The Beat That My Heart Skipped is a daily website dedicated to interior and lifestyle products, run by London-based stylist and writer, Rohini Wahi.
Originally started in August 2007, this blog was a place for Rohini to shelve her daily inspirations and document new discoveries in design that made her heart skip! Rohini lives in London with her boyfriend David and his 1971 VW Beetle. She falls in love easily with historical heroes, collects good and bad books and likes to keep a tidy home.
As an interiors stylist and design writer, Rohini has developed a unique view on the industry. Rohini has worked as the news and features writer for international design magazine Spaces and as their sole stylist for 2 years. She has also worked as a contributing Shopping Editor for the Real Homes team, scouring the market for covetable and desirable interior products.
Rohini has also freelanced for top European publications like Elle Decoration, 34 Magazine, Harpers Bazaar, Esquire, Ikea Magazine, compiles research for trend prediction companies and styles for top brands. Her work with these significantly varied clients gives her an extensive knowledge on everything on the interiors market from each end of the scale.
The Beat That My Heart Skipped covers interviews with creatives, product reviews, book reviews, trend guides, travel write ups, delicious recipes and all things inspirational. A loose schedule for regular features is as follows…
Monday ‘My Interior Life’ interviews, Home Makeovers and Product Guides.
Tuesday ‘Notes From…’ travel guides with Vanessa and DIY projects.
Wednesday Book reviews with Lauren and Product Guides.
Thursday ‘A Day With…’ studio day with a designer.
Friday Recipes with Louise and other contributors.
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See more of Rohini’s writing here and styling here. Contact Rohini at rohini@thebeatthatmyheartskipped.co.uk, to say hello or to request a features list. For food travel or books related information see below.
The Beat That My Heart Skipped Contributors…
Food Editor, Louise Gorrod
Brighton based foodie Louise Gorrod caught the attention of The Beat that my Heart Skipped through her food blog Louise’s Kitchen which she started earlier this year whilst on maternity leave. Seasonal, indulgent and balanced food for family and friends is what Louise loves to cook. When not cooking or musing about food, Louise runs a PR company that specializes in contemporary furniture design with her husband, ‘works the land’ on her family allotment and enjoys being a mum to her two children Lily and Arthur. Contact Louise at louise@thebeatthatmyheartskipped.co.uk.
Books Editor, Lauren Baines
Lauren Baines contributes to The Beat that my Heart Skipped as their resident Bookworm. She graduated from Kent University with a degree in Classics and Archaeology and is currently working in the London advertising industry. When not writing or working, Lauren enjoys dilly dally-ing around London, day-dreaming, travelling the world especially on skis, baking treats and absorbing all things of a historical and cultural nature. Lauren’s desire to build her own Great Library is renowned. Contact Lauren at lauren@thebeatthatmyheartskipped.co.uk.
Things To Make and Do Editor, Cat de Lange
Elbow deep in arts and crafts from a young age, when Cat de Lange got a pet rabbit for her tenth birthday, it inevitably ended up hopping through a paint palette leaving colourful paw prints all over.Despite being named after his artistic talents, White Spirit the bunny quickly grew more interested in carrots than crafts, but for Cat it was a different story. She studied art and science throughout school and ended up combining both passions by working in television, making props for science programmes. At times these were gory [devising a way to blow up a big stomach] and others hard work [hand sewing a giant pencil case big enough to hold 3000 pencils] but they always kept Cat on her toes. These giant cakes were part of a puzzle for a maths programme, and were accompanied by giant books, a man sized chess-board and a huge monopoly set! Who knew maths could be so fun?
Nowadays, Cat works freelance as a science writer, which gives her more time to work on her own DIY and craft projects. When she isn’t painting, gluing, sewing, or writing about science, Cat loves to bake and dreams of opening her own cake shop, designed and decorated by her own fair hands, of course.
Lifestyle Editor, Valerie Faulkner
Valerie Faulkner is an expert at spending money that she doesn’t have. She’s always on the hunt for quirky interior finds and nothing makes her heart flutter more than rummaging through antique shops and flea markets for that ultimate bargain. Half French, she likes to indulge her Gallic side with cheese, wine and meat that’s still mooing. She loves lazy summer days in beer gardens with friends, pretentious French films and planning mini breaks with military precision – much to the chagrin of her more laissez-faire partner, Matt.
Valerie is a freelance TV producer specialising in crime. Nicknamed ‘Miss Marple’ by a Detective, she has recently used her inquisitive nature to explore the world of interiors and has been taken on as a freelance assistant Stylist by Livingetc as well as assisting other stylists and Interior Designers. She joins The Beat that My Heart Skipped as the resident Lifestyle editor.
