Author Archives: Design_Soda_Ruthie

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.

Design Lovers Travel Guide – 24 Hours in San Juan: Pantone Mansions, Art Deco & Tropical Sunshine

April 4, 2019

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Landing in San Juan at night, you are greeted with quite an unexpected sight, beneath the full moon San Juan will announce itself not as a small town with a scattering of twinkly lights as I was expecting, but as a town laid out in neon lights cascading jewel-like upon the landscape.

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Design Destination at Sea : Discovering Puerto Rico from the newly revamped Celebrity Summit Cruise Ship

April 1, 2019

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Creating a Spring wreath for the new season

March 30, 2019

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You may have seen me do one of these before, there was a spring wreath two years ago and a Christmas one, a summer herb one, then a wreath garland for the Christmas table candelabra. I hold my hands up, I’m making these all the time! I love the punch of flora that they deliver.

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On My Radar : Spring Homeware Favourites

March 28, 2019

 

Good morning (or afternoon/evening depending on when you choose to read). The first day of spring has officially passed in the UK and everything outdoors is coming to life, which has got me thinking about summery days and balmy evenings at home. I thought I’d do something I haven’t done for a while today and share some of my favourite homewares that are catching my eye at the moment.

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What I’m planting in the garden this year

March 21, 2019

 

 


It’s that time of year when the weather is finally (justifiably) getting a little warmer, and as a result my thoughts are in the garden. I long for the balmier days of summer when everything comes alive outside, and I can gather flowers like the ones pictured above from a post I wrote on my cutting garden favourites.

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