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It is often the details,  the small things, that capture my attention in Morocco.  Like these spools of thread that line the shelves of the weavers souk in Tangiers The…

{image via} FIFTY SHADES OF GREEN Like so many Moroccan crafts and products, the distinctive style, design and technique of the Tamegroute pottery is embedded in practical neccesity, out of…

(image by Sarah Charpentier) I was recently commissioned to write a few articles for the lifestyle pages of The National News – I enjoyed writing this, as it is a…

I have been a little slow off the mark to reignite my blogging mojo this new year/new decade/best foot forward time of year,  but this week got me back on…

I am becoming a bit gardening obsessed at the moment, and find myself searching for gardening books almost as often as cookbooks. It is, I feel, in anticipation of things…

Dar Sinclair sits majestically in its 3 acres of glorious gardens overlooking the bay of Tangier. It is hard to believe that the taxis and traffic and bustle of the…

It is almost impossible for me to walk past a carpet shop in morocco without at least having a look and strange as it may sound, possibly even stroking the…

While the steadfastly practical amongst you might rise an eyebrow at the thought of throwing a carpet down in the bathroom   . . .  I say just think of…

There are some wonderful vintage images taken in Morocco. Photographers like Irving Penn, George Dambier, Cecil Beaton . . . they all took photographs there.  Some iconic, others simply everyday…

It was this image above that got my attention . . . I have been looking at ideas for lampshades and I love the organic shape and material of this…

It’s funny how things come in waves . . . earlier this week I put a link on my facebook page to my Pinterest board: on the floor because I…

It is most definitely summertime in our corner of the world, and the living is feeling a little easier and a lot brighter! The sunshine has driven us out of…

Wether on Pinterest, Instagram, or the latest edition of your favourite interiors glossy, you cannot miss the trend for these beautiful handwoven rugs made in Morocco.  One of the reasons…

Anyone who has travelled around rural morocco will know the abundance of the prickly pear cactus – hindiya –  which has a multitude of uses from boundary fence to culinary…

Looking at the images I have kept on file as bedroom inspiration this natural tones collage came to mind. It seems to be the palette I am favouring at the…

If you have had time to flick across to either my twitter or facebook page, you will have seen me describe myself as  moving between the southern tip and the…

Well, at the moment I’m thinking about kitchens  (rather than castles) in the sand  . . . And while I am sure my time would be better spent planning plumbing…

The slightly more bohemian cousin of the Beni Ourain . . .? I was going through some photographs yesterday – the ones still sitting on my camera  . . .…

While friends in the south are battoning down the proverbial hatches,shaking out their scarves as the days grow shorter and colder –  here in the north things are {slowly} warming…

I have a file on my laptop ambitiously titled  “Maroc : plans and idea”,  and some of these images have slowly found their way onto my pinterest (to which I am…

One of the {many} things I love about Morocco is the continuation of traditional crafts in a completely functional, day to day kind of way. In the town there will…