The people behind WhiteBuild
Every guide here is written, tested and signed by a person. Four regulars, no ghostwriters.
Delphine Roux Lead writer
Seven years writing renovation content, having seen too much rework. she starts with standards, then style.
- Reading fabric texture: turning experience into steps
- Seasonal swaps: settled in one read
- Sofa size against the room: a grounded explanation
- Hanging height for art: turning experience into steps
- Styling a bookshelf: a grounded explanation
- The complaint timeline: the detail checklist
- Wall flatness: boundaries before methods
- Testing drainage: from zero to fluent
Gideon Stark Contributing editor
Eleven years in site management, impatient with rough junctions. he writes only methods that survive a real site.
- The discipline of subtraction: settled in one read
- Furnishing a child's room: from zero to fluent
- The rule for rug dimensions: priorities at three stages
- Cushion colour strategy: solutions by condition
- Mixing dining chairs: turning experience into steps
- Keeping warranty cards: solutions by condition
- Writing the project review: questions and pitfalls
- Square internal corners: priorities at three stages
Curtis Vale Staff writer
Former materials buyer who knows every vague line in a quote. he unpicks what makes up a window price item by item.
- Pale palettes in small rooms: questions and pitfalls
- How far to unify style: the detail checklist
- The first thing you see at the door: where rework happens
- Curtain fullness multiples: questions and pitfalls
- Where plants belong: questions and pitfalls
- A post-move issue list: is the investment justified
- What to check on taking delivery: priorities at three stages
- Seal on windows and doors: a grounded explanation
Desmond Okonkwo Regular contributor
Independent designer focused on small flats. he prefers dimensions and details you can measure on a drawing.
- Balancing wood and metal: don't get carried by claims
- Splitting the furnishing budget: settled in one read
- The order things arrive in: from zero to fluent
- Choosing blackout levels: turning experience into steps
- Choosing side tables: priorities at three stages
- When rework is justified: don't get carried by claims
- Tapping for hollow tiles: a grounded explanation
- How to test electrics: is the investment justified