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About Design_Soda_Ruthie

I write Design Soda, a design blog with a focus on interiors. My blog aims to be an unpretentious, stimulating, fun and naturally curious delve into inspirational design and Londoncentric culture. I describe my style as boho-eclectic and am open to most design which doesn’t look too serious or composed. As a design geek with a love of vintage and upcycling, I am passionate about my home and love blogging ideas and looks that I find inspirational. Since the time when my teenage bedroom was an Aladdins cave of upcycled furniture, Cecil Beaton photography and Situationist slogans I have been interested in the way the home environment can make you feel and inspire your inner life. As a new mummy, trying to negotiate my passions with my lovely new baby's schedule can be difficult, but in my spare time you will often find me snapping the things that catch my eye in my wonderful home city London. Or, reading, upcycling, spending longer on Pinterest than I should, baking and watching old movies. I have a lifelong passion for French New Wave cinema.

The Natural History Museum: Three Interiors Collaborations

September 21, 2019

 

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If you’re a regular around here, it probably isn’t too wild a guess that an interiors collaboration from the Natural History Museum may be among my favourite new launches ever. In fact, with three launching within a month of each other I feel a little like all my interiors lottery tickets have come at once. Read More
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New Season Interiors; Soft Palettes, Fluid Shapes, natural textures and line drawings

September 11, 2019

Items clockwise from top left: //  Marseilles Table lamp by HAY, Goodhood Store  //  Reuben wooden chair, Cult Furniture  //  Relief Astrid Vase by Lindform, Skandium  //  Krokholmen Cutwork metal coffee table, IKEA  //  Well Vase by Ferm Living at Smallable  // Zola Throw, Stoff Studio for MADE.
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I love the feeling of a fresh start and possibility that September brings. Inevitably my mind turns to the home, what small updates I might make, how things may be swapped around for the new season, and perhaps a couple of small purchases (well if you insist, there are a few items on this list I may need to talk to Santa about later in the year!). Read More
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Kitchen Makeover Reveal

August 30, 2019

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I know, I know, there isn’t a blog post for nearly a month and then suddenly over 2,500 words show up all at once! Thanks summer holidays! But, seriously, today is a big one because it’s our kitchen makeover reveal. Read More
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[AD] What does timeless style mean to you? Habitat’s new Furniture For Life Campaign

August 1, 2019

Pared back bohemian Scandinavian simplicity with the Mori Sofa from Habitat

AD – This Post is a paid collaboration with Habitat.

What does timeless style mean to you? This is the question Habitat posed to me when we first started talking about working together on their new Furniture For Life campaign for which they have an amazing competition which I will tell you all about in detail later on in piece.Read More

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Design Crush : Serralves Art Deco Villa, Porto

July 9, 2019

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I visited a villa in Porto last week that I’m sure is going to stay with me forever, so I had to share it with you! Read More

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