Inspiration: Bookshelf Dolls House

I love this idea. Take one small Expedit unit from Ikea add some wallpaper and you have a super cool dolls house. With the unit only costing £19.99 it’s a chiconomy buy! Via 101 Woonideeen.

Inspiration: Mad Hatter’s Tea Party

We love a good party and when I saw Izzy’s Mad Hatter’s Tea Party I knew you’d love to see it too. Luckily for us Mama Lottie, who blogs at The Snowdrop Bakery, was happy to share photos and her party secrets! I was Inspired by my obsession with Pinterest (birthday inspiration board here) and [...]

Inspiration: Customise bedroom furniture with wood grain effect for a woodland theme

I visited Home and Top Drawer on Monday, the trade show for design-led products and went to visit the stand of one of my favourite British brands ever, Anorak. Laurie’s famous ‘kissing animals’ prints adorned bedding, homewares and accessories displayed on a bunkbed, chest of drawers and shelving that have been transformed with wood grain [...]

Inspiration: Wardrobe Revival

I am in love with this bright yellow wardrobe. The combination of the old design, fresh colour and retro interior have me smitten. Get the look: Old wardrobe: there are a whole host of place you could scout for an nice looking old wardrobe. My top hits would be charity furniture shops (Oxfam & Emaus [...]

Retro Villa

Retro Villa is one of my absolute favourite vintage decor haunts and while I was pressing my nose against their virtual window the other day it occured to me that I’d neglected to share it with you. A Danish delight, Retro Villa is packed to the gills with the kind of over the top wallpaper [...]

Ikea Hack: Ladder into Steps

Eagle-eyed Eve spotted this inspired hack over at Ikea Hackers. Grace from Australia needed a way for her daughter to be able to climb in and out of her bed safely as she couldn’t use the attached ladder. Enter a Trofast unit and a handmade safety rail and they have a set of wide stairs [...]

100 Days of Summer

  The rain may be falling and the last days of the holidays numbered but if your inspiration has run a little dry then take a look at Summer Fun from Sisters Guild. Carla has created the most exciting list of 100 ideas for Summer Fun from egg and spoon races to making parachutes for [...]

Summer Project: Butterfly Garden

With the holidays on the horizon I’m on the hunt for some projects for Milla and Monty. With sunflowers proving to be a bit of a garden disaster I’ve been looking for inspiration. When I saw this post on Scented Sweetpeas I was instantly in love. You can buy a kit with everything you need [...]

Inspiration: Yarn Balloons and Paper Lanterns for Party Decorations

Saria ‘the bambino’ was four a couple of days ago and we’re having a little party for her on Saturday and I’ll be making some of these fantastic yarn balloons that I spotted over at Juicy Bits blog, where Jessica threw a unicorns and rainbows party for her daughter. The instructions are over at Family [...]

Inspiration: Reading Nook with Ikea Spice Rack Shelving & Fabric Clouds

Last week we featured some book shelves made with Ikea spice racks and here is another inspiring use of them where they’ve been decorated with Japanese washi tape (try Papermash and Present&Correct – be careful, they’re dangerous shops of temptation) on the borders. What we’re also loving is the hanging fabric clouds which look like [...]

Inspiration: Duplo Walls

This is very cool – a room lined floor to ceiling in Duplo baseplates turning the space into their own miniature Lego land. For those beyond Duplo, you can do the same thing with Lego baseplates. I don’t think I could do an entire room but a feature wall would work very well. Baseplates are [...]

Inspiration: Repurpose Ikea Spice Racks Into Book Shelving

We’ve been on roll this week with Ikea hacks (see our posts on a bunting shade and a car garage made from their magnetic knife rack) and the latest find is book shelving made from their spice racks. All over this simple hack like a rash and you can always liven them up with a [...]

Inspiration: Repurpose Ikea’s Magnetic Knife Rack into Toy Car Storage

If like quite a few people I know, you’ve been buying old metal Matchbox cars from charity shops and on eBay etc for your vroom vroom loving little one, you’ll love this rather cool repurposing of Ikea’s magnetic knife rack (£7.14) into a parking garage that also doubles up as winning decor. Source The Style [...]

Inspiration: Transforming a Lantern Shade With Bunting

Absolutely loving how this run of the mill and rather infamous white Ikea lantern has had a serious makeover with some mini bunting made from fabric scraps and binding. Check out the tutorial over at You Had Me At Bonjour. via Pinterest via Pinterest

Party Inspiration: Nia’s Gruffalo Themed Birthday Party

   Last week my baby Nia turned two and we celebrated with a Gruffalo party because she is, along with Saria, obsessed with the book and the short film. While I’m not keen on much character led stuff, the Gruffalo is a story loved by so many and I gave myself a brief of coming [...]

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