London calling: Why an interiors enthusiast's dream is an hour's flight away

It’s always been a destination for Irish fashion shoppers, but for interiors enthusiasts, London also offers shopping and ideas, and it’s just an hour’s flight away

Be inspired in Chelsea HArbour.

Over the last two years, I’ve missed visiting design and interiors events to see what’s new for the domesticated among us who have a yen for the decorative arts.

So off I jetted to London and the excitement of two distinctly different venues worth mining for inspiration, spending, or just to immerse in all things interior design — modern, historic and the bit in between we now call vintage.