Creating a beautiful home without the champagne budget
Two years ago I was approached to have my home featured in an interiors magazine and I turned the opportunity down. Mainly because we were in the middle of a hallway renovation but also because I didn't feel there were enough rooms 'ready'. Time passed and I was so excited when interior stylist Maxine Brady …
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I love to decorate for others. It opens the opportunity to be creative in a style that is maybe different from your own. My sister loves pastel colours and Cath Kidston prints and so when she asked me to help decorate her new home in the style of a light and airy modern cottage I …
When we first came to view our home it was love at first sight. The house was the perfect space for us and it had so much potential. The only thing that left us with doubt was the garden. The land sloped down behind the house which meant that privacy from neighbours was harder to …
After such great feedback from my last blog post, 'what I use to take my interior pics', I thought it would be fun to talk more about interiors photography. But this post is a little extra special. I'm so excited to be collaborating with 7 other instagrammers who have agreed to share their top photography …
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One of my most asked questions on Instagram is - what do you use to take your photos? Before I begin, let me say that I am by no means a professional photographer. In fact, I'd never picked up a DSLR camera before 2 years ago when my husband surprised me with one just before …
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We all like to refresh our wardrobe for the new season, switching up the chunky knits for that floaty tea dress, so why not also refresh our homes? Here's how I update my home for Spring... Create Space I always get a strong urge at this time of year to minimise. I declutter my wardrobe …
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The first bedroom I ever decorated was when I was fifteen and my mother gave me free reign to decorate my own room. It ended up a pink and purple mash up with some interesting creative ideas! Safe to say my style has changed a lot since then and when we moved into our home …
It was our first visit to Paris. I'm not sure why we've never been but it certainly won't be our last trip. Paris is such an amazingly elegant city and we couldn't get enough of it! I searched high and low for a reasonably priced, beautiful hotel that was located near the main attractions - …
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My sister is a girl boss 🙂 a miss independent, always busy travelling the world with her work. A few years ago she took the big leap of buying her own place, somewhere to retreat and recharge when she's home. The house was a perfectly formed set up with a cosy open plan living - …
Before I begin I want to apologise for the lack of good quality before pics. When we first had our home I had no intention of sharing decor ideas on Instagram, let alone having an interiors blog, and so a quick snap in a dark artificially lit room would suffice. How things have changed! But …
