Handy resources

• Architect Your Home Can’t afford an architect to manage a whole project? Here you can pay by service according to your budget – from meeting and chat only to drawings, help with planning permission and surveys and more.
• Attic Interiors As well as selling cool vintage furniture at affordable prices, this Brighton-based company also offers non-chintzy interior design ranging from small renovations to major refurbishments.
• Bathstore Nothing uber-fancy, but great for simple, stylish bathrooms on a budget, with spectacular customer service to boot.
• Dandy’s Want to make your home as beautiful on the outside as it is on the inside? This site offers the best and cheapest selection in outdoor building materials.
• Door Chimes UK Must all door chimes be so naff? Make the little details count and choose a design-led doorbell that won’t make you cringe.
• E Frame An affordable and efficient online store – go ready-made or affordably bespoke
• Funky Little Darlings As well as selling fun and fabulous kid’s wallpaper, FLD offer a bespoke design service for your little people's rooms. 
• Lighting Direct A vast selection, not all of it beautiful, but brilliant for architectural stuff like ceiling spots, outdoor lights and wall-fitted lamps. 
• London Design Festival The umbrella event for the capital's annual nine-day celebration of style – but the website is also packed with news and other happenings all year round.
• Own Art Scheme Ever wished for your very own masterpiece but couldn’t afford it? This scheme offers interest-free loans to help cover the cost of that coveted piece of art or craft.
• Retro To Go Want to create the retro style of the 50s and 60s in your own home? This site pulls together the best of the internet and provides links to the relevant retailers. 
• Screw Fix DIY nerd heaven, selling everything from nuts and bolts to paint and power tools – all at trade prices. 

Stylish blogs

• Bright Bazaar Will, aka Mr Bazaar, loves colour and showcases the boldest and brightest interiors around as well as offering advice and inspiration.
• Daisy Fay Interiors Daisy Fay’s love of homes and interiors is infectious and her knowledge of London’s best and most quirky shops is superb. 
• Decor 8 Vast, well-respected and lovely, this American blog is packed with great pics for inspiration.
• Design Shuffle One of the best for idea – tonnes and tonnes of pictures which are organised into handy categorises so you can narrow your search and find what inspires you. 
• Design*Sponge YHIL could probably not love Grace Bonney's craft teaching, style inspiring, entrepreneur-encouraging and all round genius blog any more. 
• Living Etc Super chic and unique design ideas and advice.
• New York Times Great Homes & Destinations Top interiors (and exteriors) porn from across the Pond – check out their fab slideshows.
• Nice Day for a Sulk A most inspiring scrapbook of nice-looking stuff. 
• Pippa Jameson Interiors Bursting at the seams with helpful advice and inspiration from stylist, Pippa. It’s no wonder this is one of the leading interiors blogs in the UK. 
• Retro to Go A seemingly never-ending stream of everything retro. Includes fashion as well as homewares – not everything is lush but if you have time to sift, do.
• SCP Blog Keep up to date with the Shoreditch furniture store's latest news and updates.
• Victoria's Backyard Editing supremo at the Independent/garden addict with her own spectacular outside space (and much more soil-based brilliance) on show here
• Wishwishwish Follow this young fashionista’s musings of life, shopping, people and places.
• 4Homes A great source from Channel 4 for easy DIY tips, inspiration and advice.