Breakfast in Notting Hill
This past week in London has been glorious! Clear blue skies, trees spewing pollen everywhere, Londoners wandering the streets in dresses, sandals and jean shorts. Proper summertime stuff. I can’t...
View ArticleChiswick Fire Station
Bit of a double whammy for you today. Not only have I sniffed out another cracking brunch spot, but this place is an interiors goldmine. If you’re willing to venture west, Chiswick is where it’s all...
View ArticleChristmas Gift Guide 2017
It’s finally here! The hotly requested, world famous, *drum roll*… annual Londoner Christmas Gift Guide. And it may just be my biggest yet! There’s something for all sorts of people, for all sorts of...
View ArticleWedding Scent
There is nothing quite like a scent to send you right back to a moment. One smell can send you tumbling head over heels into a memory, bringing it all to life again. There’s a certain sort of makeup,...
View ArticleR W Guild, New York
There’s no shortage of great restaurants in downtown New York. New ones pop up nightly like mushrooms in the woods. Cool shops are also ten-a-penny. But hidden away in the light flooded streets of...
View ArticleDeck The Halls
Maya Angelou said: “I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.” Well I can tell you...
View ArticleA Shiny New Bedroom
I cannot tell you how good it feels to have my bedroom all unpacked and set up! In fact it may have just become my favourite room in the house. It’s certainly my favourite place to have my first cuppa...
View ArticleNesting
I’ve never been tempted to find out whether we’re expecting a little girl or a little boy. Probably largely because my siblings and I were all raised without the expectations that seem to have become...
View ArticleDIY Scented Christmas Decorations
There’s something special about homemade Christmas decorations. Perhaps, like people, it’s their imperfections that make them all the more loveable. There’s so much joy in the making, and even more in...
View ArticleFirst Fall
There’s a distinct chill in the air that calls for knitwear and steaming cups of spiced tea. This morning it rained and rained, Lily and I pulled on our boots and went to the park to find some...
View ArticleFireplace Styling
I spent weeks agonising over what to put over the fireplace. The sitting room is the first room you see when you walk into the house and the fireplace is the focal point. I wanted a beautiful piece to...
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