oops

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I have been a shockingly bad blogger! Life has been so busy and demanding the last couple of weeks but i miss my bubble and should be back to normal tomorrow... :)
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Biba xx
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Sunday. It's very grey and rainy today, you know when all you want to do is stay indoors and watch a film... or maybe go on facebook? I have a bit of a love hate relationship with facebook (which i won't go into) but i'm thinking a love love relationship with the new facebook offices below....

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Very nice.
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retro cool

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Love this pic! Having a busy few days but back soon as i have 2 days off work this week - yay :)

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pretty in pink

Most people that know me will know i'm not really a huge pink lover, but this picture below is so beautiful... such dreamy pink trees... inspired me to do a whole pink post!
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i need to share

My new favourite program... True Blood. It's like Buffy all over again but a much more grown up version... i love it! I'm dying to read some spoilers but i mustn't... (although - beware of the dog...)

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Anyone watching it??

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pattern please

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Can't beat a good splash of pattern, once again i am drawn to the retro flowery ones, and how could i do a pattern post with a bit of our Orla....!

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white wednesday

Beautiful relaxing white bedrooms, perfect for sweet dreams....

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take a seat

Lots of lovely mid century chairs off ebay, my chair fetish is still under control as there's not an inch of chair space left in my home. Anyway... I still love my (ebay of course) danish g-plan chairs always and forever :)

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Click on pics for ebay listing...
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tatty this one, but i like it :)

happy sunday

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i can read
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bubble bath

Beautiful bathrooms....
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via freshome, plastolux, contemporist

white wednesday

the deco detective

mid century modern mix

Random collection of beautiful interiors.... do i spy a cherner chair? Oh yes I think so!
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Love the first pic :)
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via contemporist, flickr, fifties to seventies

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wow factor furniture

I know i've been missing again but I'm back... homeless and pining.

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Well, I say homeless but obviously i still have the actual same house i live in, just not the nice new big bay windowed beauty that i wanted. Can you believe the estate agent never rang me back!! How rude and unprofessional and bloody frustrating. My nearly dream house has been sold.

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So here's some sexy furniture to take my mind off it...

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home sick

Innocently looking on the internet this morning i found a (very high) potential house for us! It ticks all the boxes... good location, good price, good size, big bay windows, good parking (no garage but suddenly that priority doesn't matter anymore..) and it's WHITE. Ok so i didn't ever intend to go for a house with a white exterior too but if anyone should have one then it's me.

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Only small snag is, it could be sold already.... I'm getting a call back tomorrow to let me know. I'm obsessed already though, i WANT, NEED this house. I've not even seen it yet and i have butterflies, what if it's sold! I feel sick.

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Anyhoo, ramble over for now. We're going to go and have a snoop round today...

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more details and pics

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happy weekend

white wednesday

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smashmydreamoflove

this life

i can read

ebay picks

lounging around

Beautiful collection of sofas and their surroundings...
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minimalist beauty

This minimal home is actually bordering on empty but is still so beautiful. The lack of furniture and belongings just enhances the beauty of the rooms, i'd kill for those floors... those huge windows... i want to be in those rooms!

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via flickr

ebay therapy

Nothing like a bit of retail therapy to cheer a girl up, especially when ebay's involved... my obsession for vintage cushions has kicked in again! I've just bought the top two and am pondering on the third...

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what can i say

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What can i say, i lied. I promised lots of gorgeous pictures and then went into hibernation. Life sucks sometimes. But i'm back with some pictures of comfort....

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Cheery posts from now on i promise :)

mixed eye candy

low life

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Do you ever feel like you're having a mid-life crisis? The last week or so has been...well, a bit odd, which is why i've been a bit quiet on here. Anyway moving on... lots more beautiful pics to come, but not too much chat from me :)

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flickr thoughts

Loving this.....

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white wednesday

contemporist

sunday thifting

I don't seem to go to many car boots anymore but my friends had a pitch so i thought i'd go along and give moral support (and hunt for a bargain...), it was worth going if only for a few little things...

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1950's magazine rack, only 30p....
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black vintage owl trivets, only 15p each....

Coloured glass ashtrays, 50p each....

Not from the car boot today but whilst i had my camera out i thought i'd take a couple of snaps of my latest ebay purchases...

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vintage pillowcases £4.99

mod shift dress £4.99 from aurore vintage ebay shop in poitou charentes, france

happy friday

i'm just a girl

truly madly depply

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Ohhh... this photo is utterly gorgeous. I am a big johnny depp fan (i always think him and angelina should get together... too much beauty maybe..)

