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Wednesday, 21 August 2013

My Home Wishlist #1 | Dressing up your Dining Table!

Table Cloth, Floral Coaster, Spoon Placemat, Stag Set, Feather Placemat, Bird Coaster

If you read through my first edition to the home-y blog posts featuring my kitchen you’ll know that I spent that weekend painting, sanding, waxing and polishing our kitchen table to get it looking more to our taste – country kitchen meets shabby chic. The next stage will be buying accessories to dress the table up a little for when we have dinner parties – or just feel like being a bit jazzy on a weekday evening.

These table accessories from John Lewis are absolutely gorgeous and this shop is definitely my point of call when it comes to the kitchen. Having got our toaster and kettle from there (snaps here) I can sense a bit of a theme occurring. I particularly love the butterfly table cloth and all the pieces I’ve picked out are surprisingly affordable, if not a little bit of a treat. When you move in to your first home budget is key and each month I save myself a little bit of spending money, I think I might just have to save a few months worth of pennies and treat myself to the whole shebang (unless you guys are feeling generous ;))

Have you invested some time and money in any home improvements? I’d love to get some inspiration from you guys!

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Sunday, 21 April 2013

Filling our First Home | #1

As you know (I go on about it enough) Daniel and I are currently on the exciting search for our first home. Whilst it’s bloomin’ brilliant and so much fun it’s also a little stressful. There are so many factors to consider and even though the house may be perfect, the area might not be ideal and vice versa. There’s already been a few tears (on my part may I add), but I do promise there’s lots of smiles involved too!

I thought I would take a break from finding the ideal home and find some beautiful things to fill it. I’m going to be writing a series of posts dedicated to my ‘bottom drawer’ as my nan likes to call it :) showing you all the weird and wonderful bits and bobs I pick up. These posts will be a bit higgledy piggledy and will feature anything from pots and pans to bed sheets. I hope you enjoy reading them and fingers crossed you find some niceties for your house too!

I’m sure you also remember my love for Not on the HighStreet – this website is a homebuyers idea of heaven. I nearly fell off my chair when I saw an email pop up in my inbox asking me if I’d like to review something, absolute perfect timing and from one of my favourite shops too.

Daniel and I have quite different tastes, where he’s quite contemporary and clean-cut I am most definitely not. I enjoy clutter and vintage randomness. Do you think we might have a bit of a problem?! Regardless, we sat down together and sifted (through thousands) of items available. We managed to narrow it down and surprisingly loved so many of the same things (phew). The winner was this beautiful toilet roll holder. Excited is not a word I would usually use for such a contraption but this excites me far too much to not share with you guys...

How amazing? Each shoe last has been recovered from a disused mill in Herefordshire and have been reclaimed and polished by hand. If you're not familiar with what a shoe last is I shall briefly explain - shoemakers and cordwainers use these to manufacture and repair shoes and are shaped similarly to a human foot - whether it be simply for the repair of a heel or a custom made boot, they're a little bit clever!
I absolutely love this idea, the finish of the solid wood is so warm and authentic and I actually cant wait to have it in my bathroom! If you fancied you could use it as a kitchen roll holder, but I've already found one I like for that :)

For only £35 you're getting something completely original (no two are the same) and every person I've shown it too has been lusting after it, but for now, it's going back in the bottom drawer to wait until we've found it's perfect home!

What do you think? Is this something you'd like in your bathroom?
P.S. if you like the toilet roll, it's Andrex limited edition haha and I picked it up in Sainsbury's!

Monday, 7 May 2012

Add a Touch of Sparkle

Now, I know us interior gals always have our eyes peeled, in search for the next little trinket to clutter up our bedroom; well I know mine are…

& my spending habits can become quite costly quite quickly when it comes to interior design; I’m a sucker for pretty little bits & bobs, & my room is slowly filling up with little treasures I’ve collected over the last few years. Whilst it’s always a bit lovely to have a splurge on some wonderful mirror or chair, sometimes, one has to be a little more reserved. You know, in this day & age, every little helps!

So, last Christmas, when we were putting up all the Christmas decorations, I spotted an extra rope of fairy lights. I quickly snapped them up & hurried off to my room. I love fairy lights, regardless of where they are situated; they just make me feel happy. I wrapped the entire thread around my bed posts and voilà:

My Bed :)

I think it’s a great way to add a touch of sparkle (I always write sprakle, god dammit) to your bedroom, at a really low price.

What do you think? Likey? :)

Glam