Ikea PS 2014 collection

I'm back from a lovely week in Madeira, and rather than letting the post holiday blues get to me, I'm thinking how we can update our flat with new projects, paint and products. The new Ikea PS collection for 2014 has some really nice items, with bold colours and quirky design features. Here are my top…

Summer colour

After months of winter grey, the sun is out and London is starting to look more colourful again. I'm starting to think of changing things around in our flat, ready for warmer days (hopefully) ahead. Zara home has some great inspiration for injecting some summer colour into homes, with lovely accessories and details. I especially love the…

Happy Friday!

Wow this week has been a manic one, I'm looking forward to taking it easy this weekend hanging out in Crystal Palace, looking around vintage shops and eating nice food. There's a whole Friday to get through before that though, so here's a cool and quirky house to stare at for 10 minutes and make…

Friday kitchen envy

We now have planning approval for our extension, see here for the plans, which is really exciting. It does mean that our horrible kitchen needs to stay as it is for a while longer until we can knock it down and build a nice new one! However, as yet another tile spontaneously falls off the…

west elm opening in London

I'm very excited to find out that west elm is opening a store in Tottenham Court Road, London next month. I see lots of lovely items online from this American homeware store, so I can't wait to go and see it all for myself. Here's my top 10 favourite west elm items on their site…

Exposed brick + vintage + glass = kitchen envy

This kitchen diner is so beautiful it makes me want to cry. Where do I start as to how much I love this space? Ok...the exposed brick, use of glass sliding doors to the garden, the glass roof, the gorgeous vintage quirky touches, those sinks, The Xavier Pauchard Tolix Stools, the amazing storage wall...'sigh!' All…

Donna Hay for Royal Doulton

Donna Hay, one of the best known names in cookbook and food magazines, can do no wrong as far as I am concerned. I have lots of her cookbooks as her recipes are always fresh, simple and beautifully styled and photographed. So I am excited to see her kitchen and dining range for Royal Doulton does not…

Pretty in pink. And yellow, and blue…

It may be raining outside, but inside I am full of the joys of Spring again after looking through the Zara home lookbook. I love the combination of pastels and bright colours, and the styling is gorgeous. Perfect for Easter entertaining. All images Zara Home