The people behind WhiteDetails
Every guide here is written, tested and signed by a person. Four regulars, no ghostwriters.
Victor Ashby Lead writer
Eleven years in site management, impatient with rough junctions. he writes only methods that survive a real site.
- Sofa size against the room: boundaries before methods
- Hanging height for art: settled in one read
- Styling a bookshelf: a grounded explanation
- Pale palettes in small rooms: a grounded explanation
- How far to unify style: where rework happens
- Testing drainage: a grounded explanation
- Worktop joints: from zero to fluent
- Concealed-works documentation: settled in one read
Emory Blake Contributing editor
Independent designer focused on small flats. he prefers dimensions and details you can measure on a drawing.
- The rule for rug dimensions: a grounded explanation
- Cushion colour strategy: turning experience into steps
- Mixing dining chairs: settled in one read
- Balancing wood and metal: priorities at three stages
- Splitting the furnishing budget: the detail checklist
- Square internal corners: is the investment justified
- Acceptable hollow-tile rates: where rework happens
- Floor fall in a bathroom: where rework happens
Desmond Hale Staff writer
Former materials buyer who knows every vague line in a quote. he unpicks conditions paint needs item by item.
- The first thing you see at the door: questions and pitfalls
- Curtain fullness multiples: the detail checklist
- Where plants belong: from zero to fluent
- Layering bedding: where rework happens
- Reading fabric texture: boundaries before methods
- Seal on windows and doors: settled in one read
- Gaps in joinery: the detail checklist
- Drain smells returning: settled in one read
Gideon Stark Regular contributor
Seven years writing renovation content, having seen too much rework. he starts with standards, then style.
- The order things arrive in: don't get carried by claims
- Choosing blackout levels: settled in one read
- Choosing side tables: turning experience into steps
- What mirrors enlarge: is the investment justified
- The discipline of subtraction: priorities at three stages
- How to test electrics: solutions by condition
- Judging paint finish: questions and pitfalls
- Testing every appliance: settled in one read