The Beat That My Heart Skipped – A blog dedicated to daily design inspirations. By Rohini Wahi.

We all the know the potential Ikea products have, but stylist Lo Bjurulf and Ikea have take it to another level. Can you believe these images were created using all Ikea products?

This is such a clever campaign, showing Ikea’s versatility and ability to look so, so beautiful. I am blown away by the ethereal wedding celebration settings with it’s tower of champagne glasses.

Normally I stick to bookish type things but this week I am diversifying slightly. Two days ago I had the happy opportunity to be invited to the review screening of Robin Hood which is Ridley Scott’s new epic film starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett.

As an avid history buff to say I was skeptical was an understatement but I should have put my faith in Scott. Probably one of the best Hollywood ‘blockbusters’ of Robin Hood I have ever seen I am more than happy to suggest you all head and see it immediately! Forget that Russell Crowe is quite frankly hot stuff and that Cate Blanchett’s skin is not of this earth – Robin Hood is a great period piece.

Robin Hood is the tale of Robin before we know him robbing the rich to feed the poor. After ten years on the crusades as a poor archer Robin Longstride encounters a series of events that leave him taking the crown of Richard the Lion heart home after his death.

After being asked by Robert of Locksley in his dying wish to return his precious sword to his father Robin heads North to Nottingham to settle his promise. Caught up in Nottingham events Robin pretends to be Robert of Locksley to ensure his beautiful widow [Cate Blanchet] Marion does not lose her land and home after Sir Walter Loxley’s death.

Slowly Marion and Robin fall in love against the tyrannical backdrop of the Church and King John. Sir Walter has agreed that by pretending to be his dead son he will tell Robin of his missing past. He learns his father was a rebel who drew up the original basis of the Magna Carta, but was put to death for his rebellious ideas.

Robin agrees to rouse the Northern barons of England to battle against the invading French if King John will sign his father’s treaty. The French are assured that this country is divided by a traitor Godfrey and have therefore set sail to take our Island by force.

Will John keep his word and what will face Robin so that he ends up living his life outside the law? All the familiar faces are here in their practical historical way – fat Friar Tuck, Little John and of course Will Scarlet. All these men will become the immortal Merry Men we know and love.

Although it seems Ridley Scott hoped to recreate a Gladiator movie it does not have the same epic feel. The pace is much slower but the quality is there – both Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett deliver mesmorising performances and the gritty realism makes this one of the best interpretations yet made of our famous English legend.

Go and swoon in the cinema – Lauren x

This house in Paris that was once an abandoned factory now belongs to Aurelie Mathigot a visual artist who decorates her house using an abundance of textiles, crotchet and pattern.

Here, everyday objects are covered in soft fabrics and creativity. In the living room, the couch was covered with a patchwork of fabrics and the piano’s keyboard is covered in a knitted replica of it’s keys. Near the window, as a transition between the exterior and interior, is a bundle of branches sheathed in pieces of knitted and crocheted wool.

In the bathroom tiles and squares of wallpaper are mixed to form a patchwork. The different patterns and colors seem as though the wall had been covered and re-covered with wallpaper year after year. Above the sink, a vintage mirror reflects and increases the illusion of patchwork.

The bedroom is a space of calm in tones of mauves and greys which add to the cloud soft effect of the crocheted bedspread.

Images courtesy of Marie Claire Maison

I love the energy found in Roland Bello’s food photography…

I think I’ve discovered my new favourite photographer in Dutch genius Erwin Olaf. Each of his images are epic and cinematic, and the interiors in them breathtaking. My favourite is this set – ‘Grief’ within a mid-century backdrop.