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Get Personal with your Father’s Day Gift this Year

Men. Why make our lives so difficult? Men, in general, don’t make it easy to buy for them and perhaps dads are the worst group in this category of humans. Let’s face it. He’s probably got enough socks and ties by now. You could always go for the latest techy gadget or comical gift, but often these things just don’t cut it. Every now and then you need to say more than ‘I picked this up from the gift section on my way through that department store yesterday’ and really show him you took some time to consider what he… Read More

Fall For your Floor | Rug Inspiration

In our house there’s a running joke. Alex likes to tease me that if I had my way I’d rip up all the carpet replace it with beautiful wooden floors then cover it wall to wall with rugs. And it’s true (to a point) he’s pretty spot on. Rugs are so much more beautiful when that area of pattern or texture is confined to certain focal areas. Living in a cold country I do understand the appeal of carpeted floors. They are warm. They’re nice to walk on barefoot. They are also a cheaper flooring solution compared to wooden floors… Read More

Paint this DIY Print Effect Patterned Lampshade

If you’ve read the blog at all before you probably know I have a thing about good (and bad) light fittings. Ok, so you might need to know me a little better than the odd read now and then, but take my word for it, I cannot walk into a room without noticing the lighting. It’s a strange fixation really and it came out of nowhere. It’s not as if I ever specialised in lighting design or worked in the field in any capacity. In fact I don’t know that much about this area apart from what I like and what… Read More

DIY Polymer Clay Coffee Table Tray

Our coffee table has been looking a little bare (I’m sure there’s a joke in there somewhere) recently. As much as I love a minimal look, sometimes you need to add in some colour and embrace a more messy side. Well, a controlled mess of course! That’s why I love this technique I’ve use to create this DIY polymer clay coffee table tray. It’s fun, easy and no two pieces are ever the same. Play with colour, shape and accents to make a coffee table tray you love and only you have. You’ll need: Polymer Clay | Tools | Oven… Read More

Curate your Keychain with these DIY Contemporary Cork Keyrings

Happy Monday friends! I’m kicking off this week with a really easy project you can whip up today. Two months after getting the keys to our new house I still haven’t added any keyrings. Isn’t that the main priority when you’re moving into a new home? No? Jokes aside, I do appreciate a keyring that 1, makes your keys easier to find in the bottom of your bag. 2, Distinguishes them from the other sets of keys in the house. (This is particularly useful when you combine studio and home keys and the other half ends up taking your set to… Read More

Bedroom Brights with Anne Selke | @fallfordiy

How to Add Colour to a Minimal Room

Now that spring has well and truly begun I’m starting to add more colour into my wardrobe, Instagram feed and my home decor. But moving away from the safety of minimalism can be pretty difficult. Especially if you’re someone who doesn’t know where to start when adding bright accents. But there are ways you can keep your minimal winter styling and enjoy warm, bold colour at the same time. If you stick to a few guidelines and be conscious with your decision making you can enjoy a colourful yet chic home without accidentally creating the dreaded colour clash! I’ve teamed… Read More

Making Little DIY Ball Pull Boxes with Sugru | @fallfordiy

DIY Little Ball Pull Boxes

When I was a kid my sister used to sing the song little boxes to me, all. the. time. For some reason she was obsessed with that song, but (like many songs she’d sing to me) she knew very few of the words! So I basically knew where the boxes were, what they were made of and nothing else. To this day I don’t know the words to that song (are there any more), but it was on a loop in my head while making these. Luckily that wasn’t for long because thanks to Sugru Mouldable Glue these boxes took… Read More

One Room Challenge Week 5 | Updates and Three Ways to Style a Coffee Table

Ok, I’m starting to panic. A lot has changed here in my living room, but I’m not even close to finishing everything that I had planned to do. It might be cheating but I’ll probably have to extend the challenge for a couple more weeks. I know! Totally against the rules but I won’t tell if you don’t! And who knows? Perhaps I’ll pull it out of the bag and So far the new sofa is here! I’m going to rave about it in my final post, but this sofa is so dreamy. And thanks to my pop up new… Read More

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