tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39271580777730450362024-03-14T01:42:51.419-07:00My House CandyMaking my space aceAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05137688125240638102noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927158077773045036.post-58861739444748270282015-09-15T08:26:00.002-07:002015-09-23T11:31:15.590-07:00I’ve moved!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I am so excited to be welcoming my new baby into the world next week. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">After nine months of nurturing, this ‘lil blog of mine is ready to emerge all fresh faced and hopeful, thanks to a brand spanking new web design.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"> So whilst I prepare a feast of new posts and juicy features ready for her arrival, I thought it was a good time to reflect on everything I’ve been craving during My House Candy maternity. And wow what a hungry mamma I’ve been.</span></div>
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Meanwhile, I’m just a teeny bit anxious as we enter the final week of voting in the #IBA15 <a href="http://www.interiorblogawards.com/vote/my-house-candy/">Best Newcomer Category</a> and there’s only one way to deal with this issue.</div>
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As you know (and if you didn’t you should) a mix of designer, second hand and high street purchases makes for a rich and inspiring interior style. So each week I will be looking at a current trend and deciding what I will need to beg, borrow and steal to work that look at home.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">It’s not just me, right? Geometric designs are on everyone’s style radar at the moment. In the fashion world the name to be dropping is obviously Roskanda, whose bold graphic colour blocking is totally worthy of its celebrity status.</span><br />
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Roskanda graphic print dress <a href="http://www.mytheresa.com/en-gb/marocain-printed-silk-dress.html">£1185, www.mytheresa.com</a></div>
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So how do I work this super luxe, super stylish geometric look at my place?<br />
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Just like the designer handbag, one carefully selected statement piece is all you need to update a whole look. </span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Inspired by the work of abstract expressionist artist Mark Rothko, this range layers rich planes of intense colour to create vibrant sculptural masterpieces. And it must be </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">blooming good because it has just been </span></span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">nominated for a</span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://internationaldesignexcellenceawards.com/" style="font-weight: normal;">SBID 15 International Design Excellence award</a><span style="font-weight: normal;">. How’s that for a statement?</span></span></h2>
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So many times I have searched for the perfect rug only to find it doesn’t work within the space intended. Joyously, all Sonya’s rugs are available in a wide range size options. This one starts from £1,195 (for a medium 1.4m x 1.7 m size) and can even be custom made to your requirements. </div>
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Different pile heights within the rugs give the Rothko-esque range a three dimensional quality - an artistic trait which is testimony to Sonya Winner’s design credentials. Nominated for an Elle Decoration award following the launch of her pioneering Kalaidoscope range, Sonya is now a firm favourite with designers and buyers in the know. Her iconic After Matisse rug (below) is already a design classic and if you’re really going out there with this geometric trend at home, this is the investment piece to get saving for. </div>
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This part of the feature is about borrowing pieces from a bygone era. It’s rare that a trend comes around that hasn’t been done before, which means there is always a way to work the look with second hand or vintage pieces. </div>
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All these lovely geometric angles and sharp shapes have got me into modernist furniture shopping frenzy. I’ve long been a fan of 50s furniture brand Parker Knoll and distinctly remember a good friend of mine scoffing at a pair of teak arm chairs I bought for £10 and had reupholstered five years ago. Whose laughing now seat snobbo?</div>
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I’m now on the hunt for one like this, for which I was recently cruelly outbid on Ebay.</div>
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By the way, if you were the winner, please can it be reupholstered in retro turquoise and re-listed with a very generous Buy It Now Price pre-Xmas? Cheers.</div>
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Sometimes I find it in the supermarket and want the world to know about it (see my last post for <i>that</i> trendy trolley dash). Sometimes it’s one of those budget store finds that I slyly sneak to the cash desk in fear that somebody put on the wrong price tag. Know the feeling? I’m talking about bargains - and bang-on-trend bargains at that. Having already written about my pocket slapping Asda exploits (which featured geometric designs a plenty), I wanted to share with you another stylish steal that should really have been a lot more expensive.</div>
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This huge zig zag velvet floor cushion has given my boring green sofa a bit of geo-magic too. Lovingly handmade by gorgeous haberdashery and workshop <a href="http://violetlux.com/pages/about-us">Violet Lux</a> in my favourite seaside spot of Scarborough, this whopper would have had a hefty price tag if it were sold in a swanky department store. Instead it cost just £30, which just goes to show that it is always worth checking out your local independent shops and craft markets for a design savvy steal.</div>
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And that’s this week’s geometric inspired Beg, Borrow, Steal shopping list. How does it measure up? </div>
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I came back from holiday with a poor excuse for a tan and a great excuse for a shopping spree. A new season has arrived and fresh interior collections are dropping faster than crisp autumn leaves. The only trouble with this (for weak willed fashion bunnies* such as me) is that it is entirely possible to pop to the supermarket for a loaf of bread and come back with a whole new room update. I know, because I did.
