about the trials and possibilities bound-up in the terraced hallway.
Decoration
3 Tips for Dressing the Sofa
3 Step-by-Step Tips for Dressing the Sofa Some of our favourite parts of homelife revolve around the sofa. While the kitchen is the heart of the home, we consider...
3 Tips for Dressing the Sofa
3 Step-by-Step Tips for Dressing the Sofa Some of our favourite parts of homelife revolve around the sofa. While the kitchen is the heart of the home, we consider...
Decoration
How to Choose Upholstery Fabrics
Reupholstering a piece of furniture or designing your own piece from the bare bones allows you the utmost control over the final result and, by extension, the room in which...
How to Choose Upholstery Fabrics
Reupholstering a piece of furniture or designing your own piece from the bare bones allows you the utmost control over the final result and, by extension, the room in which...
Decoration
The Guest’s Haven: 8 Elements that Make a Home ...
How do you create a home that guests simply feel drawn into upon arrival? Click here for our favourite elements to include for a home built for hosting.
The Guest’s Haven: 8 Elements that Make a Home ...
How do you create a home that guests simply feel drawn into upon arrival? Click here for our favourite elements to include for a home built for hosting.
Decoration
The Sofa Silhouette: 5 Classic Styles for the T...
Caught-up in indecision between one sofa and the next? Click here to find out more about some of the most timeless options for the family room.
The Sofa Silhouette: 5 Classic Styles for the T...
Caught-up in indecision between one sofa and the next? Click here to find out more about some of the most timeless options for the family room.
Decoration
3 Things to Consider Before You Re-Upholster Fu...
Having an old or well-loved piece reupholstered is a fantastic opportunity to breathe new life into something that is, perhaps, ready for a new phase of life in the family...
3 Things to Consider Before You Re-Upholster Fu...
Having an old or well-loved piece reupholstered is a fantastic opportunity to breathe new life into something that is, perhaps, ready for a new phase of life in the family...
Decoration
Landing Inspiration: Not Just a Flyby Zone
The landing. Possibly worse than the hallway by the front door, in terms of creative scope. When we first move in, it’s often overlooked in the planning phase in favour...
Landing Inspiration: Not Just a Flyby Zone
The landing. Possibly worse than the hallway by the front door, in terms of creative scope. When we first move in, it’s often overlooked in the planning phase in favour...
Decoration
How to Use Lamps to Make a Room Seem Bigger
Effective lighting is a little like gravity, good air, or cool, crisp water – it’s exactly what we all need but, provided it’s doing its job, is usually being...
How to Use Lamps to Make a Room Seem Bigger
Effective lighting is a little like gravity, good air, or cool, crisp water – it’s exactly what we all need but, provided it’s doing its job, is usually being...
Decoration
Why The Wes Anderson Aesthetic is a Match Made ...
The Wes Anderson aesthetic has risen once again to the height of popularity, particularly among interior designers. Click here to find out more.
Why The Wes Anderson Aesthetic is a Match Made ...
The Wes Anderson aesthetic has risen once again to the height of popularity, particularly among interior designers. Click here to find out more.
Decoration
Romanticism in Interior Design: That Everlastin...
Click here to read more about Maison Proust in Paris, and the ways in which is makes romanticism a living reality.
Romanticism in Interior Design: That Everlastin...
Click here to read more about Maison Proust in Paris, and the ways in which is makes romanticism a living reality.
Decoration
How to Use Bold Patterned Wallpaper in a Small ...
We’ve all heard it: the original, written-in-stone rules of interior design. ‘Don’t add décor in even numbers’, ‘Don’t paint ceilings using dark colours’, and absolutely, positively ‘Do not overwhelm a...
How to Use Bold Patterned Wallpaper in a Small ...
We’ve all heard it: the original, written-in-stone rules of interior design. ‘Don’t add décor in even numbers’, ‘Don’t paint ceilings using dark colours’, and absolutely, positively ‘Do not overwhelm a...
Decoration
The Unexpected Red Design Theory
The timeless allure of red has long been a prominent colourway in our collections and schemes. Find out our tips of bringing this trending design concept into your space.
The Unexpected Red Design Theory
The timeless allure of red has long been a prominent colourway in our collections and schemes. Find out our tips of bringing this trending design concept into your space.
Decoration
Maximalist Inspiration: Expressing Your Passion...
Maximalist Inspiration: Expressing Your Passion for Colour and Print with Wallpaper As the name suggests, maximalism is the antithesis of minimalism. It’s a rejection of all things simple, streamlined, and...
Maximalist Inspiration: Expressing Your Passion...
Maximalist Inspiration: Expressing Your Passion for Colour and Print with Wallpaper As the name suggests, maximalism is the antithesis of minimalism. It’s a rejection of all things simple, streamlined, and...
