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DIY HOME: CLIPBOARD INSPIRATION WALL 26 Aug 2013 | 04:50 pm
I’m thinking of trading in the cork inspiration board that hangs above my desk for a series of clipboards – as someone who has a penchant for dropping thumb tacks I know my feet are going to thank me!...
DIY STATEMENT ROPE NECKLACE 22 Aug 2013 | 01:44 pm
Perhaps I was a french sailor in a past life but anything nautical feels so right to me. My closet is filled up to the brim with everything striped and I wouldn’t have it any other way. The addition o...
DIY HOME INSPO: BASKET SHELVES 20 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
I recently stumbled across the styling of Susanna Vento and immediately fell for the basket shelves she created for one of her designs – not all that practical if you tend to pile up your shelves like...
CURRENTLY WEARING: DOUBLE STRIPES 19 Aug 2013 | 05:41 pm
Ok so I have to admit that my addiction to any outfit that comes as a set is getting ridiculous. Although on the surface this can be put down to how utterly ‘sheek’ or ‘fa-shun’ the whole twin set thi...
TRAVEL: A QUICK GUIDE TO LONDON 18 Aug 2013 | 08:31 pm
I think I’ve already mentioned how great it was to be back in London a little while ago, but I guess it was more than just great – it was surreal. Surreal because life was so different when I left, be...
HOW TO: PRESS BOTANICALS 15 Aug 2013 | 08:33 am
Lately I’ve noticed a resurgence of 70′s style crafts – macrame, candle making, pottery, all the things that my mum and her friends did between carafes of wine (when they weren’t out staging protests ...
BEFORE & AFTER: VINTAGE OVERALLS 13 Aug 2013 | 07:03 pm
You’ll no doubt have noticed that overalls (or dungarees) have been popping up everywhere recently, I’ve had my eye on these for some time. But being a trend that was super popular in the early nineti...
DIY STUDDED ROPE BRACELET 9 Aug 2013 | 07:30 am
Thank you for the warm birthday wishes yesterday via instagram – I gave myself the day off and it was so good! Was contemplating a ‘screen free’ day, but it’s a bit hard when calls from parents and fr...
DIY MAGAZINE PAGE ART 7 Aug 2013 | 07:16 am
This post doesn’t need any explanation other than I can’t afford the art I like (recently saw this exhibition in Hong Kong and found the pen drawings weird and wacky and oh so good, but $$$) and so, a...
DIY PAINT DIPPED CHAIRS 5 Aug 2013 | 08:35 pm
Neon or pastel, either way there’s something just so right about a pop of colour in a simple and minimal room – and paint dipped chairs present the perfect opportunity. Next time you’re at a garage sa...