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Asda is bang on the money with its ever improving George at Home range. Avoid this isle at all costs if you also have the willpower of a gnat when it comes to lovely home accessories.</div>
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Here’s the result of my super stylish supermarket sweep:</div>
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Cushions, cushions, cushions. They are my achilles heel and at the risk of sounding like my mum, nothing makes it easier to ring the changes than a new set of cushions for the sofa.</div>
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This geometric trend is coming at me from every angle and I don’t mind at all. At £7 a pop, these cushions provided me with my new season colour inspiration for less than the price of a takeaway pizza. nom nom.</div>
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I had to throw in this hello sunshine accent cushion for a smiley fiver. Rude not to, no?</div>
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The geometric design tea light holder in glamorous gold on a white ceramic base is ridiculously cool and totally worthy of a designer price tag. Except from Asda it comes in at a pocket slapping four quid. Take me to church.</div>
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And finally, here’s a tip from one of the coolest Interior Designers on the planet. Abigail Ahern believes in lamps, like, everywhere. At least eight per room she says. I haven’t got enough sockets to see if I agree with that theory (although it’s safe to assume it works) but I do agree with her bizarre suggestion to put a couple of lamps in the kitchen. Somehow the unexpectedness of them sat amongst the crockery makes them magical. </div>
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Freshly baked, delicious warm Tiger Loaf. It cost a whopping £62.75 but came with three free cushions, a lamp, three tea light holders and a matching scented candle ;-)</div>
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My Nerd Nook is a great place to keep the debris of busy family business all neat and tidy. It’s also given this awkward under the stairs dumping ground a very important purpose.</div>
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Lovers of vintage G Plan will be horrified to see that I painted this retro bureau trendy grey and white. Gah! I was foolish to ignore its iconic potential when my mother in law chucked it out 10 years ago, but whilst I loved its modernist shape, I loathed its boring brown-ness.<br />
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I haven’t been shy to tell you of my love for wild and wacky wallpapers. In fact I'm guilty as charged for shamelessly flaunting my fashionable flamingos and stylish swans. But now I want to talk about a different kind of statement wall - the ones that don’t just say ‘look at me’, but get you thinking too.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05137688125240638102noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927158077773045036.post-57685958390694224032015-08-28T03:29:00.000-07:002015-08-28T08:31:34.863-07:00New Season Heroes and Villains<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Yvonne Craig, one of TV's original feisty females died recently leaving a little pointy eared hole in my heart. I rediscovered the 1960s TV Batman series a few years ago when my son's superhero fixation had me searching the archives for caped crusaders. Craig's Batgirl was funny and fierce, not to mention something of a red-headed stunner. In her honour I’m hoping this best selling print from Bodie and Fou will remind me to always give good Kerpow! </span><br />
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Gothic black is everywhere this season and I will be exploring all kinds of ways to indulge in this interiors trend right here on the blog. Meanwhile, we are apparently enjoying a new post recession love affair with opulence home wise - so who better to look to for a bit of goth-ulent inspiration than everyone’s favourite feline, Cat Woman. <span style="text-align: center;">Luxe fabrics, shiny metals, deep hues … <span style="font-size: large;"><b>ME-OOWWW</b></span>.</span><br />
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I'm coming right out and saying that I'm desperate for your vote. I've tried and failed to be cool about it and here's why: My House Candy started out as a bit of fun. A chance for me to write about the stuff I love more than Manolos. In my head I was Carrie Bradshaw (OK minus The City or the designer shoe collection). But with all of her passion and some of her hair. And I was simply in love with making my space ace.</div>
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Now it's more than that. My House Candy is Carrie's Big. It's the thing with a grip on me so bad that I (and ideally also you) demand more. What started out as a laugh now makes me late for the school run and in trouble with the bank. I've come so far and want to go so much further - which I'd like to think is what this newcomer category is all about.</div>
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In the Best Newcomer category you will see that I'm up against some awesome new blogs and some amazing new bloggers. But worthy as they are, not one of them wants to wear a lovely dress and attend the fancy London finals more than me. Scarily I have to be in the top five for that to happen which means I need every single one of your votes, like Carrie Bradshaw needs Cosmopolitans.</div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">From screen sirens such as Marilyn Monroe and Brigitte Bardot...</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Show off in your very own investment piece of home fashion history with this natural Peacock Chair from Graham and Green.</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Original peacock chairs command a high price on ebay and Gumtree but checkout less ornate versions that still crop up at a fraction of the price. <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR5.TRC2.A0.H0.Xpeacock+chair.TRS0&_nkw=peacock+chair&_sacat=0">Click here for Peacock style chairs currently on Ebay</a></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The cane chair can pack an equally fashionable punch, even if it’s not super fancy. In fact, modern shapes work brilliantly for a skandi-boho vibe. Scour your second hand shops for retro shapes like these.