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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.

Sun Baked Abstract Homewares from M&S for Spring/Summer 19

February 7, 2019

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AD – This post is a paid collaboration with M&S.

As someone who has shopped on the high street for all of their adult life I am delighted to be joining forces with British high street institution M&S for the next couple of months to share my favourite picks from their latest collections.

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Styling Tips: how I use Natural history accents to style my home

February 4, 2019

 

The byline (as you have hopefully noticed) for my blog is colour, pattern & patina. I chose these words early on as I felt they reflected my style in the home.

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Choosing a new sofa for the Design Soda house with DFS

January 23, 2019

DFS Hoxton Sofa in the Design Soda House French Connection Home

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AD – This post is a paid partnership with DFS

Is it just me that loves the squidge of a brand new sofa?! There’s something about the fact that a cat hasn’t tried to scratch it yet, a child hasn’t smeared jam fingers on it yet (if you know, you know!) that’s very alluring.

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New: SS19 from Ferm Living

January 15, 2019



I always feel a little light headed when Danish brand Ferm Living produce their latest brochure. How will they interpret the new season in their signature style which is both beautiful and accessible, aesthetic but totally liveable?

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Design Soda Travel Guide: Postcards from Puglia

January 14, 2019

 

Puglia Travel Guide, family holiday in Southern Italian countryside (1)


Its January, we are deep in the doldrums of winter, which is just when it’s traditional to get wanderlust. So, today on the blog, I thought we’d take a trip back to the sun baked days of a Puglian summer.

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