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Introverts-Powered by a Different Fuel!
What is it about introversion that makes us so uncomfortable? It’s a question I haven’t been able to answer convincingly! Let me tell you a little about myself – most of my friends would say that I’m a...
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Nostalgic Minimilism~That pretty much sums up homestyle for me!
I came across the #GreatBritishHome Challenge and began thinking of what my personal homestyle is! That’s some serious thinking for someone like me and for various reasons One (probably the...
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Like Rain on Warm Scented Earth!
*This post was especially inspired by The Reading Residence‘s campaign about Bringing Back Paper!* I wish nothing ever comes along to make me stop enjoying or respecting the smell of rain of warm,...
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Retro-Chic and the Cult of Neo-Sobriety!
As we move at a steady pace towards the season of linen, Birkenstocks and Cherry-Mint fizz pops, has anyone also noticed that Mad Men-style floral frocks with belted waists from the late 1950’s, Tulip...
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Still Lifes & Shelfies – The Art of Repeat!
As ‘NeoNordic’ and ‘Scandinavian Chic’ become buzzwords in design-conscious homes across the UK- it got me thinking about how most trends are generally cyclical! If you think Still Lifes (think...
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“Chrome, Smoke and BBQ!”– My Summer Mixtape!
Chrome, Smoke and BBQ – Now, I might’ve borrowed the title from ZZ Top, but that’s where it stops for the band and me! (Resists the urge to act like a Rock Chick, or at a least a former Rock Chick!) I...
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Unfinished Business!
I suppose one naturally assumes that writing a blog post about your Unfinished Business at 37 is a sure sign of a healthy mind! ;p Well, if you think this is another bucket list where I very originally...
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The Opportunities of Change…
It always throws me off when people I meet after years say to me that I haven’t changed a bit. “Really?”, I ask disbelievingly as my hand instinctively rises to touch the newly forming lines around my...
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On Nouveau Peasantry & Elitist Simplicity!
Peasant blouses, boho skirts and handmade, vegetable-dyed leather that one meets in every single catalogue and website is a trend I warm toward! (Largely because the look covers a multitude of sins,...
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It’s Wurst and Apfelstrudel time!
Seeing as we’re about as daft as a brush about European languages, we’re headed off to the pristine hills and rural valleys of Austria and Switzerland (with a short visit to Germany) armed with nothing...
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