Decoration
How to Mix Wallpaper Prints – and Get Away with it
How to Mix Wallpaper Prints – and Get Away with it For most people, a very definitive rule of one wallpaper per room is enough. For some people – AKA,...
How to Mix Wallpaper Prints – and Get Away with it
How to Mix Wallpaper Prints – and Get Away with it For most people, a very definitive rule of one wallpaper per room is enough. For some people – AKA,...
Guides
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Guides
The Penny Morrison Guide to Using Geometric Wal...
Geometric patterns saw a surge of popularity in during the modish trend of the 60s, and, while they have gone through plenty of evolutions since then, have remained very popular...
The Penny Morrison Guide to Using Geometric Wal...
Geometric patterns saw a surge of popularity in during the modish trend of the 60s, and, while they have gone through plenty of evolutions since then, have remained very popular...
Guides
The Penny Morrison Buyers' Guide to Choosing Lu...
Some of the best parts of redecorating come before any of the mess and chaos of actually doing the redecorations – and, for us, sitting comfortably and reviewing wallpaper options at leisure...
The Penny Morrison Buyers' Guide to Choosing Lu...
Some of the best parts of redecorating come before any of the mess and chaos of actually doing the redecorations – and, for us, sitting comfortably and reviewing wallpaper options at leisure...
The Art Of Layering
Mastering the Art Of Layering Prints & Wallpapers
Guides
The Penny Morrison Guide to the 5 Elements of I...
Unless you’re an interior designer – or, alternatively, an avid devourer of the interior design books, magazine, and TV shows – there’s a good chance that you approach decorating your...
The Penny Morrison Guide to the 5 Elements of I...
Unless you’re an interior designer – or, alternatively, an avid devourer of the interior design books, magazine, and TV shows – there’s a good chance that you approach decorating your...
Guides
The Penny Morrison Lampshade Size Guide
Please refer to the below size guide for a breakdown of our lampshade measurements and shade fittings. All Empire shades (sizes 8"-12") have built-in shade carriers, so do not require...
The Penny Morrison Lampshade Size Guide
Please refer to the below size guide for a breakdown of our lampshade measurements and shade fittings. All Empire shades (sizes 8"-12") have built-in shade carriers, so do not require...
Guides
The Penny Morrison Guide to Caring for Fabrics ...
There’s no place like home, and there’s no feeling in this world quite like the one we feel when the home has been given a fresh breath of life, and...
The Penny Morrison Guide to Caring for Fabrics ...
There’s no place like home, and there’s no feeling in this world quite like the one we feel when the home has been given a fresh breath of life, and...
Guides
The Penny Morrison Guide to Performance Fabric
For the most part, naturally strong fibres like cotton and linen – when woven tightly together – are strong enough to withstand the daily wear and tear of home life....
The Penny Morrison Guide to Performance Fabric
For the most part, naturally strong fibres like cotton and linen – when woven tightly together – are strong enough to withstand the daily wear and tear of home life....
Guides
The Penny Morrison Guide to Choosing Lampshades...
We love creating just the right lighting in a room. It’s one of our favourite aspects of interior design not just because it literally creates the ambiance a room needs to in...
The Penny Morrison Guide to Choosing Lampshades...
We love creating just the right lighting in a room. It’s one of our favourite aspects of interior design not just because it literally creates the ambiance a room needs to in...
Guides
The Penny Morrison Guide to Layering Light Thro...
There is so much more to light than ‘on’ or ‘off’. Like your paint, your choice of floor, the addition of fresh flowers to the coffee table or the smell...
The Penny Morrison Guide to Layering Light Thro...
There is so much more to light than ‘on’ or ‘off’. Like your paint, your choice of floor, the addition of fresh flowers to the coffee table or the smell...
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The Penny Morrison Guide to Linen
Linen is the unrivalled staple of the British home and, for many of us, it is tied to the feeling of dressing coolly in summer, withdrawing deep into the warmth...
The Penny Morrison Guide to Linen
Linen is the unrivalled staple of the British home and, for many of us, it is tied to the feeling of dressing coolly in summer, withdrawing deep into the warmth...
Guides
The Penny Morrison Guide to Tableware
It’s a popular expression in the food world to claim that we eat with our eyes – and, while we’re confident they were talking more about what we see on the plate...
The Penny Morrison Guide to Tableware
It’s a popular expression in the food world to claim that we eat with our eyes – and, while we’re confident they were talking more about what we see on the plate...
Guides
The Penny Morrison Guide to Wallpaper Types
While we’re pretty easy to please when it comes to colour, we’re infinitely more excited to browse wallpaper than wall paint. This may be our bias toward print – and...
The Penny Morrison Guide to Wallpaper Types
While we’re pretty easy to please when it comes to colour, we’re infinitely more excited to browse wallpaper than wall paint. This may be our bias toward print – and...