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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.

Pinterest Interiors Awards & My Five Golden Rules for Pinterest Success

June 7, 2017

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So I’m not naturally a Gwenyth Paltrow type full of self modesty and gushing sentiment overwhelmed at the arrival of an award. Luckily for me not too many have arrived in my life (unless we’re counting the household award for faultless ability to consume inordinate amounts of jelly beans whilst pretending to work, that one I comfortably hold the lifetime achievement for). As you may, or may not, have noticed, I was pretty thrilled this month when Pinterest UK announced the winners of the first ever Pinterest Interiors Awards and my name was on the list. Read More

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Home Tour | 10 Ways To Bring Summer Into Your Home (#UKHomeBlogHop)

May 30, 2017

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Good morning and a warm welcome to the second day of the UK Home Blog Hop organised by your very glamorous host Kimberly at Swoon Worthy to showcase a bunch of bloggers brimming with summer style inspiration over the course of a week, I can’t wait to see what they all have in store! Read More

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DIY: Making a Summer Scent Room Diffuser

May 26, 2017

hOW TO MAKE A DIY ROOM SCENT REED DIFFUSER WITH ESSENTIAL OILS -

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In the summertime I really love to light plain white candles in the daytime, there’s something so fresh and happy about them, but fragranced candles on the other hand tend to go back into cupboards as I find the aroma too overbearing at this time of year. Sometimes I switch up with diffuser reeds, I like the gentle steady aroma they give, but they are pretty expensive. So this year I thought I’d have a go at creating my own, it was so easy and really nice to think about the elements I wanted in my scent. So today I thought I’d share some tips with you on how to make your own bespoke summer fragrance which will flood your house with joy and evoke the smells of Mediterranean summers.Read More

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Highlights: The Best Things To See at Clerkenwell Design Week 2017

May 23, 2017

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Clerkenwell Design Week runs each year during May, and for some reason I can’t explain it doesn’t run for a week, not even a working week. Though maybe there’s a clever insinuation there about the ideal three day week, if so,  I’m on board! Read More

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Room Makeover | Teds Vintage Style Toddler bedroom with quirky details and animals

May 15, 2017

 Farrow Ball Gable wallpaper interior ideas, childrens room decor with a scandi monochrome scheme, cornforth white, vintage and wooden toys, oyoy monochrome rug, ferm living denim whale (3)

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So this post has been a really long time in writing, and even decorating. Partly because we had a bit of a damp problem, then because bedtime routine changed along with furniture and lots of new decisions to be made, and if I’m honest I’ve spent quite a long time faffing with the decoration in this roomRead More

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