The House & Garden Agony Aunt
Dear Fiona: how do I get out of a ‘saving things for best’ mindset?
House & Garden's friendly resident decorating columnist and agony aunt Fiona McKenzie Johnston advises on how to make the most of our loveliest pieces to bring a little joy to every day
Dear Fiona: is the dining room truly dead?
House & Garden's friendly resident decorating columnist and agony aunt Fiona McKenzie Johnston considers whether the dining room has had its day in favour of kitchen dining, and if so, how do you create a sense of occasion when the washing up is in your eyeline?
Dear Fiona: how do you move on from a house you loved but had to leave?
House & Garden's friendly resident decorating columnist and agony aunt Fiona McKenzie Johnston considers how to get over a house you've been attached to, and how to create a new home when you're still in mourning for the old one
Dear Fiona: is it ever OK to strip out a house’s original features?
House & Garden's friendly resident decorating columnist and agony aunt Fiona McKenzie Johnston offers advice and wisdom on a common moral quandary in interiors
Dear Fiona: how do you boredom-proof your interiors?
House & Garden's friendly resident decorating columnist and agony aunt Fiona McKenzie Johnston offers one reader her advice for keeping her interiors eternally interesting – and how to appreciate what she already has
Dear Fiona: is carpeting my bathroom so wrong?
House & Garden's friendly resident decorating columnist and agony aunt Fiona McKenzie Johnston offers her advice on one of design's most taboo decisions, wall-to-wall carpet in a bathroom
Dear Fiona: how do you make design decision when you like everything?
House & Garden's friendly resident decorating columnist and agony aunt Fiona McKenzie Johnston offers advice on a perplexing design conundrum – when you like everything, how to you choose something?
Dear Fiona: is there anything wrong with short curtains?
House & Garden's friendly resident decorating columnist Fiona McKenzie Johnston is taking on a new and important role as our in-house agony aunt. With a wealth of knowledge gathered in the course of consulting interior designers on any and every decorating conundrum (and a corresponding wealth of experience from her own Sussex house renovation), we can't think of anyone better to answer your queries
Dear Fiona: why won't my house sell?
House & Garden's friendly resident decorating columnist and agony aunt Fiona McKenzie Johnston offers advice on the issues that might be putting off prospective buyers
Dear Fiona
Dear Fiona: does preferring a duvet make me a sloppy housekeeper?
House & Garden's friendly resident decorating columnist Fiona McKenzie Johnston is taking on a new and important role as our in-house agony aunt. With a wealth of knowledge gathered in the course of consulting interior designers on any and every decorating conundrum (and a corresponding wealth of experience from her own Sussex house renovation), we can't think of anyone better to answer your queries
Dear Fiona: how do you declutter stuff you actually want to keep?
House & Garden's friendly resident decorating columnist Fiona McKenzie Johnston is taking on a new and important role as our in-house agony aunt. With a wealth of knowledge gathered in the course of consulting interior designers on any and every decorating conundrum (and a corresponding wealth of experience from her own Sussex house renovation), we can't think of anyone better to answer your queries
Dear Fiona: what's wrong with the ‘hotel look’, anyway?
House & Garden's friendly resident decorating columnist Fiona McKenzie Johnston is taking on a new and important role as our in-house agony aunt. With a wealth of knowledge gathered in the course of consulting interior designers on any and every decorating conundrum (and a corresponding wealth of experience from her own Sussex house renovation), we can't think of anyone better to answer your queries
Dear Fiona: how do I cope with my husband's hideous heirlooms?
House & Garden's friendly resident decorating columnist Fiona McKenzie Johnston is taking on a new and important role as our in-house agony aunt. With a wealth of knowledge gathered in the course of consulting interior designers on any and every decorating conundrum (and a corresponding wealth of experience from her own Sussex house renovation), we can't think of anyone better to answer your queries
Dear Fiona: what's wrong with keeping books in the loo?
House & Garden's friendly resident decorating columnist Fiona McKenzie Johnston is taking on a new and important role as our in-house agony aunt. With a wealth of knowledge gathered in the course of consulting interior designers on any and every decorating conundrum (and a corresponding wealth of experience from her own Sussex house renovation), we can't think of anyone better to answer your queries
Dear Fiona: my new boyfriend has terrible taste in interiors – do we have a future?
House & Garden's friendly resident decorating columnist Fiona McKenzie Johnston is taking on a new and important role as our in-house agony aunt. With a wealth of knowledge gathered in the course of consulting interior designers on any and every decorating conundrum (and a corresponding wealth of experience from her own Sussex house renovation), we can't think of anyone better to answer your queries
Introducing the House & Garden agony aunt: is copying my stylish friend's entire sitting room such a crime?
House & Garden's friendly resident decorating columnist Fiona McKenzie Johnston is now our very own agony aunt. With a wealth of knowledge gathered in the course of consulting interior designers on any and every decorating conundrum (and a corresponding wealth of experience from her own Sussex house renovation), we can't think of anyone better to answer your queries