Creating a beautiful home without the champagne budget
Happy 2018! I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas and New Year celebrations, we certainly have. I love waking up on New Years Day with that feeling of a fresh start and new opportunities. For my first post of 2018 I thought I'd collate some lessons learnt last year that I'll be carrying with me …
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The decorations are up, the gifts are wrapped, the Celebrations tin has been opened, can you believe Christmas is less than a week away? I thought I'd finish up my blog posts for 2017 with a Christmas roundup. So here's a quick festive home tour and some of my favourite decor pieces from this season. …
My parents have a beautiful hallway in their home; it's light, airy and spacious. For as long as I can remember, every Christmas, my mother makes a beautiful garland with real greenery from the garden and twinkling fairy lights that cascades down the staircase. I used to love it more than the Christmas tree! So …
What is your favourite part of Christmas day? Mine is when the family gather together around the table; festive music, amazing food and lots of laughter. I always love to make the table look that extra bit special, so I thought I'd share a low cost elegant Christmas table setting idea using mostly what I …
Before I delve completely into my festive posts I thought this week I'd share a little about something I love to use widely in my home; personal photographs. This is my favourite kind of art. I love to be surrounded by memories of meaningful moments or images of places that hold sentimental value. In fact, …
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Since the interiors world is in full swing planning Christmas schemes and decor, I thought I would do a festive throwback to last years theme. I went for a white, silver and blush winter wonderland with a contemporary twist; a touch of black of course 😉 This colour palette was a natural extension of the decor …
Luxurious Extremely comfortable or elegant, especially when involving great expense. That's how the Oxford dictionary defines luxurious; however I believe these 7 simple ideas can give home a touch of luxury without the 'involving great expense' part. Declutter A cluttered home creates an atmosphere of unrest and makes a space feel unfocused. I try to …
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I feel strangely nervous putting together this blog post. I guess a wedding is a very personal thing to share, but on Instagram you voted to see more, so here it is! We got married on the 29th October 2012 and so this post is in celebration of our 5th wedding anniversary. Life events leading …
As I'm sat writing this, the rain is hitting the windows and the wind is causing chaos; and so it seems appropriate that this post is all about creating a cosy retreat you'll be more than happy to hibernate in for the darker months. Here are my high street picks, a few I already have …
You’re browsing Pinterest in search of inspiration for your next room project, only to fall in love with every idea that is out of budget and far grander than your modest home. Haven't we all been there? So how can we translate this unattainable decor to our ordinary spaces? When our tiny downstairs toilet room …
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