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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.

Through the aperture:

December 14, 2013

1aWhat was viewed through the aperture: Notting Hill winter pastels, fresh greens of winter blooms, advent calender joy and winter scene by the sink.

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The Edit

December 12, 2013

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My favourite things at the moment: Thornback & Peel festive tea towels, Jacques Etagere bookcases, Ikea hacks, Christmas songs, Liberty of London, Sophie Allport textiles.Read More

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Through The aperture

December 9, 2013

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Viewed through the aperture: Christmas in London, Elegant porch, concession to kitsch, apartment wreath and lush posy’s.Read More

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Deck The Halls With Boughs of Holly – My Decorations Wishlist.

December 2, 2013

Winter Wonderland Deer, pine cones & Birch star Decoration

Similar to a small child, Christmas makes me feel giddy and excited. It is such a sensory overload, the sights and smells are a true sensualists dream.

My first acknowledgment of this is my excited perusal and horde planning of decorations for the home. And as advent has officially started I have already begun to hang the first of my Christmas decorations.

Here are my favourites of the year, from bright and shiny to white and understated, like all other areas of home decor I love eclecticism in my Christmas touches.Read More

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Through the aperture…

November 30, 2013

Winter ApertureViewed through the aperture this week: Dick Bruna’s swoonful angels, lush rabbit cups, Georgian architecture and the bleak mid-winter,

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