My 2016 Eclectic Boho Glam Christmas Tree and Living Room
Normally, my tree is up by the first week in December. This year, it was the 10th of December before I actually got around to putting mine up - which is SO unlike me. There are quite a few extenuating circumstances around this but to summarise, we've been storing some...
How to Create a Glam Christmas Table Setting on a Budget!
Setting the table for Christmas is probably one of my favourite activities because there's almost no such thing as 'too much glam' when it comes to Christmas - okay, in my eyes anyway. It's the one time of year when you can really go big and have fun with it. But...
UK Home Blog Hop: My Christmas Dining Room
Well it's December and so I'm officially allowed to talk about Christmas! Yes the C word is finally allowed and while it seems to come earlier and earlier every single year, I'm actually a little later than usual to share my Christmas decor. Today, however, is a...
Kitchen Remodel – All the Sources!
So as promised, I thought I'd do a quick post sharing as much as I possibly can in terms of where I purchased all the things for our kitchen remodel! As you know, we didn't start from scratch and simply worked with what we had so not everything will be currently...
My new Black Appliances From AO.com
First, I just wanted to say how overwhelmed I was by the response on the kitchen remodel post! I'm so pleased so many of you seemed to like it and thank you all for the lovely comments!! If you haven't seen it yet, you can check that out here. I wanted to share a...
The REVEAL of our Black White and Gold Kitchen
I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am to share our kitchen reveal with you today. We have essentially been working on our kitchen on and off for 6 years and until, well, about a week or so ago, it's never truly been finished. The reasons for this are as long...
Pretty Utility: (More) New Bits for the Kitchen
Today was meant to be the BIG KITCHEN REVEAL. You have no idea how disappointed I am that I can't quite do that today. The kitchen, for all intents and purposes, is finally complete - RAH! However, there is one missing piece to the puzzle. The cooker hood we wanted...
Bedroom Reveal: How to Transition a Room from Summer to Winter!
As you know, I thrive on change in my home. It makes a space feel energised and new without even having to pick up and move. I also realised recently that I have started using colour in my home with a little more restraint. So with Autumn here and Winter hot on its...
Affordable Art: Desenio Art Prints
Choosing art for your home can be a bit of a minefield, especially if you don't have a huge budget to spend on original pieces. Of course, as someone who is passionate about interior design, I'll tell you to buy what you love and if you can support an artist in the...
Painting our Kitchen Cupboards Black
I know I'm well overdue for an update on the kitchen and I can't tell you how many people have asked when the reveal will be! I know, I'm impatient too. Wayne has been working on the cupboard doors and upstands in fits and starts simply due to the fact he has to take...
Bedroom Refresh: Textural Neutral Moodboard
As I spoke about last week, I've decided to give the bedroom a bit of a seasonal switch up for the Autumn/Winter season. I want to get this completed pretty quickly and so it's merely a matter of swapping out the really colourful items with soft, textural neutrals...
Bedroom Refresh: Calming the Colour!
It's weird how tastes change. Even going back just a few years, my living room was a cacophony of various colours - pinks, yellows, blues, turquoise. And at the time, I really did love it. It made me very happy to have such a bright and joyful space. Then, something...
My Formula For Styling a Bar Cart
I want to talk to you today about bar cart styling but first a bit of psychology. You know those silly online tests you can take to determine whether you are more 'right-brained' or 'left-brained'? I always come out nearly equal - 50% left brain, 50% right brain. Not...
Marble Effect Kitchen Tiles and Brass Trim with Tile Mountain
If you've been following my blog for any length of time, you'll know about my relationship with Tile Mountain. They are my go-to when it comes to anything tile related, not only because I write for their blog and provide consultancy work for them behind the scenes,...
The Best Source For Gold, Copper and Black Taps in the UK!
If there's one thing that most people have commented on in our kitchen remodel so far, it's my gold sinks and tap. And for good reason, I suppose, as it's certainly not your usual chrome look and it actually creates quite a statement against my marble-effect worktops....
My Home Style Blog Hop: Before & After
When Stephanie of Casa Watkins asked if I'd like to participate in her My Home Style blog hop and I heard that it was a 'before and after' edition, I knew that both old and new readers alike would enjoy it as much as I would taking part. Seeing a room transformed is...
How to Quickly Update a Room Without Spending Money
September has always been a transitional month to me. Perhaps it harks back to school days with a fresh set of pencils, a new Trapper Keeper (does anyone else remember those?) and a few new clothes to start off the school year. Despite no longer having 6 or so weeks...
Boho Man Cave Design Revealed
So as I mentioned recently, Wayne has finally allowed me to get my hands on his 'man cave' - which is essentially the cellar of our home. At the moment, while it's certainly habitable, there are a lot of unfinished bits and pieces that need to be sorted out. You can...
How to Join Minerva Acrylic Worktops
So the last you saw the kitchen, we had happily completed all the cutting we needed to do on the Carrara marble effect acrylic worktops from Minerva. Wayne did an awesome job of cutting out the sink and installing the tap as well (so screw you, Craig!) so all that was...
Eclectic Boho Glam Table Setting with Halsted Design
What do you get when you combine animal prints, mixing patterns, bold colour combos, boho accents, a dollop of glam, a bit of vintage and gold accents? You'd get quintessential Swoon Worthy, of course. But what do you get when you pull all that together into a...
The Man Cave: Our Next Design Project
I can hear you already: "Your next project?! You're not even done with the kitchen yet! What the hell, Kimberly?!" Here's the thing you should probably know about me if you don't already: I am always in plan mode. Even if we are in the midst of a project, in my head,...
Pretty Utility: New Bits for the Kitchen!
So I was hoping to share the final worktops this week on the blog but alas, we didn't get quite as far on them as we'd hoped. All the pieces are now cut to size and sort of just 'resting' on the cupboards but we still need to do all the joining work so that'll be next...
How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep in Summer
I've spoken previously about my problems with getting a good night's sleep. I am an extremely light sleeper and I have a sleep disorder and so anything and everything will keep me awake. You can read more about that here and what I've done design-wise to assist me...
Installing Minerva Worktops (and gold sinks!)
Now, you may recall from my last post on the kitchen that things hadn't been going so well on the kitchen worktops. My installer had flaked on me and we'd decided to just attempt to do the work ourselves. As we'd never fitted a worktop before, never mind an acrylic...