Hi, I’m Kate — a 40-something former Londoner now living up North, sharing longform reflections from this quiet corner of the internet since 2009. Inspired by the slower days of blogging, I write about relaxed interiors, cultural travel and the rituals of everyday life with my Guatemalan husband and our miniature dachshund, Paco. This space is for the women who came of age before content, and remember blogging before it was branding. If that sounds like you, I think you’ll feel at home here.
UK Lifestyle, Interior & Travel Blog for women in their 40s.
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LATEST POSTS
In praise of white walls.
I recently received a pre-publication copy of Home for Now: Living Well Without Staying Long** from Gestalten (published today). The premise of the book is about creating meaningful, personal spaces
On waking too hot.
3am alertness arrives without warning, a switch thrown somewhere in the body’s circuitry, and by the time I’ve registered it, I’m already fully conscious, my heart pounding steady, mind unhelpfully
Coffee & Conversations: Phoebe & Isobel of Project Pico.
I can’t remember how I first came across Pico Goods. I think it was originally through one of their online stockists, probably Nadinoo, and I know that I followed their
The art of intentional gift giving.
Right, let’s be honest about something: gift-giving at Christmas often feels more like obligation than desire, doesn’t it? Especially at the end of what’s been, for most freelancers I know
Budapest in 3 days: an honest first-timer’s guide.
Planning a trip to Budapest? Here’s what actually works, what’s overrated and what I wish I’d known before I went. I spent three days in Hungary’s capital on a press
A city that hums in two keys.
We arrived in Budapest at night, which meant the city withheld itself. Just streetlights, the occasional lit window, the Danube reduced to a dark ribbon we crossed without ceremony. It
THE BEST OF TRAVEL
A modern guide to Old Guatemala.
Originally published February 2023. Updated December 2025 with current recommendations and practical information. An hour from Guatemala City, Antigua Guatemala sits in a volcanic valley that feels suspended between
Discover the Dubrovnik Riviera.
I’ve long had the Dalmation Coast of Croatia on my bucket list for a summer holiday spent island-hopping across the Adriatic on a catamaran. Less on my radar – until
Memories of Marrakech.
Originally published April 2020. Updated December 2025 with current recommendations and practical information. The heavy wooden door of Riad 64 closed behind us, and suddenly the chaos of the Medina
CURRENTLY ON MY BOOKSHELF
BREAKDOWN
Cathy Sweeney
HEROINES
Kate Zambreno
THE ROAD TO THE CITy
Natalia Ginzburg
THE DOOR
Magda Szabó