FRESH

A lovely fresh crisp morning in Walthamstow a couple of weeks ago. I love Walthamstow. I love that the access to central London is super quick, but it also has the most amazing open spaces!

GLAM ROCK KITTY

So I bought these shoes at the weekend as ASOS had 20% off everything! As soon as I opened them Clarence comandeered them! I literally couldn't take them away. Whenever I tried to pick them up, he clung on for dear life! What can I say? He's obviously a glam rock kitty!

DOOR

I adore this door. When we bought the property in a wreck, this door had always remained beautiful. It is the original interior door used in the warner properties, and despite a fair few people telling us to bin it, I was ADAMANT it stayed. We resized it and moved it to the living room, so it floods the hallway with light! I will miss this little door when we leave!

PK COPENHAGEN

I love these prints from PK Copenhagen. They do amazing limited digital prints. We have our three in our dining area, above the table. Head over to their website to check out their collection. We got ours printed up 50 x 70cm.

 

 

LATE

Everyone who knows me, knows how much I HATE, hate, hate the late shift at work. There is one benefit though, a little lie in. I'm enjoying the last few weeks of our fully finished flat, before we are back in overalls every spare second we get with the new property! I love our little flat, but am equally excited to get our teeth stuck into the new place!!

TIME

Is it possible to feel jet lagged from the clocks going back!? I'm so out of whack! I went to bed at 21:30 last night, which is incredibly out of character!! I literally couldn't stay awake! I even fell asleep in Modern Family, which is when you know I am tired!

Here is our clock from IKEA, which we have in the hallway. There was great drama about where it should go. I was ADAMANT for it to go where it is, and Paul was worried we would drill into the electric and heating, as it is directly above thermostat and main electric board. My father in law, took no worry in this fact and just whacked the nail in there. And everything still works, thank goodness.

Clock: IKEA

LIGHT

I love our edison lights. The beehive filament is so exciting to watch dance around. We have them all down the hallway and one in the living room. 

 

 

 

FOR SALE

So here they are. The final shots of the flat. I chose my favourites to share with you! White, white, white!

 

 

PHOTO

The photographer from the estate agents came the other day to photograph the flat. They were here for three hours, so at least we know the photos will be good!

Let the viewings commence.

DINE

So the dining area is EVENTUALLY finished! Paul's parents came over last Saturday and helped us put smoe frames and shelves up. The bay tree has moved home to next to the dining area window. Feels wonderful to have this area finished!

 

 

Chairs: Were a gift from Paul's old work.

Table: made.comhttp://www.made.com/

Bay tree: Vauxhall Flower Market

Light fitting: eBay

Posters: PK Copenhagen

 

HOME

I bought an Ari Marcopoulos fanzine in 2008 in New York, and it has sat in the plastic protective sheet until now. I've just framed the centrefold and it is sitting in our hallway, above the stairs, so we see it whenever we leave the flat.

BAY

This bay tree is from our wedding, we bought two for the top of the aisle, and gave one to Paul's parents afterwards. Where better to put a bay tree than in a bay window? (Have actually since moved it...)

Alabama and Clarence always get themselves into such picture perfect, catalogue poses. Here she is, sitting on top of a stack of books like the best possible cliche.

LAMP

I love these industrial, metal desk lamps. This one needs rewiring. But for know he's sitting pretty on some shelving.

BOAT

I love this magazine rack. We picked it up from eBay for £3! At the moment it is sporting the latest issue of Boat magazine! It is a nomadic travel and culture publication that focuses on a different, inspiring city for each issue. This month is LA. We are planning a retun trip there next summer so it's getting me super psyched for it!

 

SHORT

Today I got my extensions taken off. I try to do three months on and three months off! I always end up feeling like half of my fingers have been chopped off for the first few days, and TEXTING? Oh my god it takes me about an hour to write one sentence again.

Here they are in all their stubby glory. Grey shellac!

CHOP

We are decreasing our meat intake, slowly slowly. I find it easier to decrease bit by bit, tricks the mind into not realising anything has changed...

At the moment, I have cut out all red meat, I don't eat fish, and am only left with chicken, once or twice a week.

Saturday evening, I cooked my most favourite vegetarian dish of mushroom bolognese. Mushrooms are an amazing substitute for mince, they've got a great consistency, and are actually quite meaty once cooked down.

SAFE

Sunday, saw a delightful (or not) trip to Safestore in Chingford. I love their corridors, even if it is a bit scary. We took the last bits of our "left over" stuff and locked it up, until after we sell. We are on the home stretch now... The exterior decorator has a few bits to finish off, and a few snags inside too. But we are NEARLY THERE!

HOUSE DOCTOR

The House Doctor light fitting FINALLY went up. We had to get an electrician to fit it annoyingly, which is why it took so long! It's been sitting in a rather large box (taking up alot of room!) for a few months now. They do them in a few different colours, but we loved the copper!

 

Light fitting: House Doctor

LEDGE

So the ledge in the hallway finally went up! We are yet to arrange the frames, but was so excited, I had to tell you all! The hallway itself is quite thin, but I love "leaning" frames on shelves/ ledges, as opposed to just hanging on the wall. It creates a whole new dynamic.

The hallway is too narrow to put a proper shelf, so we found these ribba ledges from IKEA, which has a little lip at the edge to stop the items falling off.

Frame: Ribba, IKEA

ALMOST THERE

So here we are. Almost 10 months after purchase. This room was initially a small living room and a very small bedroom! We knocked the wall down to create a lovely wide, open living/ dining area! Light floods this room! I'm taking the photo from the half way point, to the right is the "dining" area, which isn't quite finished yet!!! Patience, patience (saying this to myself, as well as to readers!)

Spot the cat....