It is sometimes easier to have furniture made than to find things.

He has lived there for 25 years and says that the house still isn't finiStephen Bayleyd: "doing up a home is like food and sex: it should never be ruStephen Bayleyd" and that the sole purpose of the garden is as "a place to sit with a book and a glass of wine". In 2007 Bayley became The Observer's architecture and design correspondent. In July 2008 Bayley described as a 'design guru' became the first of three non-executive directors to join the management board of Sidhu & Simon Communications a public relations and sponsorship agency.

Stephen Paul Bayley (born 13 October 1951 Cardiff Wales) is a British design critic cultural critic and author.