Monthly Archives: December 2013

Design Crush #1

December 28, 2013

Tom Dixon Form Tea set range

There are so many home design pieces that catch my eye each month that I never have enough room to put them all in the weekly edit. So, with this in mind, I have decided to start a new post category highlighting the most covetable pieces that have caught my eye. And for my inaugural post I could hardly choose anyone more deserving than Tom Dixon to put the lust lens on.

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Merry Christmas

December 25, 2013

Gingerbread House lebkuchen tealight christmas candle

 

Merry Christmas pretties,Read More

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…

December 23, 2013

Christmas Table Decoration, deer and tree in cloche glass dome, candy cane candle arrangement, birch stars, pine cones.

Christmas in our apartment…So far!

I love the kitsch nostalgic styling that has been everywhere this year, it fills me with the kind of childlike joy only fitting to this time of year. In homage to all the amazing d.i.y snowglobes with deer I have seen on blogs and pinterest over the last few weeks I have sourced my own lazy girls interpretation of the trend, and am totally in love with my deer and tree under glass cloche display. I am also really pleased with this candy cane candle holder which was an idea taken from the Ocado magazine substituting their multicoloured canes for classic red and white which I think looks so fresh and spritely.Read More

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Classic Stories for Christmas: A List

December 21, 2013

Classic Novels and Stories for Christmas - Mitford, Capote, Christie, Maugham, Fitzgerald, M.R James, Wilkie Collins, Susan Hill

 

I have a bit of a tradition reading classic Christmas stories over the holiday break and huddling around a traditional ghost story in the run up to Christmas and new year. Here are a list of festive stories that I recommend.Read More

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Things That Made Me Smile This Year

December 19, 2013

design pieces

As it is the time of year when everyone is manically shopping, Things That Made Me Smile will be an edit of objects I love this week.  Most of them are items I have been looking at for at least a year and will never afford, my dream shopping list if you like:Read More

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