My house is full of things from my Grandma, but perhaps the most precious, and certainly the heaviest, is her hand-turn Singer sewing machine. The last two projects I used it for were sewing a stripy cushion (see our first ever post) and making a Torvill and Dean fancy dress costume (no pictures available. Ever.) […]
I have a new long, high floating shelf in my white-walled living room and here is what I’d like to do with it. In reality it will probably become home to books and other coloured things – I’ll show you when it does. In the meantime, this display of white ceramics by Jonathan Wade can be […]
I could honestly do a Whatever-envy post every day, but I stumbled across this blog by a fellow south-Londoner and liked the pictures so much I thought I’d share them. It’s from the blog Tales of a junkaholic, by Artemis (real name? not sure), a jewellery designer and Junk junkie, and it’s just lovely – […]
Warning: If you’re a bit on the short side, don’t try this one at home.
I’ve only ever paused outside the library / gallery 72 Rivington Street to note its brilliant book-stack window display. This week the window display was gone, but I ventured inside and found this modern take on the librarian’s trolley. Yes, basically a set of shelves on wheels, but as mentioned a few times, we love […]