Monthly Archives: June 2013

Lipstick for Walls – Favourite Wallpapers

June 24, 2013

CUSTHOM-_COLUMBIA-ROAD-WALLPAPER-BRONZE MetallicSo, I see wallpaper as the lipstick of home cosmetics. You can be as bold as you like, but I think wallpaper is most effective when used sparingly.  The old mothers truism about make-up transfers rather well to home design I think- paint your eyes or your lips, cleavage or legs, overkill leaves no room to think and nothing to the imagination. With this in mind, having filled downstairs with a bric-a-brac of objects and pictures, we have not ventured into wall lipstick. I am now tentatively turning my attention to the upstairs hallway and  bedroomsRead More

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June 20, 2013

Riess White Enamel ladel set skimmer

My favourite things right now: Riess enamelware, Linklater’s latest film Before Midnight, Eton mess in summer, Francoise Sagan’s A Certin Smile.Read More

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The Great Outdoors – Small scale gardening (my attempt at being green fingered)

June 10, 2013

Window Boxes, white geranium, ranunculus, muscari

I will be honest, I am writing this post purely because of the self satisfied joy I felt when the dried ranunculus flower heads I planted began to properly sprout last week. I am not at all green fingered but this year I have tried to start some very small scale gardening with window boxes and the like but my efforts are very much from the lazy girls guide – or as my husband likes to term it survival of the fittest!Read More

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June 6, 2013

memlite_industrial_factory_lighting_tamasyn-gambell_textiles_animal_figurines_cake

My favourite things right now: Memlite 30’s industrial work lamps, Tamasyn Gambell textiles, Lana Del Rey and Apple and Pear cake decorated with Schleich animal figurines in hats.Read More

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