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ebay bargains

All i can say is - why the hell can't i live in cornwall! This vintage furniture below is so cheap.... i would not be able to resist.
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£10.00

£4.00

white wednesday

1st option

crafty

Thought i would share my new tote bag...
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And... I made it myself! Well, i bought the plain linen tote bag off ebay for £1 and wanted to stamp my own design onto it, nothing too exciting with the owls but i'm really pleased with it for my first one (Lee thought i bought it from a shop!). My next project will be to print my own design onto plain tea towels, will maybe try cushion covers and card making after that... and i like the idea of printing my own wrapping paper for presents. The stamp is made from photopolymer instead of standard rubber so the detail and print is so much better.

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The stamp itself i made just from a normal print of an owl, and was ridiculously easy with the stamp it kit below, only £19.99 available from photocentric or $39.95 from justrite for US. Very easy and no mess. See 'how to' below...

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+ you need an anglepoise lamp with standard 60w bulb

+ create design or find a pic you want to print

+ the kit comes with a disc to turn your pic into a negative

+ print negative onto paper and just put in glass clamp with a yellow sachet (both in kit)

+ switch on lamp directly above your pic & sachet, time for 2 mins, turn and time for 10 mins

+ cut edges off sachet, wash out yellow gel with fairy liquid and you have your very own stamp :)

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Full instructions in kit or here

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I want to make a stamp like this one below too... (but obviously not to say 'Hila'....)

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Remember my redundancy and new job 'trauma' earlier this year? Well this is the company i work for, which means i get to create designs, make stamps and print for my job - yay! (Obviously i do real work too....) It is very addictive!!

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ebay crave

Ebay picks. I want them all. Strangely i seem to suddenly gone ercol mad, i never used to be that fussed on any ercol furniture but now i need to have a ercol daybed, oh and a bigger house :)

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hallway to heaven

What does one do with a tiny hall? It's actually very hard to find nice unique furniture that small! My hall is about a metre & a half long by under a metre wide with 3 (yes THREE) doorways off it. At the moment it's a nothing space and i need to make it into a something space... and so gorgeous small hall inspiration below....

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via desire to inspire & flickr

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happy friday

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I've missed blogging lately, been busy dealing with real life but i'm having one of those mushy moments where i realise how much i love my blog and all the blogs that i read and all of my followers - it all makes me happy. Does anyone else get sudden rushes of love for all things bloggy?? Thank you to all the fab people out there and happy friday!! xoxox

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muted magic

As much as i love my vintage eclectic patterned interiors i also love my minimal muted colours. My home is a combination of both if thats possible...!?

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plastolux

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white wednesday

dreamy white photos via smashmydreamoflove on flickr

lounging

rearranged design

room vote



freshome

apartment therapy

room vote

And my favourite lounging of all.....
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I so want to be on that cool sun lounger! Love the fabric pattern :)

decisions decisions

Eeek, I hope i've made the right decision....

I've just bought these camper curtains off ebay... all ready made and lined ready to hang for £75 (for the inside view only). I hope they are the right choice!!! Normally i would buy fabric and get them made to save money.... i will cry if they arrive and are not right....

ebay love

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Whilst innocently browsing ebay for fabric i somehow found this ercol daybed... and fell in love! There is just something about it and i'm SO tempted to bid on it..... (even though i have nowhere and i mean NOWHERE to put it).

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love actually

just a girl

vw camper interiors

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via my vw camper blog

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I can't get enought looking at them all!

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white wednesday

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fffound

out in home



momoy

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meaningful monday

All so true....
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too stylish

Too stylish for my home! You just know by looking at the design of some things that they are such a stylish design, so stunning, that you'll probably never get close to them.... they're so rare or just so expensive. Although when i say 'you' i'm really just referring to me... or the average thrifty person...!

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I do love the first 2 lights...

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contemporist

chair fairy

I really need to re-cover my g-plan chairs! Now i have found the fabric i seem to have a mental block on attempting it.

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Some much needed inspiration, i LOVE the first chair, that fabric is gorgeous.....

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design*sponge


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nina's apartment

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white wednesday

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No i'm not getting married and yes i know i'm now obsessed with vw campers. Understandably so. But if i was getting married i would want a white one as my wedding car - how cool!

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Not the usual white wednesday but i'm still trying to name her....

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Choices are.... STELLA (still), DARLA (buffy fans will get this) and EDIE (as in sedgwick)

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I'm now leaning towards Edie, she feels like an Edie.... please someone decide for me!! Can you imagine what i'd be like naming a baby...

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monday mix

Random inspiration pics.....

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hoom

freshome

livingetc

rearranged design

delikatissen

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desire to inspire

bookish

I like the word bookish. Bookish. Anyway... i thought i'd share some more pics from one of my other fave interior design books, the home modernised, again by andrew weaving. I think i may have bought this one from ikea, they do have some good books instore so worth a look.

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More modern retro interior book pics here

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Please excuse the blurry photos..... too much wine during the photography process maybe :)
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blurry pics by moi

happy friday

I love this pic, looks happy and retro (and i'm sure it's just the long sleeved brown polo neck that makes it look retro...!) Happy friday :)

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