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Today I’m inspired by…
searching the web for pretty things to make for Autumn. I can’t believe it’s Wednesday already. Life is busy this week! Image via
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Friday links
Time for three more links to things that I’ve used/liked/admired from around the globe this week. I used this talk in my PSHE lecture with my students this week. Well worth a watch. A simple weekend sewing project via the My Hands Made It blog. 37 ‘gifts in a jar’ ideas from my pinterest account…
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The British Design Awards
It’s time to get voting for this year’s British Design Awards! This year ELLE Decoration, (in association with John Lewis, the Times magazine and Decorex International), have cherry picked some incredibly talented designers for you to admire. Each designer has been nominated within one of five categories alongside John Lewis’ ‘Made in the UK’ award, which…
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Today I’m inspired by…
this beautiful living room in Oh Joy’s studio, designed by Samantha Gluck and Emily Henderson. There’s a full ‘behind the scenes’ glimpse on Emily’s blog into the design process responsible for this colourful creation. It’s a great way to learn about some of the methods used in interior design so I recommend you take a…
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Sunday night feeling
Shopping with my sister, watching trashy TV and enjoying a takeaway, serving at the children’s Sunday school and curling up under a duvet watching a film whilst it rained outside. This more or less sums up my weekend this week. What did you get up to? The weather is slowly changing and Autumn officially feels as…
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New Series: Friday links
Time for a new series. After seeing lots of my favourite bloggers sharing what inspires them, I’ve decided to do my series sharing the same thing. Not what inspires them, what inspires me of course. Maybe ‘inspires’ is too strong a word, perhaps ‘interesting links’ or ‘go check this out’ is more appropriate? Anyhow, too…
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Back to school
It’s back to school time for most children in the UK this week. Which means homework. But how nice would it be to do your homework here? Original image source unknown – if you know please do share with me! Found on Pinterest via
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Inside the home of a photographer
I secretly love having a snoop aroud the homes of people who have creative professions as it’s usually an interesting way to see how their day job influences their home style. Whilst reading the Pottery Barn blog, I came across the home of photographer Kristen Vincent and my, what a pretty home she has! I…
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Sunday night feeling
Good evening, how are you? I had a lovely time catching up with some friends that I haven’t seen in several months this weekend and it was great. It’s so wonderful how you can pick up with some friends exactly where you left off and carry on the conversation! Friends and family are so…
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Celebrate gold part I
One thing that I’ve really enjoyed about blogging over the past few years, is seeing how it has influenced my life when it comes to being more creative or adventurous with my sense of style in the home. There was a time when I would not have considered using much colour in our home for example…
Claire Parkin Interior Design 