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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.

Visual Postcards from Our Garden – The Slow Progress of Landscaping a Garden on a Budget

July 31, 2017

Summer style in the garden, bohemian monochrome

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Good morning and welcome to summer, I know, I know I am actually writing this at my desk wearing a jumper and the view of our garden from the window looks anything but sunny right now. Read More

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Colour | The New Neutrals – Taupe, Greige and Clay

July 26, 2017

Colour The New Neutrals - Taupe, Greige and Clay, plaster Gubi

Image: Gubi via Elle Decoration, Sweden

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Sometimes life is a bit surreal, right? As I was sitting down to write this piece on the sofa last night, being motivated by the decision to re-paint the upstairs hallway, a shot of our downstairs hallway popped up on the telly on the new Channel Four craft show,Read More

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Updating your Interior with Textiles : On Budget Ways to Change and Create Mood

July 19, 2017

using textiles to create mood in an interior scheme, scandinavian geometric

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Those of us that look at design regularly probably identify with the pull of seeing endlessly different and equally alluring images that have nailed something beautiful. Obviously it isn’t practical to redecorate our homes each time we see a seductive photoshoot, but if you keep your base reasonably neutral, then textiles are a great way of injecting layers Read More

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Exhibition Preview | Plywood Material of the Modern World at the V&A

July 15, 2017

V&A Plywood Material of the Modern World chairs, furniture icons of modern design

 

Image: Design Soda|Plywood: Material of the Modern World at the V&A, sponsored by MADE.COM

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This week I went along to the press preview of the V&A’s Plywood: Material of the Modern World exhibition which opens to the public today. Maybe it’s the sign of a true design geek,Read More

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My Summer Picks | Food, Culture, Beauty

July 12, 2017

Lifestyle - Summer inspiration, things to read, cook, summer scent & beauty

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A couple of weeks of sun drenched days, and at least a few slightly balmy nights, and my mind turns to acid hues, lurid looking cocktails, and a longing to shoot the breeze (or else become a character in a Tennessee Williams novel).Read More

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