Get the low-down from the original style-seekers' latest good-time hunting expeditions, find destination inspiration and insider tips from around the world. Welcome to the official Smith blog: we hope you enjoy your stay
This week, we’ve mainly been wishing we were interior designers, and had the house to prove it. In the meantime, we must make do with sourcing tips from trusted talent like Anouska Hempel and co, and bedding down in temples to grand design, such as Blakes Hotel – London’s first (and finest?) boutique hotel…
Style Orient [...]
Raining, raining – still raining. Oh well: getting your fill at a top restaurant in London is the way to transform summer in the city from so-so to sizzling. Seeing as, these days, Bethnal Green seems to be the centre of London’s universe, we’ve had a snoop around its latest hotspot, Viajante’s low-key sister bistro [...]
This week, we’re loving all things east London: namely, Town Hall Hotel and its scene-shaking restaurant appendage, Viajante. Not only is the hotel scooping our crown as we speak, later on you can find out about all things Nuno Mendes, with our interview with Viajante’s star chef…
Style Made-over chambers
Setting Bohemian Bethnal Green
Why this week? Earlier [...]
Best afternoon tea in London? Smith bloggers Lucy Fennings and Sarah Jappy brew up a top ten selection of the capital’s tastiest teatime treats
When we decided it was time for an exclusively Antipodean guidebook to add to our ever-expanding library for stylish globetrotters, our first port of call was acclaimed Australian photographer Earl Carter (right). Melbourne-based Earl has roamed the world shooting hotel, food and interiors pictures for A-list magazines and books, so who better to quiz for [...]
Ok, so there isn’t Union Jack bunting draped around Smith HQ and we don’t have matching ‘Wills 4 Kate’ mugs, but with the country’s most anticipated nuptials nearly upon us, we thought it churlish not to get into the spirit of things. In true royal wedding style, we are indeed wondering about Kate’s dress. And [...]
No, we’re not suddenly advocating mobile-home holidays (although we do rather like the idea of a gaily painted, horse-drawn Romany gypsy affair) – we’d just like to draw your attention to a rather lovely new book from the inspiring interiors magpie Emily Chalmers, owner/curator of stylish London design boutique, Caravan, in Shoreditch.
If you’re a fan [...]
We like to think we’ve got an eye for the finer things in life, and, having inspected some of the world’s most stylish interiors in our pursuit of dreamy design dens and hip hideaways for the ever-expanding Smith hotel collection, we know a Good Thing when we see it.
And last night in London, at Somerset [...]
Rookeries ain’t what they used to be. Take Charles Dickens’ words on the subject: ‘We will make for Drury Lane, through the narrow streets and dirty courts which divide it from Oxford Street, and that spot adjoining the brewery at the bottom of Tottenham Court Road, known to the initiated as the ‘Rookery’. The filthy [...]
All these pictures of Kate Middleton and Prince William are turning us a little green – we want glossy hair, a regal wedding, and a palace to bed down in. Since an amorous, ring-wielding future monarch is yet to appear on the horizon, we’ll settle on a palatial pad for now. Kensington Hotel London, in [...]