</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Better still, keep a beady eye out at house clearances where gems like this lovely bamboo and cane dining chair are sometimes </span>foolishly thrown out<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">. </span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">There it was getting damp and stinky when I spied it poking out of a household skip. The rules are, you must still ask the home owners permission before taking their junk. So of course it was with the neighbour</span>’<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">s blessing that </span>last week <span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I made off (faster than you can say </span>BT<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> Broadband) with a 30 year old heir loom under my arm. </span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Here it is with another freebie and a great way for you to WOW your friends with your creative handiwork.</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">This cushion used to be a detailed crocheted evening dress that once stretched nicely over my baby bump. With bump now of high school age, there really is no need to revisit this fashion moment but EVERY need for it to be reborn as a one-of-a-kind accessory. Just like the baby in fact.</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Now, I’m no seamstress (sigh) but even I could manage this easy transformation in a day. Cushion pads come in different sizes, as do dresses so it’s not difficult to find one that slots nicely into the body of a dress so that two sides of the cushion cover are already taken care of. I cut off the strappy bit at the top of the dress and stitched one end, then folded the other end over so that the detailed hem became a pretty overlap. The crocheted loops make it suitable for a buttoned flap, but with cotton or sturdier fabrics you could insert a zip. Simps.</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Delicacy and detail is one way to go with cushions that look cool on cane furniture, the other option is Moroccan or ikat inspired prints. This bright and beautiful handmade cushion from Att Pynta is a little vision of boho loveliness too.</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">One more nice cane and cushion combo is clean white - again, more of a skandi take on the trend. Here’s another charity shop find - a vintage pine and cane bar stool found for a fiver. It makes a pretty kitchen perch, paired with the simple white cushion, handmade from antique French fabric. What do you think?</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">OK, so I’ve been a bit jammy with my junk shop finds of late. Agreed. What if your neighbours and town folk are more scrap heap savvy than mine and the only cane, rattan or bamboo furniture you can find is a bit, erm, naff?</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">This one was a dodgy red colour before a can of silver spray paint transformed it in less than an hour! The cushion is once again made from vintage fabric, this time I’ve gone for a retro look because it lives in my more psychedelic girl cave. Like it? Why not let me know what you think below.</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Another fabulous way to work the wicker trend at home is in the bedroom. I just adore this romantic boho headboard. Perfect if you like your walls plain and your textiles plenty.</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">There is a romanticism about fancy canework that suits me and my insane girliness. </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> Caught as I am in the swirl of the current seventies revival, I could happily surround myself with a heady mix of the stuff right now.</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">But I get that this is not a style that will suit everyone. And thankfully, you</span>’<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">re not all hopeless victims of fashion like my poor self. You may want to dabble in boho, giving just a fashionable nod to the trend without upsetting the husband or the bank account, right?</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">If this is the case, look out for a quirky little style statement that says, “I know an interiors trend when I see it.” </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: center;">How about a magazine rack for a bit of cane-but-not-insane accessorising? </span><br />
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How to know if you’ve stumbled upon an interior heir loom or a fashion faux pas? I go by the four letter rule, WWKS, which in style speak means, What Would Kate Say.</div>
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That’s me done on <span style="background-color: white;">this series</span>, but please do let me know if you have any burning questions or want to share some super stylish makes. It would make me so happy to hear from you and to connect on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. Please click on the links down the side.</div>
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It’s been so much fun exploring this latest interior style crush that it’s given me an idea for a regular feature. Follow now for updates of my new <span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;">Beg, Borrow, Steal</span></span> feature where I will be looking at working an interiors trend using my trusty 3 sources:</div>
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I’ve found my boho. After some deliberation I have discovered where I sit on the bohemian style scale and it’s round about here. It’s eclectic, but not too bonkers. It’s got colour pops but not full on colour. It’s comfy, with touches of glam and importantly for this post - it’s fluffy underfoot. </div>
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I like the boho rug situation and the artistic mix of pattern and texture. I like the aztec designs and the ability to throw together multiple shapes and sizes. It makes me re-assess my own conventional attitude to flooring - all the practical fitted carpets and boringly plain rugs - and it makes me realise that if I want to be more boho, I’m going to need a really good shag pile. </div>
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There, I’ve said it. A sumptuous shaggy carpet is the missing piece in my style jigsaw and I think I may have found the perfect one here…</div>
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Souk wool rug, £169 - £999 <a href="http://www.westelm.co.uk/souk-rug-b865">www.westelm.co.uk</a></div>
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Abigail Ahern has changed my interior thinking for ever. Stuff that once I would never have looked twice at, is now the stuff my dreams are made of. This lamp is a case in point. It’s a classic AA game changer. Consider this the maxi skirt of your boho interior wardrobe. </div>
