It's where the heart is

I spotted this image over at the lovely Global Atelier.

I find it really comforting.

To me, this is what I feel any home should be...comfortable and one which reflects those that inhabit it.

On a whim

Some days, ideas just pop into my head.

Ideas with subsequent actions that aren't important and definitely not on my list of priorities, but one's which I seem to have to act on there and then!

Today I thought it would be a great idea to paint our front door red. Yes....red! Pillar box red in fact. Red, which I have always said I wasn't a huge fan of in interiors.

I think it must have been in the back of my mind since reading this article on the amazing home of stylist, Marie-Christine Nourry in the August edition of Homes and Gardens.

I seem to have been doing a lot of glosswork in the office

recently too, perhaps enough to start kidding myself that I was even a pro! Once I started painting, I began to realise why we always leave it to the decorators, or more often than not, my dad - painter extraordinaire!!!! I have to admit I am a bit of a perfectionist but even so, red gloss is a slightly different matter to white gloss. Definitely no room for pesky mistakes..which I learnt today!

Providing it's not a huge disaster, I'll keep you posted.x

Carrot cake and candles

Tomorrow's my birthday. I'll be 28.

I also sat in bed the other night reading a fridge freezer manual...I'm definitely getting old!

Have a very happy weekend! x

All Images: my own

Reasons to celebrate

Yesterday, I celebrated "No More Blue Carpet Day"

(...on my own, with an image of bunting in my head!!)

see why, here

....and tonight, for the first time in 27 years, I'm going to the ballet and I really can't wait! 

Image: Floddertje via Daydream Lily

Chevron or Herringbone?..either way, please remove that carpet!

I've lived with it 2 years and Steve 16 years (!!!), it's served us well (obviously!) but the blue carpet in our living room really has to go! I use the term 'lived with' - what I really mean is 'put up with' and luckily Steve is in agreement that the poor old floor needs a fresh new look.

I'm definitely all for timber, what with a dog who seems magnetically attracted to mud, and I've always loved parquet since my Nanna has had it in her house for years, so I'm thinking some nice reclaimed timber flooring would be just perfect. 

The only thing is, it's a fairly large space so it may just come down to the pennies in the end but in the meantime, I'll keep staring at these lovely pictures and cross my fingers and toes!

Images: Apartment Therapy, Delikatissen, Living etc, Things That Inspire, Wide Open Spaces, This is Glamorous

Ode to Aqua

Whilst clearing out some files on my laptop today, I came across this moodboard which I created around this time last year and it reminded me just how much I love aqua tones. Turquoise is not a colour which we have much of around our home, but seeing as Pantone have named Turquoise 15-5519 their colour of the year, I thought I would seek out the glimpses we have here and there.

All images: My own