Category Archives: my house

Ooh – really excited to see some snaps of my home in the latest edition of gorgeous e-magazine Dashing. They did a lovely job with the spread and somehow managed to make the house look much nicer than it really … Continue reading →

A gorgeous sunny Saturday, I love it! We took some beers to the park and had the garden designer round to start planning our new outdoor space – just in time for the warm weather. Our garden – more of … Continue reading →

I gave my little home study-come-craft room a much-needed tidy up and rearrange recently. The space works so much better now! I ditched my old desk (it found a new home thanks to Gumtree) which was much too big for … Continue reading →

We’ve been really lazy with doing house stuff the last few months. Apart from converting the spare cloakroom into a storage/laundry room we haven’t really done much at all. But very soon we’re about to get huge fitted sliding-door wardrobes … Continue reading →

A pretty new teapot and vase for the kitchen, found in The Ark, a little gem of a homeware/gift shop on an unlikely stretch of Kingsland Road. It stocks Orla Kiely, Rob Ryan, Joseph Joseph.. a proprietor with good taste. … Continue reading →

Here’s a few pics of Josh’s boy den in our house, now that we’re finally able to stop using it as a dumping ground while other stuff gets done! He made his desk from a reclaimed school laboratory top found … Continue reading →

Our lovely new kitchen/dining/living room is all finished. Well, not quite finished — some little touches still to do — but I thought I’d better take pictures now as it’ll never look this clean and tidy again! Here’s the obligatory … Continue reading →

We were supposed to be a week into having our new kitchen built by now, but unfortunately things didn’t quite go to plan so it’s starting a week late, leaving us with a half-destroyed old kitchen and boxes everywhere. Quite … Continue reading →

…Such a lovely colour combo, no? Our sofa already had that scheme and we’ve carried it through the living room with a lambswool blanket from Primrose & Plum, cushion from Roddy & Ginger and vintage chairs reupholstered in Japanese linen … Continue reading →

We’ve spent the days between Christmas and New Year doing some jobs around the house – mostly drilling into the walls to put up art and shelving. It’s starting to look much more homely now. The living room has a … Continue reading →