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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.

DIY: How to make a Summer Scent Room Diffuser with essential oils

April 15, 2020

Each year in the summer season I observe the same rituals at home that bring a touch of daily joy to the setting.Read More
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Colour Focus: The Many Hues of Comforting Beige

April 14, 2020

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Part three of my colour focus series today, having started with green and then blue, and with a world of turbulence outside the window, I’ve decided to look at a calm colour that makes us feel comforted. Read More

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Craft : Make Simple Easter egg decorations with marbling and speckle patterns

April 7, 2020

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The Easter holidays have begun and, continuing with my focus on the smaller things that bring joy at the moment, I’m sharing a celebrational Easter craft that I made yesterday.Read More

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Home Comforts : Favourite Candles For Spring/Summer

April 2, 2020

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Having blogged about our newly decorated home office the other day, and with many more of us now spending more time at home than ever before, I thought that today I would write a post on one of my favourite homelife enhancing rituals – scented candles. I know, that may seem like a tenuous link, Read More

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Makeover Reveal : A Small Creative Home Office Space

March 31, 2020

 

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I started planning this room with some trepidation, I wasn’t sure how I was going to feel moving to the smaller box room at the back of the house from my formerly spacious study.Read More

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