i’ve shared my love of design studio nina+co’s stunning interior and ceramic works before, so was delighted when she got in touch this week to alert me to her latest venture: a new social enterprise café, luminary bakery, on the quiet back streets of london’s stoke newington, in collaboration with local community charity, kahaila women’s projects. with the kitchen already ...
with love from oxo
like countless others, the thought of heading to oxford street to do battle with the hoards of christmas shoppers pounding the pavements fills me with absolute dread. the festive charm of an afternoon spent pleasurably browsing for the perfect gift for a loved one dies a instant death the moment you step out of the tube station to an angry ...
carry on working
i’m in the process of packing up my home ready for our eviction, and while my office area is definitely going to be the last space i dismantle, working surrounded by immense piles of clutter - and the clank, clank, clank of workmen on the scaffolding outside - is proving to be highly demotivating! thankfully, the beauty of blogging - ...
smug up
one of my favourite kooky lifestyle shops in islington has just turned five, and i was delighted to be asked along to help celebrate their birthday in style and host a little q&a session in their courtyard with SMUG owner, lizzie evans. i remember the first time i stumbled across this delightful interiors emporium in camden passage, as i made my ...
be kind to yourself
these beautiful bodie & fou art prints by the lovely karine köng have been doing the rounds on social media for a while now but i love their sentiment so much - especially the idea of being kind to oneself - that i had to share them here today. recently i've been hard at work on a very exciting new project (well, ...
we’re jammin’
last week my sister and i headed to covent garden to check out new reggae-themed bbq & rum bar dub jam, that's rather impressively squeezed into the former cloakroom of next-door adventure bar. this tiny urban shack is packed full of upcycled homemade furnishings, with metal paint tins refurbished as light fittings, beer kegs used as stools and a bar fashioned ...