cheese on toast

Awesome. Need I say more?

Found here

happy valentine's day!

I hope you are all spending a bit of today with someone special. The husband and I are staying in tonight, I have a romantic dinner planned and will be leaving work early to make sure it goes off without a hitch!

If you are scrambling for a last minute gift, or if you haven't had a chance to pick up a card, check out this super cool do-it-yourself Valentine. I can't think of anything better than a pixelated heart to say I love you.

Full directions, including a printable template here, found via Swiss Miss

perfect present

DIY gifts can sometimes be a bit hit and miss. This leisure book however is the perfect mix of thoughtful, practical and fun! Simply buy a tabbed moleskin notebook and fill each section with your top 15...cheap restaurants, favourite movies to rent, hidden parks to visit, things to do on a rainy day...whatever takes your fancy! Ask your super savvy friends for their top tips as well and you'll create a lovely personalised black book to give your best friend.

DIY Leisure Book found on Oh Happy Day!

hidden treasure

Deary me do I love this. Even if I can't have a secret passage in my own house, I love the idea of this hidden light! Hilariously the designer's name is Ben Light (ha!) and he has only made a few of these cheeky lamps so try and get it while you can.

B.LightDesign available here.

happy cows

What can I say? John Lewis does it again. I'm thinking my kitchen might not be complete just yet...this wallpaper is so bad it's good. I love it!

Marimekko Iltavilli wallpaper available at John Lewis.

antlers - totally obsessed

We are about halfway finished redesigning our lounge upstairs. It started off looking like this, but after doing the floors and painting the walls it now looks like this. Husband and I are in discussions as to how to finish off the room. My vote? A collection of these amazing antlers below...

What do you think?

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diy: part 3

In addition to our floors, we've finally finished painting the living room!

We went with a pale grey which adds colour, but still keeps a light & bright feel to the room. Next step, built-in book shelves & art. Stay tuned...

diy: part 2

Our floors are done! 

And I have to say, I love the new colour. The rich, dark brown is such a difference to the light pine we had before. It has already changed the feel of the room. We are deciding on wall colour now & I'm leaning towards the pale grey we've tried in the picture on the right. Will let you know what we decide!

diy project: part 1

So...husband and I bought our flat just over a year ago. We also happened to get engaged about the same time. Trying to buy and decorate a flat, whilst planning a wedding is not something I would recommend. Eek!

Now however, we have just celebrated our six month wedding anniversary (yay!) and have the time and money to sort out the upstairs room in our flat.

This is what it looks like now:

Kitchen on right, lounge on left

Lounge behind, facing dining area

Looking into the kitchen

It is a great open plan space, but unfortunately because the flat is pretty new, the finish on the floors and walls leave a lot to be desired. We started by painting the chalkboard on the wall. But now the plan is to change the floors, paint the room, put up some art and sort out our furniture.

I'll update you with our progress as the week's go on...wish me luck!