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Shaggy Palm lamp in white or black £375 <a href="http://abigailahern.com/collections/lighting/products/shaggy-palm-lamp">www.abigailahern.com</a></div>
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So now we’re into the swing of this series on boho interiors, I’d like to discuss my recent obsession with hanging stuff. That's because if you really want to nail this vibe, you need to know what makes a bohemian tick.<br />
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Google boho homes and you will come across a lot of pictures of hanging chairs. When you think about it, you can understand why. Hanging chairs are not a place to be studious; to do homework or to take an urgent video conference. For that matter, they’re not the ideal seat in which to watch a loud, shouty football match or play championship chess.<br />
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This gorgeous natural rope number is now back in stock at cool Cardiff interiors store <a href="http://www.paddeco.com/">www.paddeco.com</a> Grab yours now in the hope that summer hangs around for a little bit longer. </div>
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They love them in multiples and handmade from crotchet. Get the hang of it here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z_kK4zG24M">www.youtube.com</a></div>
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They love simple wire ones. (Well OK, I do) and here’s my effort at making them using wire light bulb shades picked up for £1 at the market. Give them a bit of growing time and they’ll be a little dangling vision of loveliness... honest.</div>
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You can get a bigger version of the wire shade from <a href="http://www.wilko.com/pendants+shades/wilko-pendant-open-wire/invt/0407014">Wilko</a> for £12. Add a cool trailing ivy and you’ve cracked a modern take on the trend. Budget boho bingo.</div>
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Thanks so much for hanging around guys. I’m having a lot of fun with this boho theme, have you noticed? Why don’t you let me know your thoughts in the comments section?<br />
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Next week I’m cutting some boho shapes on the floor... which reminds me, I’ve got a present to kick start your weekend. Why? ‘Cos I like you and I feel so bohemian like you. Click here <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU3mc0yvRNk">www.youtube/dandywarhols</a> you can thank me later. xxxx<br />
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PS. Have a great weekend and thanks for all your lovely tweets, follows etc. You would not believe how happy they make me… Needy? Moi? </div>
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The word ‘basic’ has gone up in my estimations ever since Kate Moss catapulted it to very un-basic heights not so long ago. <i>(FYI She called an air steward who wouldn’t fulfil her hungover sandwich demands a Basic Bitch). </i><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Basic is now in the urban dictionary and, in case you were wondering, its definition is: <span style="background-color: white; color: #2c353c; line-height: 22px;">An adjective used to describe any person, place, activity involving obscenely obvious behaviour, dress, action. </span></span><br />
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So when I say let’s start with the basics of boho interior style, I’m automatically thinking of Mossy. I’m thinking of the eternally cool… effortlessly stylish… couldn’t-give-a-flying-fuck supermodel and I’m applying her celebrated style manners to the anything-but basic boho wall situation.<br />
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Some people can live with vibrant colour on the walls. Some can’t. It doesn’t mean you can’t love the boho style if you don’t love coloured walls.<br />
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If you like your walls calm and neutral, you can add the creative atmosphere with textiles and accessories and we will give these accents more attention over the course of this mini series.<br />
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Neutral walls will need interest however and artwork (lots of) is the absolute best way to pile on the bohemian vibe.<br />
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I recently celebrated a milestone birthday - what? have I told you already? - And I pleaded with the husband to buy me this amazing screen print by London artist <a href="http://rowannewton.co.uk/">Rowan Newton</a>.<br />
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I can’t tell you what impact this print has had on me and my home. Since I got it, I’ve realised I need more art in my life and (this is the life changing bit) absurdly, I’d rather buy artwork than shoes. </div>
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So the best way I can think of to express the importance of art in a boho home is this disturbing revelation: You must love art more than shoes. </div>
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When you imagine Kate Moss throwing parties at her Cotswold pad, do you imagine a new build with perfectly painted magnolia walls. Er, no. Of course not; too basic.<br />
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You imagine a crumbling pile and peeling paint… a messy kind of gaff where dogs are allowed on beds, right? Because a staple of the bohemian look is relaxed grandeur. It is a couldn’t-care-less attitude to ageing that can be hard to pull off. Unless, like Mossy, you are insanely beautiful.<br />
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But let me tell you a secret. You don’t have to live in a Georgian mansion and wait a few hundred years for the antique wallpaper to peel off in order to achieve this look. Because there is a company that specialise in elegantly distressed wallpaper and fabric - and their products are definitely worthy of a supermodel’s bohemian country crash-pad. That company is <a href="http://www.blackpop.co.uk/">Blackpop</a>. </div>
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Designer and creator Maxine Hall is the brains behind Blackpop's exquisite range of papers and fabrics, which do luxury and grandeur, with a rock star twist.<br />
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Maxine’s design credentials are legendary in themselves. As a child she covered her walls in newspaper print, giving her bedroom an anarchic punk update that she loved for its random pattern. It’s this rebellious streak that sets her wallpaper and fabric designs apart from your standard historically referenced pattern books.<br />
