Category: interior design
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Kitchen diaries: 1 buying a second hand kitchen
I was on my Instagram account and found this amazing women on Instagram who bought and painted a second hand high speck kitchen. She was talking about costs and how to save money. I was looking forward to buying a perfect kitchen completely suited to our needs, my sister in law was quoted £14000 for…
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Restoring the family home: flooring plans
I mentioned in my last blog about how much we want to preserve of our new/ old 1930s house. One of the things we are most excited about is the gorgeous original hardy pine parquet floor. This is about restoring my husbands family home, our new home. I love parquet, especially herringbone. So when I…
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Interior inspiration: L’Escale Resort Marina & Spa Seychelles
Interiors is a great passion of mine, I love to find the biophilic harmony between building and nature. It’s important to have balance and although my usual style is more cluttered and colourful I have never been so inspired by a hotel before. Especially when it’s calming neutral vibe a complete contrast to my aesthetic.…
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Life in technicolour: Stained glass is my new obsession
I have been thinking of privacy in my bathroom. How now that the trees are dying back I can look into a few gardens, which means they can see me. Yes wedo have a blind but I don’t like to move it. I think bathrooms should be filled with light and now I think my…
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Painted furniture the debate
I love wooden furniture and generally I prefer a vintage piece rather than new but there is a debate about painting furniture and I thought I would take the time to discus it here. There will be hundreds and thousands of old well crafted furniture that people with no skills have badly painted in their…
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Autumn is in the air
My summer flowers may be in full bloom and the week ahead looks lovely and sunny but autumn is in the air. My bedding is out drying in the garden and I am contemplating getting the duvets out of the linen cupboard. Autumn is in the air and even though it feel like this year…
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Interior design trends I just don’t get: too many bathrooms
Yes they are nice to have but are they necessary. So of course I understand having bathrooms it’s a necessity. I do have an issue with too many bathrooms in any sized house. But whey are we now so obsessed with them. All modern houses and especially flats appear to come with a bathroom per…
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Easy tablescape / table setting ideas
I love a good tablescape. One of the best places to see them is at weddings and then drinking or food events. People are starting to make a lot more effort at home and setting the table. Birthday meals and celebrations are exploding with more and more outrageous ideas. You don’t need to spend a…
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The benefits of biophilic living
I am going to start this blog by asking you a question and that is, where do you feel happiest? Most of us would say whilst on holiday, out in nature normally when we are relaxing. Either by the coast or in the countryside. A romantic walk under the stars or dipping your toes into…
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Bringing the outside in
If you had asked me last year I would have told you that I don’t like flowers I prefer plant. Now this is true but part of my biophilic journey is bringing the outside in. Also the amount of flowers my garden is producing means that I have fresh flowers every other day and I…
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