Category: interior design
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Picking paint this week
What jobs to do? Some would think it was fun, some will think it’s stressful. I am half way in between. We went on a whirlwind trip to BnQ and bought some paint. Sadly it looks like the wrong one. this was a while ago. I want this room to be dark so my favourite…
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Making design decisions makes me doubt myself
What makes you nervous? I am a planner not a doer. So I love to plan and design my home but now it’s coming to the part where I have to buy them I get nervous and doubt my decision. Today I need to order the tongue and groove panelling and the wallpaper. I have…
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Roundhouse dupes at Dunelm
I watched TikTok Australia get there roundhouse dupes in Aldi and I was so jealous! Roundhouse is a super cool Australian brand with a super high price tag! At £18 a plate I am more than happy to be buying my roundhouse dupes from Dunelm. If you know me, you know I love lobsters 🦞.…
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How to make a house a home
Which aspects do you think makes a home unique? My sister in law just had a house warming and she has done it up so lovely, warm beiges, wooden floors and lots of panelling and wallpaper , lots of marble, gold and white in the bathrooms it’s feels new, fresh bougie even. So what makes…
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Day 3 of no social media: I fell in love with a £2500 sink
I am in love. The colour. The shape. The brand. But we can’t afford it for a downstairs toilet sink. Even though it’s a work of art. Somethings are just not meant to be. I definitely think I was more focused at work, I achieved a lot today and feel on top of my work…
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A fire for Christmas
A magical thing is happening in the next few weeks. Our fireplace which currently is a homage to the 80s crass fake York stone fire place that has plagued many a house up and down Great Britain, is being replaced with something more sympathetic to our 1930s London home. It is not original and it…
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5 Home trends for 2023 and what I am getting behind.
I did a similar blog last year and with all the shite happing in our lives write now I don’t mind writing something a bit frivolous rather than my rabbit hole of darkness I almost wrote ha ha. 1.LOCAL CRAFTED HOMEWARE Local crafted home are of definitely something we can all get behind. From local…
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I think a bath may be an essential
A few weeks ago I wrote explaining that when we are thinking of ripping out the shower room we are not intending to put a bath back in. But now… We have lived here for 5 weeks and I have missed having a bath so often that I am considering popping a small one in.…
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What would your dream kitchen have?
We have bought a second had kitchen and I was wondering what your dream kitchen would look like? things to consider, colour, style, light, units. Obviously it does depend on size but we are talking about a dream kitchen. So let’s share our dreams. Mine would be green shaker style kitchen with integrated appliances, open…
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Buying our kitchen floor second hand
Time to share us buying more second hand bits for the kitchen. The floor in the kitchen is currently quarry tiles. we love that warm terracotta colour that is very European and is an original feature of our house that wasn’t bomb damaged during the Second World War. We have been keeping an eye out…
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