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Maxine manages to evoke the rich tapestry of the past in her colour choices and distressed designs, whilst creating something uniquely modern. The designer sums up her thoroughly bohemian inspiration in a literary quote by Edweard Muybridge: <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.901961); line-height: 21px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"When we walk we leave one step in the past and stride the other towards the future, the gap in between is in the present.</span></span><span style="line-height: 21px;">”</span></div>
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The coolest of cool English shopping institutions, <a href="http://www.liberty.co.uk/fcp/categorylist/dept/fabrics_new-season">Liberty of London</a> stocks the Blackpop range, which in itself speaks volumes of the emerging brand's style status.<br />
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Swivel chair covered in Duprez velvet fabric £120 per metre <a href="http://www.blackpop.co.uk/collections/fabric/products/duprez-jade-velvet-fabric">www.blackpop.co.uk</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Blackpop’s latest collaboration with the <a href="http://www.npg.org.uk/">National Portrait Gallery</a> is hugely exciting. <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.901961); line-height: 21px;">A new collection of wallpaper and fabric - inspired by the world renowned Tudor collection of paintings on display at the museum - will be officially launched at Liberty of London during London Design Week 19th-27th September & interior design trade exhibition, Decorex 20th-23rd, September 2015.</span></span></div>
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Typically of the brand, this range represents a nod to the past and a wink to the future; it’s where artistic opulence meets thoroughly modern style.<br />
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I’m looking forward to covering the seat pad of an old caned begere chair in Blackpop’s quirky <a href="http://www.blackpop.co.uk/collections/fabric/products/grand-reader">Reader velvet</a> to show you how a little bit of this luxury fabric can go a long way in making a style statement. I’ll let you know how I get on in a future post.<br />
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But before we leave the subject of wallpaper, I get that some of you may not want to spend a lot of money on designer paper only for it to look knackered. My dad would definitely not approve. Here’s another way to go about elegantly distressed or rather, rocked-up posh.<br />
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vanity artwork £161 <a href="http://abigailahern.com/collections/art/products/vanity">www.abigailahern.com</a></div>
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And finally, I couldn’t leave any reference to big, hippy damask prints without kneeling down at the altar of Farrow and Ball and thanking them for their Lotus Papers. Respect.</div>
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You’d need to be daring (and ideally an actual artist) to throw watercolours at your walls in this example of boho-gone-bonkers… </div>
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Good old chalk board paint makes for an ever changing canvas in this inspiring dining space.</div>
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And remember rag rolling? A tad retro, but artistic none the less. Refresh your memory and create a Lawrence Llewelyn Bowen style room makeover with this You Tube tutorial: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ-XgnFsLNw">Rag rolling technique</a></div>
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The rooms below demonstrate the idea of faded grandeur using an unfinished paint finish to your walls. Essentially it’s the look you get when you strip off the wallpaper in an old house and reveal layer upon layer of emulsion. If you can bring yourself to appreciate the beauty of the patina and hold back the urge to cover it up again, you’ve got the look nailed with half the effort and none of the cost. Bonus boho points for you.</div>
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Another of my favourite decorating tricks is to use empty gilt frames on pretty patterned papers. I blagged these frames (below) from a local framing shop and the owner was happy to give them away since they were only going to be skipped! </div>
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Others I have picked up from market stalls and car boot sales but often charity shops will have rubbishy prints in fabulous frames for next to nothing. Sling the naff picture (making sure of course that it’s not a rare renaissance masterpiece) and frame your favourite wallpaper instead...</div>
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Elsewhere in my house, rich, clashing textures and up-cycled furniture help to reinforce the boho style mash-up I love so much. I'm getting comfy with finer details of this look over the next few weeks here on the blog so please do pop back in and share the love. But only if you’re a Boho Bitch of course* </div>
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Sorry if I’ve been a bit vacant these last couple of weeks. I’ve relocated to my beachfront getaway with the boys and the fluffy one.<br />
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Picture me if you will looking all tanned and glowy, hair a bit sun bleached as I lounge around my holiday condo sipping lemon tea. I’m living in cut off jeans and flip flops and my wrists are weighed down with bangles and love beads…. Are you there yet?<br />
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Great, well actually I’m in Scarborough, North Yorkshire and it’s a good 10 degrees below the Mediterranean. But I’m not one to to let a number get in the way of my fun and I’m still embracing the Ibizan beach boho vibe, with vengeance.<br />
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Boho is back - in fact it never went away - because this is the laid back luxury style that our dream summers are made of. <br />
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Sienna Miller owns Boho and it’s handy to keep her in mind if you are wanting to work a bit of the summer hippy vibe into to your home.<br />
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Let’s start with a mood board. I’ve collected a few images on Pinterest to get us feeling the ambience: <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/537476536749109314/">www.pinterest.com</a><br />
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Boho is easy; uncomplicated; relaxed. It looks happily thrown together with an anything goes kind of nonchalance.<br />
