Category: Interiors
-
Let the light shine in
When VELUX® asked if I’d look at some skylight inspiration I was happy to, because I think light is such an important factor in a home, and indeed personal happiness. I love to sleep where I can see the sky. Especially in summer with the late sunsets, I love to watch the stars and moon…
-
anna h interview – pinning with love
Anna and I became friends a couple of years ago through blogging and we would, every now and again, email each other about life. Small but precious exchanges during those hectic advertising days when we were at Rona Road. I followed Anna on Pinterest, when I had time, as she clearly had a gift for…
-
N16 home of Belle Benson, creative business adviser
Before we left London, on a very grey rainy Winter day, I took my camera around to Belle’s place because I love the interior and I knew you guys would love to see it. And by now you, my lovely readers, probably know I’m writing a book. There’s more to the book than the book…
-
Baileys Home and Garden
I’d heard about Baileys some time ago but didn’t realise we were close until Karine at Bodie and Fou mentioned it to me on Instagram last week. That was that. It was the official weekend outing and on Saturday morning we made our packed lunches for the car and off we headed. Westward ho. It…
-
The Set Table – workshop at Anthropologie Kings Road
Image: © Charlotte Bland for The Set Table To celebrate the launch of her gorgeous new book The Set Table: the Art of Small Gatherings, author and journalist Hannah Shuckburgh will be running a special customer workshop at Anthropologie in Kings Road – on Thursday April 25th from 4-6pm. Hannah, features editor at Easy Living magazine,…
-
Laura Ashley April blog crush (it’s A+B)
A few weeks ago just as I was going to email Laura Ashley and ask if they wanted to be friends, they emailed me first and asked if I’d like to be their first blogger of the month. Well, yes! Absolutely! I’ve been a Laura Ashley girl since I was seven. I’d make cardboard houses…
-
It’s warm in the kitchen
This is the centre of our home at the moment. The fireplace in the kitchen. It’s utterly freezing here. The snow still hasn’t melted and the girls and I have shivery freezing cold colds that give us temperatures and make us very very cold indeed. So we have the fire on day and night to…
-
The best thing I’ve ever done for my blog
Pictured above: My Blogging your Way homework from this week: Mini brand UX and strategy scamp. Hey y’all. You might have noticed a bit of Spring cleaning going on around here of late. It’s been on the cards for some time, and after a four year break from proper blogging after Edith was born and…
-
Ready, steady, work
Welcome to my new little attic office. It’s little alright, but now I’ve tidied and arranged it I love it. I even have my own snowy view today. The sheep are there. And there’s the valley. My view changes every day and I love watching the seasons go by. This is where I… Write my…
-
Little interior snippets
It’s taken weeks of unravelling, arranging, throwing away, sorting and fine-tuning and at last the little dining area is almost done. My job as a UX was pretty much the same – refining information or commands down into the perfect order, of the perfect amount of the right thing. Looking at my Pinterest boards now…
-
A splendid slumber
Another reason I love going to Honeysuckle Cottage is the bedding. It’s all white and cream and amazingly high quality. The duvets are thick and cosy, the pile of pillows is perfect for reading and watching Country File in bed with a nice cup of tea. I always used to think my mother was mad…
-
The dollmakers of Dalston
Yesterday I took Astrid’s beautiful doll back to the dollmakers to have her arms upgraded to fancy buttoned on ones after Edith pulled them off. I had also asked Mopsa if it was alright if I photographed her house, because it is the most divine house – a rambling, naturally chaotic original victorian terrace house…