Interior styling and design inspiration for those who dream of a past era. Sarah Akwisombe brings you the best of Vintage and Antique pieces styled in the freshest, most contemporary way. From Art Deco to Midcentury Modern, think 'If Lana Del Rey Did interiors'.
We've been living in our lovely flat for just over a year now. As you may have seen in past blog posts, it hasn't been exactly how I envisaged the first year here to be. A year on, I'm about to get real and share all the things we missed when we moved in that I wish we'd taken more time on now, so that you can save yourself time and money by learning from our mistakes.
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I was invited down to the launch of the Tigi Bedhead space in Shoreditch's Boxpark last week to have my hair styled and learn more about the Bedhead range. Now, I know this isn't interiors related, but I'm never one to down down a bit of free pampering and I was desperate for a 60s pouffey do! Here's the before and after...
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If you read my top tips on creating a welcoming home you will know that your front entrance is very important in creating a great first impression of you and your space. How else to show off your unique personality than with a brass, animal head door knocker?!
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A few great things happened at Ask For Janice. Firstly, I tried and LOVED my first Gin & Tonic. Secondly, I had a well overdue meat feast, after being what I like to call 'predominantly pescaterian' since January. Thirdly, I had the best bloody Mary I've ever tasted. Yep. Even better than my own! Here's my Dinner & Decor: Ask For Janice review.
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So, if you read part 1 of this post you will know that I left you as I was walking from the William Morris museum. After a few minutes we arrived at the small industrial park that houses the amazingness that is God's Own Junkyard! As we turned the corner we first spotted this...
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I've been meaning to catch up with an old friend of mine for a while, and due to both having crazy schedules we had rainchecked our meeting a few times. But last weekend the sun was shining and it was ON! Nicole had planned a full day of fun activities all based around my love for interiors. Who knew that Walthamstow had more treats to offer than Blazin' Squad?!
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A couple of weeks a go I was invited along to the press evening for the forthcoming Heal's AW14 collection. I'm a big Heal's fan and seeing as they are a bit of a British institution at 200 years old, I thought it only right to go along to their huge Tottenham Court road store and check out the new pieces. Oh, and did I mention they were displaying their new xmas decorations? Xmas in July... I think so! I grabbed my friend Holly, another person just as into interiors as I am and braved the sweaty tube to go along.
Here are all of the pics...
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You may have noticed that a vintage bar cart is all the rage right now! That being said, as much as we'd love one there was just really no space for it in our living room and we already had a brilliant sideboard that was kind of already doing the job anyway. So, if like us, you just don't have the space but still want the vintage bar cart effect, why not try this?
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