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Modern Day Marthas

A shameless plug this morning … This month a dream feature idea of mine was realised in my favourite design magazine of all time – Elle Decoration’s October issue. ‘Let Me Entertain You’ [Pg 161] is a...

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Penguin Bloggers Night 2014

Swiftly becoming a highlight in my yearly calendar, last week I attended the 4th annual Penguin Bloggers Night. Held as usual on the lofty top floor of Foyles Bookstore in Charing Cross, the evening...

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New Book! The House Gardener

For anyone that follows me on Instagram, you will have noticed that I have been a little preoccupied with arranging succulents of late. It all began when I visited the new Ace Hotel in Shoreditch and...

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Something for the Weekend: Rosa’s Thai Cafe: The Cookbook

I’ve had a love affair with Rosa’s [Rosa’s Thai Cafe] from the very first day I stepped into its happily crowded and steamy doors in the heart of Spitalfields on a winter evening five years ago. I was...

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New Book! The Crafted Garden

I hardly dare say it, but I can feel the cosy tendrils of Autumn creeping up on us… And with the season brings occasion to hunker down at home and craft. And with this new book brings occasion to...

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A New Look for Waterstones!

Earlier this week on my way back from the Heals Modern Craft Market, I walked down the busy main drag of Tottenham Court Road with my eyes darting all about the place as usual – trying to drink in the...

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New Book! The Making of Home

“In 1900, a young girl in a strange land was asked by a resident why she wasn’t content to remain in their ‘beautiful country’, but instead longed to return to the ‘dry. grey place she came from. She...

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New Book! Ladies Drawing Night

Share The subject of this post (if you are a lady or even if you are not) should hopefully send a thrill right through any latent creative tendencies you have - and if you are reading this blog I...

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July Musings: Things To Read, Watch and Do

Share For those of you who follow my Instagram you will know that today our family is off on our big Brooklyn summer holiday! However burglars beware - we are taking part in a house swap, so the lucky...

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Harry Potter A History of Magic at The British Library

Share I will preface this post by saying i'm no Potterhead - I read all the Harry Potter books many years ago and have seen the films, some several times but I have never had a movie marathon or own...

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All Good Things: New Inspiration

ShareHello friends! I haven't written for a while and took a blogging hiatus of sorts. Aarya started school, we went on holidays, life got in the way... but here i am back now... It's nice almost...

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Little Women. Further Reading

ShareNordic textile brand Projektityyny   This new year everyone has been talking about the much anticipated new adaptation of Little Women starring Saiorse Ronan, Emma Watson and Florence Pugh where...

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