Hello everyone, I hope you’re enjoying a heatwave at the moment like we in Bristol are? I’m a week back from Vienna and boy did I have an amazing time! It was stunning, genuinely the most beautiful city I’ve ever visited (sorry Paris) and so hot! A post all about it is in the pipeline,…
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Bits & Pieces: Styling a tiered plant holder
A few weeks ago it was Tom and I’s 4th anniversary – wow how time flies! One of the gifts he got me was a gorgeous, rustic wooden 3-tiered plant stand. It’s like a tiny a frame step-ladder. I love it, how well he knows me. I instantly thought of about a million different ways…
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Creating a colour story for our home: Mood board
Phew! Has anyone else come out of the bank holiday weekend more exhausted than before? I feel like I need a holiday to recover from my bank holiday. All I can say is a well-needed detox is commencing today. This week we are having a new kitchen installed – prepare for so many photos when…
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Bits & Pieces: 11 ways to add a touch of spring to your home decor
I think it’s official, Spring has sprung! Although there are still a few cold days in my neck of the woods and the ever present threat of the ‘white Easter’ keeps being banded about, I think the fact the daffodils are out in force means I can safely say that Spring is in the air…
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DIY: Copper and wood decorative ladder tutorial
So firstly an apology, I am sorry I have been absent for so long. The truth is I have been job hunting and that has taken up a lot of my free time. But now, happily, I am soon due to start an awesome new job so my out of work hours can once again…
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Bedroom Design Inspiration: Mood board
New year, new goals and for us it’s time to plan the design of our interiors! With our living room half-finished, a new kitchen and bathroom due to be installed and tonnes of other house decor jobs on the to-do list I’ve decided to focus on getting one room finished at a time. One of…
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Bits & Pieces: Christmas 2015 via instagrams
I’m afraid I’ve been awfully lax over the last month so the Christmas content I had in mind unfortunately hasn’t happened. There’s been a lot going on in my personal life but thankfully it’s all sorted in time to enjoy ringing in the New Year. I’m looking forward to making new goals and planning fun…
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Home tour: The Living Room (work in progress)
I know, I know it’s December and has been for a while so where are the Christmas posts? Well I know that in blogland Christmas comes earlier each year – I swear I saw some tinsel in some Thanksgiving instas! But let me just squeeze one last post in before the festive season is fully…
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Home tour: Before
What with how much I bang on about making changes to and seasonally decorating my home it’s high time I gave you the tour. These are the ‘before’ photos taken on our 2nd viewing and then some from the day we exchanged. Actually I wasn’t here on the exchange date, I was in India at…
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Pinspiration: All things autumn
Well Halloween is over so I think that means the countdown to Christmas may officially be on. I’m still resisting the urge to go all out with yuletide festivity just yet though, and am clinging on to the last dregs of autumn. With that here’s my current Pinspiration (pinterest inspiration get it?) .. (Source) (Source) (Source)…