As I may have mentioned before we have finally, finally got the keys to our new house. I absolutely can't wait to get in there and try to get settled. The thing is, as much as I love our furniture and stuff in this flat I know I'm going to want to change things in our new surroundings which I'm sure ...
Home and Garden
Black roses
I've developed a bit of a crush on black flowers recently. Yes, you read that correctly, black flowers. I didn't even know you could get black flowers until a couple of weeks ago. Does that make me terribly naive? Have black flowers always been a thing and I've just never noticed? Anyway, it all ...
New Baby Flowers
Caution: woe is me, "my diamond shoes are too tight" style sob story follows. Please don't think I'm ungrateful at any point in this post because I'm most definitely not. It's a simple case of life not following the stereotype I hold in my head sometimes. Getting flowers delivered is one of my ...
Anna Jacobs asks women in prison to sew her cushions
New designer, Anna Jacobs, is launching a new cushion design, Murmuration. It is being sewn exclusively by women in a high security women’s prison. Sounds reminiscent of them sewing knickers in Orange Is The New Black, right? It's definitely coming from a very different place though. Anna has ...
On The Search For Super Speakers
I'm sure I've mentioned it before but Tom is a bit of a tech geek. He loves reading about all the latest newfangled gadgets that I don't really understand the ins and outs of so whenever we're in the market to buy something like that he tends to make the decisions. If it was left to me it would all ...
#BEDM Home Sweet Home
When I saw that the suggested Blog Every Day In May topic for today was home sweet home I got a bit excited. You see, the weekend I went a bit mad on the John Lewis website and ordered my some happy. One of the things I ordered was possibly the best lamp I've ever seen in the world ever. Bold ...