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You can wear your Bohome with clashing patterns and exotic prints<br />
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Or you can go clean and modern, with a bit of hippy on the side<br />
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I love everything about this look. In fact I love it so much that I thought I’d spend a couple of summery weeks exploring this whole theme here on the blog.<br />
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I’m going to look at cheap and cheerful Boho updates that you can quickly copy, as well as some luxury touches to invest in and escalate your hippy style to a whole other level.<br />
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Specifically the roof garden at Soho House, West Hollywood, CA. Boho at Soho with a jug of a Mojito. Know what I’m sayin'?<br />
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Extreme Boheme… It’s a fringe too far, agreed?<br />
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Want to know the most favourite thing in my house? This:<br />
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Excuse Betsy, she’s tile hugging again. ‘Cause me and Betsy, we LOVE tiles.<br />
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These ones in particular are super special. I think they are the most beautiful of all the original features that have survived in our Victorian Villa. They remind me of those patterned colouring books I used to have as a child.<br />
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Funny then that colouring in is the stress buster OTM and fancy, geometric floor tiles are also having a moment.<br />
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Just like colouring in carefully and staying within the lines, there’s something about encaustic tiled floors that instills mindfulness. So much so, that whole Instagram accounts have been devoted to the appreciation of beautiful floor tiles and I’m one of the biggest fans.<br />
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Check out: <a href="https://instagram.com/ihavethisthingwithfloors/?hl=en">ihavethisthingwithfloors</a> - 400,000 of us are following this pair of pretty feet as they step on some of the most fabulous floors on the planet.<br />
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I’m all for this new found celebration of all that is uber cool, underfoot. In fact I’m putting it out there that gazing skyward is like, so 2014. Looking for divine design inspiration? Look down.<br />
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So are you ready to colour in your own thoughtful floorspace? Of course you are. Well lucky then that there are some unbelievably cool tile companies that specialise in just that.<br />
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<a href="http://www.bertandmay.com/">Bert and May</a> appeared on my style radar early this year and I keep returning to their website for a quick fix floor filler whenever the craving hits. I’m redesigning my entrance way - which is separate to the main hall above - and although it will be a small welcome area, I want to make it WOWy with these:<br />
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Churriana tile £6.80 each <a href="http://www.bertandmay.com/handmade-tiles/cement/alexis?id=791">www.bertandmay.com</a></div>
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Based at their East London studio, Bert and May are ahead of the game when it comes to cool tiled floors. These guys are busy scouring Europe for reclaimed tile treasures as well as designing and hand making their own exquisite collections. Here’s a few more of my favourites to tantalise your tile taste buds…<br />
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Majadas tile in Azure blue £7.40 <a href="http://www.bertandmay.com/majadas?id=726">www.bertandmay.com</a></div>
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One more idea you might fancy is a patchwork tiled floor. Of course Bert and May do a bespoke mix and match service to die for, but for a budget option, High Street favourite Topps Tiles do a quirky take on period tiling too:</div>
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So where do you stand on the great tiled floor debate? Want a piece of Italian piazza in your pad? Or are you more of a simple slate gal? It would be great if you could comment below or how about we start our own floor inspired hashtag? I’m thinking #ToesOnTiles could go viral, no?</div>
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Following a stint at the Abigail Ahern design school on Saturday, this is my overall conclusion.<br />
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For those of you unfamiliar with the kind of interiors this lady specialises in, here’s what I mean:<br />
I need my house to pack a punch. To sock my senses full on in the face. To man up.<br />
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Interior wise, I want to refine my style and develop it tenfold so that it becomes ultimately memorable.<br />
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How am I going to do this? I’m going to focus on what Abigail calls the game changers; the ideas that are so bad, they are good. Because the biggest lesson I took away from this one day crash course in hip interior design is this: Break the rules and your rooms take on a new level of magic.<br />
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My mind was blown when I returned from the capital of cool to my little corner of Yorkshire and tried to figure out where to start ripping up the rule book. It took at least two bottles of wine and a well earned hangover before I could compile my to-do list. Aside from the obvious impact of colour that is apparent in everything Abigail Ahern does, these are the top three ways I’m going to teach my home a lesson in attitude:<br />
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Smelling like a laundrette is not how I’d like my home to be remembered. I’d like to be at least a bit more rock and roll. That’s why I’m immediately drowning out the pong of Bold 3in1 with the more exotic aromas of amber and patchouli. Abigail burns incense sticks, natch. It’s intense, it’s hippy, it’s in-yer-face fragrancing and it goes with my ballsy new approach a treat. These cheap as chips incense sticks whiff of Glastonbury. That’s got to be a good place to practise smelling like a rock star, right? <a href="http://www.holisticshop.co.uk/products/stamford-patchouli-incense">www.holisticshop.co.uk</a></div>
