This is a sponsored post produced in collaboration with Amara. Styling and the process involved in creating an image has always been what I enjoy the most about working on the blog. When I decided to leave London and head back to the North East I left behind a job where doing just …
Category: My Home
Goodbye Blue, Hello Grey
Sometimes the reality of an idea isn’t quite as amazing as the image you’ve had filling your head.Ā Despite looking absolutely perfectly and seeming like an excellent idea in your head, some ideas just don’t pan out. I don’t necessarily think it’s a bad thing, if anything for me it’s only made me more …
The Contemporary Lighting Edit
Image credit: Utility Design I have strong opinions about lighting. I’ve been known to have strong opinions about a number of things related to interiors it’s true, but lighting is a particularly large issue for me. Last week on an Instagram postĀ it became apparent I’m not the only one however – always a nice …
Starting Afresh. Three Ways I Welcome In The New Season.
Spring,Ā noun The season after winter and before summer, when the weather becomes warmer, leaves and plants start to grow again and flowers appear. When January draws to a close everything starts to feel different. Spring is technically almost two months away but still everything feels like it shifts into the new season. The …
Good Decision #1. The Normann Copenhagen Block Side Table.
2018 is going to be the year of the good decision. I’ll be applying that logic to pretty much everything. It’ll be particularly prevalent within my home as I spend the year putting my disposable income to one side in the hope of being in a position to start looking at buying my first …
The Perfect Host. Getting The Guest Bedroom Ready For Christmas.
When I made the move back from London two years ago I was adamant I had to have a place with a guest bedroom. There was going to be long weekends, filled with friends who’ve made the journey up to Newcastle to visit. I’d make them epic breakfasts, they’d revel in the glory of …
The first Saturday in December.
Like clockwork my Christmas tree always goes up on the first Saturday of December. It’s a ritual I’m very particular about and I take it very seriously. I’m going to warn you of this from the get go. The week leading up to Saturday I begin to dust off the decorations from their resting …
A Design Essential That Won’t Break The Bank
Ā This is a sponsored post produced in collaboration with IKEA. I truly believe the concept of one’s eyes being too big for their belly can also be applied to interior design. Have you ever fallen in love with an item so immediately you find yourself standing there, all alone in the deserted aisle, clutching …
IKEA x HAY. YPPERLIG IS HERE.
This is a sponsored post produced in collaboration with IKEA. Itās funny how a brand so rooted and celebratory in its Scandinavian heritage can feel such an intrinsic part of the way we live our day-to-day lives here in Britain. I can measure my life in pieces of IKEA furniture. At the age of …
A Living Room Update. Part One.
If truth be told, I didn’t strictly need to do anything to my living room. I just really wanted to. I have a habit of convincing myself things are absolutely essential, if not imperative to my happiness in life. Saying that, there were very real reasons for wanting the living room update, but they definitely …