Our son recently turned three and is starting to outgrow his ‘babyish’ nursery. I’ve been thinking about how I’ll update his bedroom. To be honest, it’s a bit of a challenge. I want a look that will last a few years so it needs to be relatively age non-specific. But, then again, he’s only three so I don’t want it to...
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We’ve had a LACK side table from IKEA in our living room for the past seven years. It has served us well but I’m beginning to think about swapping it for something a little more exciting. Looking around, it occurs to me that a side table is a fantastic, low-cost, low-commitment way to make a bold design statement in your room. Just checking out...
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I have always liked Anthropologie‘s furnishing line, so I was delighted when it introduced a range of wallpaper. I was checking the site out today and found this really pretty wallpaper with birds, butterflies and flowers. It also has a rather enchanting name: Vanuatu Twilight. Here’s a close-up. This is an Anthropologie exclusive but the...
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I like reading Apartment Therapy‘s ‘how to’ posts. Today AT Chicago has a post that’s particularly close to my heart – ‘how to avoid the catalog look at home’. When we moved to the US seven years ago, we first lived in San Diego. We had visited a couple of months prior to scout out rentals and had managed to line up...
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San Francisco is one of the most distinctive cities in the world, architecturally speaking. And I don’t think I’m biased just because I live here. The famed ‘Painted Ladies‘ – those pastel-hued gingerbread Victorians – are as much part of San Francisco’s personality as the cable cars and Golden Gate Bridge. But,...
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Interior design inspiration and discoveries from a Brit in San Francisco.
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