This week I did a photo shoot in the most amazing house in Manchester. It was filled with amazing vintage, beautiful coloured sofas and packed with fun, kitsch homewares without any of it looking kitsch at all! The one thing…
This is my favourite thing in my Christmas digital book, Style Your Vintage Party – Christmas. This is so simple too as all you need is a glue gun! I have chosen to use a blackboard which sits in a vintage…
I recently found a very squashed 1960s/70s vintage wreath in a local junk shop. Once spruced up I felt it needed more vintage-ness added to it to make it look its best. This is something you could even do with…
I’ve been recently sent some amazing vintage style homewares from Hunkydory Home, an online store who have fully embraced colour and pattern with a real retro vibe to it. I am totally in love with their retro cushions especially. The…
I know my blog is about “stuff”. Vintage fashion, homewares, furniture, weddings all equal lovely things, but that’s just it – they are just things. When I first met my husband he showed me that gifts don’t have to cost…
I love Christmas! I love vintage decorations too and I collect them all year! I cannot resist them, so as I have so many, some are for sale. Here are my decorations up for sale this December. If you want…
I get asked a lot, in fact every week “How do you juggle everything?”. I do manage to cram a lot into my life (running two and a half ltd companies as well as freelance writing and some telly work,…
This week’s favourite finds for Christmas are all from my favourite online indie shops. All have been lovingly designed or chosen for their great design – whether it be vintage, retro, industrial or kitsch. All of these are on my…
Today sees the start of a new series of blogs, showcasing my favourite homewares from High Street retailers – all with a vintage Christmas feel. I am starting with Next, who always have a lovely Christmas department at an accessible…
So last night was the Cosmopolitan Blog Awards in London town. So I had to get dressed up didn’t I in my vintage fashion finery (and good job too as there were so very glamorous folk there)? Firstly though, before…
As it’s nearly November, it is time to get out my vintage Christmas decorations that I have been buying all year, ready to sell. It is also time to talk about my digital book: Style Your Vintage Party – Christmas.…
Today’s real home is a lovely one, filled with colourful vintage with a slight Scandinavian feel to it. It belongs to Cathy Locke and her husband Kieran and their daughter Rosina, in Chelmsford, Essex. She runs an online shop filled…
I really love the feel of the Little Bird collection, designed by Jools Oliver for Mothercare. It reminds me of the 1970s and what I wore back then! I love the fit and shape of the dresses especially as they…
Housework doesn’t need to be a vintage free zone! While it is is boring, why not add a vintage feel to your work! 1. Use vintage baskets for storage 2. Use old metal and wooden dustpan and brushes to sweep…
I wrote this article for Vintage Life magazine many moons ago and it still feels relevant today. Don’t get me wrong, I love stores like IKEA especially some of their reproductions of their original designs form the 1950s and 1960s…
For Fashion Friday this week I’m wearing a vintage dress which has not fitted for me for years. I always kept it, as it had no major resale value and I liked it. Which is how it should be really…
It may be autumn but there’s nothing stopping us from dressing our homes in pretty pastels. I have recently been introduced to the handpainted and ethical tableware by duckydora. There ceramics with matching linens are so pretty with their pastel…
