Plate Love!

Lots of amazing crockery to behold...


Theo likes white for plates. And as he's doing the cooking, and as there's a strong chance that he may go on strike if I introduced any of these into our house, I think we'll be sticking to white :(

(Top: Anthropologie, Bottom: Pip Studio) 

Kitchen inspiration

The kitchen is definitely the worst bit of our new flat. This is what we have to contend with:

With Theo being a bit of a chef extraordinaire, we will be doing something about it almost immediately when we move in. At the moment, it's sort of boxed into its own little space, so we'll be knocking through some walls to give us much more of an open-plan kitchen which will suit us much better. We have recently bid on a kitchen on ebay (which we won!) which was an absolute bargain, and will hopefully be arriving just as we move in, so we won't have to store it in our current living room! 


Some pictures of lovely kitchens I have found while trawling through the internet:

And, of course, the beautiful kitchen over at The Yvestown Blog, which is almost definitely too girly for Theo, but delighful in my opinion.

Other people's gorgeous homes

Beautiful interiors over at Fryd & Design - mouth watering! I don't think we want our place to be quite as white as this - definitely not practical - but I like looking anyway. 

Bus Blind Chair

I fell in love with this chair, by Rockett St George, the moment I saw it, and immediately began plotting as to how I could recreate it (not being able to afford the £2,000-ish it costs to buy...) It's made from the old fashioned reels of bus destinations that were around before digital displays, and they're surprisingly easy to find on ebay for not much money. My only problem is that the affordable ones are made of tyvek, which is a sort of plastic-y wrapping material, and may not work well on upholstery. The more expensive ones are made of linen and would be perfect. 

A couple of other lovely things from the Rockett St George website:

Not strictly house related (or at all house related) but I couldn't resist. 

Colourful books

Just a quick one today - I had to share this picture from The Style Files:

Colour coded books? Yes please! I will try and do this in our new flat, but my plan may well be thwarted by Theo who much prefers practicality...

Knitting for the home

I'm a fairly new knitter, but have managed a few jumpers and definitely feel ready for a challenge! There are loads of gorgeous knitted things I have come across for the home:

Top to bottom:
Aran Knit Throw, The Wool Company
Cable Knit Throw, Pure Living Collection
Knitted cushion, DWR
Heart cushion, Elsy and Vine at Lasso the Moon 


If that's not inspiring enough, check this out:

This is Christien Meindertsma and she definitely looks like she's having fun! She has also made knitted poufs:

Knitted things are always expensive - I mean, wool is expensive, and it's a very long process, so it's understandable. But - ever the crafter - there's loads I've already got lined up to knit for our new palace. 


For starters, I came across this lovely tutorial on Apartment Therapy for making a great copy of the knitted cushion above:

I've also already made my own pattern and started knitting up a version of the Elsy and Vine cushion - here's a preview:

Yes, I probably have too many projects on the go...

A welcoming hallway

I think the hall should set the tone for the rest of the flat, and needs to be welcoming and well decorated. The only problem is that it is rather narrow and we are therefore a bit restricted on what we can do. Somewhere for coats and shoes to go would be great, and a little letter rack to keep our post in order. 

It would be really useful to perhaps line the area with bookshelves, as we'll definitely be short of these in the rest of the flat, but whether or not this will make the hall too narrow I don't know.