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I’m here and there. I’m de-cluttering the attic one minute and re-organising the kitchen the next. In truth I’m all over the place like a demented runaway ping pong ball. It’s partly to do with the surge of inspiration that has consumed my being since the design school and it’s partly because I'm a lot like a demented runaway ping pong ball in terms of my organisation skills. </div>
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I know that if I focus on one project at a time, I will be a whole lot more productive and my interior style will be so much more defined. More balls, less boing is my new mantra and in the infinitely cooler words of Abigail Ahern, I know this will be the biggest game changer of all.<br />
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: large;">Buy the books, go on the course, shop the look and move over to the dark-side here: <a href="http://abigailahern.com/">http://abigailahern.com</a> But know this. This is not a trend to dabble in. You’ve got to go for it. And then some.</span><br />
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It’s in my diary for August and until then I must satisfy my obsession by creating my own tribute to the goddess of the silver screen. Of course I am nothing like her. I’m blonde, she’s brunette. She’s an exotic mix of Belgian and Dutch parentage. My folks are 100% Yorkshire. Audrey Hepburn was not only a recognised film and fashion icon, but an awesome ballet dancer. I can shuffle in time to Happy by Pharrel Williams. Just.</div>
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It’s fair to say our paths were never destined to cross, but that doesn’t stop me identifying with Audrey Hepburn on so many levels. I love the glamour she brought to the everyday - a theme I have documented again and again here on the blog. I love her girly-ness teamed with her edge. I adore the fact that despite all her riches, her many awards and her incredible fame; the thing she craved most was a normal, happy family life. And I think her short pixie crop rocked.</div>
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What we do know is that the quirky, bohemian paradise in Breakfast at Tiffany’s is synonymous with the on-screen character Audrey Hepburn portrayed. Aloof, enigmatic, colourful and glam. Her’s (Well Holly Golightly’s) was a bachelorette pad to die for. The ultimate girly party pad.</div>
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Glossy dark wood parquet, paired with white paintwork and cabinetry makes for an instantly glamorous blank canvas. It’s also great for hiding marks from spilt drinks and dropped lipsticks. Essential considerations for serious party pad planning.</div>
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American walnut flooring approx £60 per m <a href="http://www.naturalwoodfloor.co.uk/floors/species/walnut/">www.naturalwoodfloor.co.uk</a></div>
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Find chic, balloon back chairs on <a href="http://www.gumtree.com/p/chairs-and-stools/chic-balloon-back-chairs.-set-of-4.-project.-antique-/1123519431">www.gumtree.com</a> and get them re-upholstered. In totally impractical white of course.</div>
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But why waste money on blinds when a blindfold will do? Black satin eye mask 62p <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Sleep-Sleeping-Mask-Blindfold/dp/B00841DDBK">www.amazon.co.uk</a> Megastar maths, right there.</div>
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The key to this look is in the humour. Who cares about comfort, go all out for the LOLs. The converted bath/couch is a stroke of genius. Find a step-by-step guide to making yours here: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Claw-Foot-Bathtub-Couch/">www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Claw-Foot-Bathtub-Couch/</a></div>
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Don’t make guests too comfy, you might not want them to hang around. Channel shipping crate chic for a few quid on <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Authentic-Vintage-Used-Full-Size-Wooden-Tea-Chest-For-Upcycle-Project/181791014626?_trksid=p2141725.c100338.m3726&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20141212152715%26meid%3D5eba4f27ae914c499efd95ac57e2612a%26pid%3D100338%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D30%26sd%3D111692807929">www.ebay.co.uk</a></div>
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I can’t sleep. I’m too hot and my head is too busy. But thanks to a bedroom full of Buddhas, I’m channeling my new awakening in productive ways. I’m living in the moment, man. Even if it is at 3am.</div>
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So my Buddhas are having a moment and I’m enjoying them in all shapes and sizes. This huge stone one is going nowhere... and for obvious reasons. At the time, I couldn’t find one big enough in the shops so I got it from the sculpture section at the garden centre. It would look great painted too.<br />
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Get yourselves a mini Buddha buddy at this on-line Indian emporium: <a href="http://www.bhatik.co.uk/tiny-indian-wooden-laughing-buddha/">www.bhatik.co.uk</a> </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The thing about thrift shopping is that it can be hampered by regret. If I see something weird and wonderful gathering dust in the corner of the charity shop there’s no going away to think about it. What if it’s gone when I return? What if someone else decides they need an oddly shaped, broken piece of </span>lamp stand and snaps it up before you come back with the cash?</div>
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I’m in a permanent state of happy this week and it’s all thanks to my latest house candy craving... YELLOW.</div>
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That big yellow ball in the sky is spreading all kinds of happy over our land. See EVERYBODY’s Facebook and Instagram for details.</div>
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The rest of the market goers didn’t feel the love for these two bright office rejects. Happily, I did. And at £30 for the pair, the husband still has a smile on his face too.</div>
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Just past the butter isle and beyond the melons, this ladylike showstopper beckoned me from Sainsbury’s sale rail. Not very often I bag a fashion smile for £11. I reckon this one would be a Wimbledon match winner. What about you?</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">So this week has taught me that a yellow colour pop works like no other. It’s obvious really. Think of a G&T without a slice of lemon. It’s … well it’s just rubbish.</span><span style="text-align: start;"> That little chunk of yellow that, until now, you took for granted adds brightness, sharpness and liveliness to your drink... </span></div>
