This is the best time of the year arguably! Autumn is going strong, Christmas is starting to pop up everywhere and the excitement of the holiday season starts to take over. Shopping lists, anyone? (And only arguably because I’m a summer person and live for the beach, which I know doesn’t make any sense when I live in the UK, but I blame my British husband for that!) One of my favourite things to do this season is to decorate! Whether it is to make the home cosier for the winter ahead, put Christmas decorations up, or prepare for the new year, I’ve been pinning non-stop for inspiration for a few weeks now. Last year the shop sold out of...
It will probably come as no surprise that admiring great interior design is one of my favourite things to do, give me browsing amazing interiors and home decor ideas on Pinterest over going out any evening and I’ll take it. And via Instagram I have found many other interior lovers that would probably do the same! I wonder though, does anyone else find themselves browsing design hotels? I find it one of the best sources of inspiration. There is something very intriguing and almost daring about design hotel interiors. They’re designed to transport you to a different place and spoil you endlessly. What’s not to love about that.I have recently written an article for Trivago Magazine on London Design Hotels,...
Perhaps I've been watching too much Property Brothers, don't they just make renovating properties look so easy?! Last month we had our own fixer-upper project and it was certainly interesting. Jonathan (the renovation twin that does all the dirty work if you haven't watched the show) would be disappointed that we didn't take any walls down, but for a first reno it was challenging enough without it. Let's save demolishing walls for the next one! If you follow me on Instagram you will have seen that July pretty much consisted of spending any spare time planning and renovating a buy-to-let property that we recently got. I loved the challenge, though hard when you are running a business, have two young children...
A few weeks ago I was so excited to find out that I will be exhibiting at the Autumn Fair this September. This month has been eventful in the best of ways - from finding out that I have been one of the selected 12 winners to win a stand at the Autumn Fair sponsored by Theo Paphitis #SBS, to designing the stand and seeing my new collection in the flesh! All sorts of 'happy-dance' were happening at The Room Alive HQ (aka my home office/studio)!Check the announcement on Twitter hereThere couldn't be a better opportunity to launch my new collection then at the Autumn Fair, so I got everything prepared to launch my new design a bit sooner than I...
Firstly let me just get the obvious out of the way... I love Mallorca. Who doesn't?! I’ve visited a few times and that is the place where I want to live one day. When it came to choosing a destination to go on our first holiday as a family of four, that’s the first place that came to mind. Plus we couldn't face a long haul flight so two and a half hours away from home it was.I started looking for hotels with this wish list in mind: great kids facilities for the girls, a splash pool, of course great decor, a gym, near a beach and good food. Oh and within our budget! When I came accross Fergus Hotels I knew I...
