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Interiors
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Layered Lounge
Our pick of the best pieces at new online home decor store Layered Lounge, bringing colour and joy to your home
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Wouldn’t you though?
Chic new scented candle brand SevenSeventeen gets its name from that magical time in the evening when its founders finally herd their children into bed – and relaaaaax. We hear you, sisters – and we love your fragrances too…
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Wouldn’t you though?
Need to get admin fit at home? This plywood peg shelf is from Nikki Kreis who designs beautiful, playful and practical things to help get your bits sorted…
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£110 books to giveaway today; plus a new winner
New day, new prize! Today on my Christmas bumper giveaway it’s the turn of the bookworms for some pleasure. I have two sets of beautiful hardback books from high-end publishers Prestel worth a collective £110. I’ve worked with Prestel for a couple of years because I find their books are just so beautiful and thought-provoking. […]
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Bright ideas from Tom Raffield
You might have already heard of Tom Raffield if you’ve had time to laze in bed browsing the Sunday papers while your kids diligently do their homework (*cue hysterical laughter*)…
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Secret Messages sale is (quietly) on!
You have to admire a shop that makes the switch before anyone else. Secret Messages Interiors in Buckingham was an elegant gunmetal grey for a while. then everyone else cottoned on and it wasn’t fun any more. So now they’re a fetching pistachio green instead. I like pottering around North Buckinghamshire, where the pace of […]
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Wouldn’t you though?
I’m a bit over spending a fortune on candles, but this number by Tom Dixon is so unlike anything I’ve seen I thought I’d put it on the blogaroo.
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Wouldn’t you though?
Heard of Tiger? Launching in Oxford in July and is basically Denmark’s answer to Ikea – best described as the poshest, most stylish pound shop in the land…
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New season cool at Secret Messages Interiors
What a difference a year makes. I came across Secret Messages Interiors when they were a newly formed emporium last year, just finding their feet, trying different things and getting to grips with a massive, almost immediate popularity. Into 2016 and a new Spring season of interiors, and now Secret Messages have ditched the various […]
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