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Here’s some of my favourite yellow coloured house candy that just might be the acid in your alkaline life:</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">Stockholm cabinet £275 </span><a href="http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/90239733/#/10239732" style="text-align: start;">www.ikea.com</a></div>
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I long for this cabinet. On each trip to Ikea I stand in front of it, close my eyes and think… HARD… for a place for it to go. Sadly, every nook and cranny is currently taken; but beware oh furniture of mine. For if you shall chip, or break or accidentally be mown into and destroyed by a heavyweight Dyson… this blonde Skandinavian bombshell will replace you quicker than you can say meatballs.</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">The kids at school used to say that picking dandelions made you wet the bed. I hope they were lying because I’ve ordered this Jonah bed in cheery dandelion fabric for my eldest son’s bedroom. Try being a grumpy tweenager with this in the room, sunshine.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">I think I like this retro wallpaper by Cole and Son because it reminds me of my nanna's pantry. One thing’s for sure, she didn't pay £85 a roll to liven up her store cupboard. I’m on the lookout for actual vintage tiles in this hue to finish off my girl cave. Let me know if you find some!</span></div>
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Soon this little corner of my driveway will be My House Candy Cave, in which junk shop finds and pass-me-down furniture will be re-invented as objects of interior lust and desire. Chalk painting, up-cycling. even the odd bit of re-upholstering will take place here under the guidance of my super talented mum. Now and again we’ll even be inviting you for “Tea and Make”, involving that winning combination of painting workshop and Yorkshire hospitality.<br />
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I’m miles away from Glastonbury. And I’m not just talking door to door. Much as I’d like to imagine myself looking hip in a pair of cut off jeans and designer wellies, I may be forced to admit I’m about 20 years too late to jump on this trend.
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But anyway, after what seems like a whole six months of partying, I’ve got to confess, I'm ready for a rest (#Sadfact) The problem is with all the TV and radio coverage kicking off down in Somerset, I’m feeling a bit left out. That’s why I made my own pop-up festival scene this morning and I thought I might try and tempt you to do the same. </div>
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You don’t need Worthy Farm to work the Glasto vibe. Just a leafy corner of the garden or even a few square foot of back yard. Turn up Radio 1, pour yourself a shandy and enjoy the added bonus of fully functioning toilet facilities and your own bed at the end of the day. You can even bring the dog. </div>
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A good looking portable radio is your summer BFF. My trusty Roberts follows me everywhere but what I’ve saved on festival tickets, I’d like to invest in a DAB mini version. Not only would this hot pink number look the business, but with £10 of its £129 price tag going to Breast Cancer Awareness, it’s both a fashionable and feel-good buy.</div>
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The good old BBC has Glasto all sewn up with the likes of lovely young things Clara Amfo and Greg James on Radio 1 and Lauren Laverne over on 6 music. Click here for the full line up: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e84mxj">www.bbc.co.uk</a> </div>
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Well OK, not exactly essential, but seen everywhere from Matthew Williamson’s pop-up roof top garden at Kensington boutique hotel Blakes, to this week’s Grazia fashion shoot. Enough said. </div>
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You may have seen my previous posts on the brilliant versatility of birdcages as home accessories. I have them lit up with twinkly fairy lights in the bedroom, smelling sweet with scented candles in the bathroom and looking super glamorous with vintage glass candlesticks in the dining room. But this vintage fabric one is my favourite. </div>
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I’m going to let you into a secret now. And only because I really like you. THE BEST little oasis of vintage cool I have ever come across is hiding out in a little gem of a building, deep in the South Yorkshire mining town of Rotherham. <a href="http://gemmanemer.blogspot.co.uk/">The Button Tin</a> is a gorgeous workshop, owned and managed by artist and (equally gorgeous) Queen of Vintage, Gemma Nemer. I took my mum for a mother’s day treat a couple of year’s ago and came home with these wonderfully unique souvenirs which always make an appearance at parties. </div>
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Surround yourself with flora and fauna for that full on living-in-a-field experience. No cacti, palms or bamboo plants growing in your corner of the world? Fake it man. Highly portable and re-useable, this is hippy-chic at it’s pop-up best. Ikea has a great range, all brilliantly priced for creating an instant no-maintenance garden oasis.</div>
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After 11 years of trains, pirates, superhero and football inspired parties, me and Mr P are throwing a grown-up birthday bash for our fabulous friends.</div>
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It’s nothing flash. Just a nice pub, a good DJ and a fine spread as we say up North. </div>
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Hanging from trees, dangling from beams, adorning the dance floor. I’m going in big, bright and blowsy with these beauties from <a href="http://www.decopompoms.co.uk/">www.decopompoms.co.uk</a> in all their brightest colours.</div>
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I started this blog back in October last year out of an insatiable need to write and a lifelong love of interiors. I had no idea what it would involve or where it would take me. Neither did I realise that it was the missing piece of my jigsaw. 8 months down the line, I’ve still go so much to learn and such massively high standards to aim for, but I’ve put the text books away and stopped googling quite so much these days. </div>
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