Last year I shared a festive gift guide full of independent Northern brands and designer-makers, a precursor if you will to this year's 'Gifts from the North'; a 42-page downloadable guide that I created for Fabric of the North (access it here!) One of the presiding messages in my post last year was the juxtaposition of the season's customary merriment ...
Scandi fusion
We've been in our new home for six weeks now, and I'm so happy with how everything is coming together! While there are several contenders, I think the best room in the house has to be the lounge and it's probably the space we've made the most progress to date. The room is the perfect square blank canvas - one ...
Tomorrow starts tonight
When we moved into our new home, one of the first things we noticed were how poorly fitting the venetian blinds were in our bedroom. I don't know about you, but both my boyfriend and I need total darkness at night to be able to sleep soundly. The first night we turned off the lights at bedtime, the entire room ...
Autumn antics
We've gone into another 'short, sharp' lockdown here in the UK so it definitely feels like a good time for another photo dump from the past six weeks or so in our new place.. We're so lucky to have snuck our house move in before restrictions tightened up again, as well as our 1-year anniversary dinner celebrated 6 months late ...
We meet again!
I never meant to stay away so long. It's difficult to know where to begin with 2020. It's been the toughest year for so many and yet, in a way, one of the best for me personally, despite - or perhaps because of - all the restrictions that came in the wake of the pandemic. It's certainly been unique, this ...
Tales from summer
Please excuse another photo dump post but it feels like the best way to share life lately and, to be honest, there's really not a huge amount to say. Things may feel like they might be getting better but it seems unrealistic to assume the worst is actually past. I do hope you've been able to find plenty of joy ...