Recently my vintage home was featured in a new magazine called Home Style. The magazine is a monthly mag featuring lots of real homes and DIY ideas all really colourful and fun. It also has recipes, styling ideas, advice and…
I spend a lot of time sourcing, buying, restoring and caring for vintage clothing. It used to be my job but now it is more for pleasure, but can be painful if items need extra work. Here are my 10…
As spring is just around the corner, it is the perfect time to sort through your home, declutter and then create a new space that is light and fresh. When I used to work in home retail, the next few…
I don’t need any new collections. Fact. I have too many already but I can clearly see a new one forming! I received this ceramic piggy bank for Christmas which is made by Carltonware in the 1960s/70s. I love the…
As a mummy I love Mother’s Day- being spoilt rotten, breakfast in bed and hopefully a small vintage gift. Last year I was a lucky mummy as I received a Nutribullet (used daily since) but this year I’m working, curating…
As you know I love to feature vintage style items not just true vintage, however I tend to prefer the originals. A reproduction piece has to have something about it to win me over to be honest, so when this…
Want to treat your vintage loving mummy this year? Mother’s Day is just round the corner (6th March to be exact) and what better way to surprise her than with a handpicked vintage brooch? Vintage Brooch Club is back after…
As February draws on, it is a hard time of the year to feel positive. Quite a few people recently have told me that this is the month that they feel down, poorly and well, just a bit bleugh! As…
In the early 1990s, we rocked the underwear as outerwear look courtesy of Courtney Love and her Hole bandmates. It was totally normal to wear a pink silk cami (literally a pink silk cami not a vest top that looked…
Now I’ve been (alas) too busy to get to the Charles and Ray Eames exhibition at the Barbican but thankfully fellow vintage lover, Vintage BE has, so today she is sharing it with us. This exhibition is clearly for any…
I’ve been browsing the net so you don’t have to! Here are some of my favourite pieces of vintage kitchenware on Etsy this week…all for under a tenner! Simply click on the photo to take you through to the sale…
I love hyacinths, in fact I love all spring bulbs. So much so, that we buy more and plant more every year. A few years ago, my hubby and I bought 500 spring bulbs each to give for our anniversary…
I have now been booze free for 397 days…a whole year and more! At the start of 2015, I knew that I wanted to give up for a year but didn’t want to say that out loud, knowing that 12…
Firstly before we begin can we give my husband a big round of applause for coming up with this title! So as you know I do love a bit of Orla Kiely. It’s odd as I don’t usually go for…
There are a lot of vintage inspired homewares out there on the high street and I mean A LOT. Now you may say this is a great thing, as it is a great entry into vintage for the masses, or you…
I often get asked how my house is so tidy especially my children’s rooms as when they appear here or on Instagram, they tend to be picture perfect. Well let me let you into a little secret – they are…
Hey we all love a vintage brooch don’t we? I have so many, that I’ve decided for one month only (just in time for Valentine’s Day) to launch Vintage Brooch Club. For only £7.00 you can join the club and…
