Blog has now been moved

Just to let you know that my blog has now been moved to rawbydesign.co.uk/blog

This will also be used as temporary website for Raw by Design until I have the main website up and running soon. I have been working frantically away these last couple of days to get at least some information of the Interior Design Services I can offer you to help you maintain a raw diet successfully.

Thank you for continuing to read up on Raw by Design and I hope you continue to stay around longer.

Best wishes

Susanna x

Interior Design Show - Birmingham

Yesterday, my friend Jo took me down to the Interior Design Show at the NEC in Birmingham. A 4-day event, held every year at the NEC until 24th January, focused towards domestic interiors. Although I have been to many interior design shows, I had not been to this one for some time. I was a little bit disappointed in the range of furniture. There were a few really good quality classic pieces of furniture on show, but for new ideas there were only a few companies that stood out for me. Saying that though, if you are planning to re-decorate your house then this place is worth a visit. All in all it was a good day out. Below are a few things that stood out for me:

The Johnny Egg stand. Johnny really puts a ‘twist’ into his furniture. His ‘twisted’ black set of draws finished in a glossy black glass finish. Each draw spins independently giving the object character. When you open the draws the draws are lined with a shocking pink-flocked material. A real contrast to the surround. This is a functional piece of sculpture and stands beautifully on it’s own merits. Other pieces of his work included flocked chandelier lighting, flocked furniture and mirrored coffee table. I absolutely loved his range.

The Snood lighting collection is a new concept in transforming downlighters. These funky little lights fix easily onto the face of the downlighters with a magnet. Each set includes four stunning pairs of mini shades and chandeliers. For more information on these contact Aimbry at www.aimbry.co.uk


For carpets, Flor by Heuga do a fantastic range of carpets suitable for domestic projects. This company provides one of the best environmental policies in the carpet world. They are part of Interface Flor who provides commercial flooring and I have used many times in the past. This is one company I would highly recommend if you were thinking about putting some new carpet in your house.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to each and one of you. I hope 2009 brings a lot of good health, happiness and wellbeing.

I have returned back from Scotland from my annual visit seeing family and friends in Aberdeenshire. For a change, it seems to be slightly less colder up there than it is down here in Telford. It is sooo cold in my house at the moment I can feel icicles forming on my nose. It was so good to catch up with everyone and to see my niece and nephews who seem to grow up so incredibly fast. I don’t see enough of them.

A new year is definitely a good time to reflect and make new commitments and resolutions. Many people right now are making some kind of commitment towards their health and fitness and our TV’s are now full of adverts promoting this. Most of us binge at Christmas then spend months afterwards trying to get rid of the excess flab. It is one big yoyo. Have you made any resolutions for this year?

At the beginning of this fabulous year I intend to up my raw diet again with more greens and sprouts to gain more energy. I have slipped these last few months but I’m determined to get back on track with a higher raw diet. As well as improving my raw diet I intend to get the business off the ground and help make raw food more mainstream. I think if raw food was far more recognisable and understood more I reckon there would be a lot less of constant binging we set ourselves yearly.

So with that in mind I thought I would give a little bit on an update of where I am with Raw by Design. I’m currently setting up a temporary web site for you go to which will give you a whole load of information and details of what I offer, along with some exciting free-bees to give away. Although, I have been faced with a number of technical problems (some things never seem to be straightforward in the computer world)! I have a brilliant graphic designer Greg, from Verso Communications, working on the logo at the moment and I hope this will be ready in the not too distant future.

Just as a recap of what I will be offering very soon. I will be offering an Interior Design service based around the raw food diet. This is an exclusive service offering professional support in the home and commercially. The former suits those wanting to refurbish their kitchen to fit this lifestyle. The later is for restaurant/café and retail owners who want to introduce raw food on their menu or open up their own exclusive raw food café or shop. More details of this will be revealed when the web site has been launched.