Hot metal

Metallics are big at the moment, playing on two trends: the industrial look and glamour, says Carol O’Callaghan.

A visit to a friend’s house last weekend included an ‘ooh-ing and ahh-ing’ session about her new drapery.

Looking at her in-vogue, gun-metal grey, glazed fabric applied to a Roman blind, I realised how easy it is to introduce metal without making your home look like a car assembly line.