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Byrne Zinc Table Planter from £32 Rowen and Wren
Cosy nights, candle-light and comfort eating – Autumn is hands down the best season for nesting and surrounding yourself with beautiful things and hunkering down at home. Here’s my pick of the best of Autumn homeware…
Rose Ceiling Lamp £89 Plumo / Kyoto Large Linen Wall Hanging Rose and Grey
The trend for velvet home furnishings is going nowhere fast and velvet furniture which was once relegated to a bygone era is now getting a contemporary update from brands using modern colours making the plush accessory the statement of the moment. Gloriously named sofa brand Darlings of Chelsea handcraft their equally glorious velvet sofas here in the UK and […] Read more…
Golden Eye Mirror £19.95, Graham and Green With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, the shops and the internet are guaranteed to abound with heart shaped objects – but at the risk of sounding a little lewd I think other body parts are often overlooked as poetic and poignant reminders of love… I’m talking about the eyes… They are the gateway […] Read more…
I will preface this post by saying i’m no Potterhead – I read all the Harry Potter books many years ago and have seen the films, some several times but I have never had a movie marathon or own any merchandise… I am however an ardent admirer of JK Rowling’s work and how her writing for children […] Read more…
Metallic Monogram Sticker Patch £5 Anthropologie With a mere few days left until Christmas like me you’ve probably got all your key gifts sorted (no?). For me however, it’s always the Secret Santa’s and the friendship gifts where you have a budget to stick to that are the trickiest ones to buy for. I always […] Read more…
I’ve always liked the idea of a guesthouse at the end of my garden – maybe because I also like the idea that I could keep my mother in it to babysit on tap… or maybe because I love the charm of small space living even if I had a huge house at the other end of […] Read more…
I’ve met plenty of people with dreams – I even began to put the wheels in motion some years ago for my once upon a dream to open a bookshop with a cafe… in recent years i’ve leaned towards opening the homewares shop my neighbourhood is lacking. I have friends who have been steadily training as florists […] Read more…
We have been saying the words Pompkin with glee all weekend in my household. Isn’t it a wonderful word? We haven’t had a craft project on the blog for a really long time so when Morgan Webber, a good friend and the craftiest person I know offered up a Halloween themed craft – how could […] Read more…
My thoughts have been ruminating on a celestial note this past month… i’ve been watching Neil Gaiman’s epic blockbuster on TV – American Gods (a clash between the old Gods and the new) – there’s plenty of star-gazing and mysticism. I’ve also re-discovered everything Fornasetti and fallen in love with the delicate Astronomici collection. So when […] Read more…
Have you ever seen something so simple that takes your breath away and in the same instance cannot believe that something so simple can indeed take your breath away? A company who have mastered the art of simplicity and attention to colour regularly tknocks me for a six is Farrow and Ball who have just taken their […] Read more…
If you ask anyone West of the city about the perfect way to spend a weekend, the majority will clasp their hands and declare with a rapturous expression that it simply has to be a visit to the now iconic Petersham Nurseries in Richmond (it opened in 2004). Like something sprung from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Nurseries […] Read more…
