Category Archives: Lifestyle

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.

My Guide to The Most Effective Dried Flowers to style in the home

October 15, 2018

Dried flowers are having their moment in the world of interiors at present, but not in the old fashioned pressed between pages of a book kind-of-way. Read More

‘Time For Tea’ Installation – Scholten & Baijings at Fortnum & Mason for London Design Festival

October 1, 2018

The first day of October is surely a sign that we have passed the seasonal shift and crept firmly into the autumn/winter territory with their attendant chills and festivities. The autumn equinox was ten days ago and I, for one, would quite like to spend the season tucked up here on this installation at Fortnum & Mason. If you saw my piece from a few weeks ago, you will know that I love the tradition of afternoon tea. If you also read my blog regularly (thank you!) then you will know that I’m quite partial to Scandinavian design.Read More

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Afternoon tea with vintage-inspired floral designs from Villeroy & Boch

September 10, 2018

I was absolutely delighted when Villeroy & Boch approached me to style an afternoon tea for for the blog using the beautiful Rose Sauvage range. Read More