Instaweek Catch-Up #5 Posted by Unknown |

1. Stealing a snap of my sister's cool monochrome mini from Zara
2. Sparkling river from the train
3. Edinburgh - peering through the Waverley Station roof to the Balmoral Hotel 
4. Testing out my self-timer app on my iPhone ending up with this #nofilter shot
5. My desk space snap –  selected for IFB's Project #85 round-up
6. My outfit for my second #nextguestblogger post
7. OBSESSED – galaxy NCLA nail wraps - this particular pic is going mental on Pose!
8. Perfect Mother's Day card by interiors designer Lorna Syson
9. Testing out my new spider iPhone holder, and self-timer app (again)

Lorna Syson Bullfinch Cushions + Pols Potten Bowls Posted by Unknown |

Last month I waxed lyrical about a beautiful Lorna Syson cushion I had received as a gift. The birth of a rather serious addiction. Since its arrival I have speedily expanded my Lorna Syson collection to a matching great tit & juneberry cushion & lampshade plus these three darling bullfinch square cushions. In my interior-holic defence, I have been thinking for quite a while about new cushions for the sitting room but I hadn't been able to find any I liked. And then bam, all at once, these were the ones. I love how these peach-chested cuties tie in with the battered faded hues of our cat-torn beaten-up old Chesterfield. On another homeware note, I also mentioned how my kitchen plans included replacing some Pols Potten bowls, well, also below are my newly-arrived stripy set of six. You like?

Cushions from lornasyson.co.uk // bowls from SCP.

A Late Christmas Present - Lorna Syson Cushion - Kitchen Inspiration Posted by Unknown |

A lovely late Christmas present in the form of a gorgeously white Lorna Syson cushion with two little tits (British made using sustainable materials) has inspired me to give our kitchen a bit of a rethink. There's nothing major we can do – we've got a little dining table space which is also home to a huge hulking dresser, a mis-matching bookcase and an upright piano. It's pretty tight in there. But what I can do is rethink what's on display (basically whatever doesn't fit in the dresser) and how to make it look a bit more intentional rather than the kind of nice, but ultimately very bric-a-brac, look it's got going on at the moment. Anyway, this cushion (soon to be matched with another) with its fresh whiteness is the starting point. Step two is to replace a set of favourite bowls by Dutch homeware brand Pols Potten – lovely little dotted and stripy bowls you really do want to have on display. I'll let you know how I get on.