If, like me, you find yourself going to Closet Visit to whip yourself up a bit, then you’re going to love-and-hate The Coveteur. Lose hours pouring over pictures of the homes and wardrobes of models, stylists and actors (who you’ve never heard of) that will make you feel pretty, pretty dynamic. Here’s the sort of thing I mean.

It’s like she knows I like her couch.

Yes yellow bike, you are nice in front of that gallery wall.
Weird, and yet makes my own mantlepiece look sad and in need of some shirt drapery.

The power of yellow and lilac to make that sofa look good.

Then, just in the nick of time I found something amazing.

Did you spot it? That’s a live cat’s scratching post – something that hasn’t even sneaked into one of our Real Reveals.

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Rug round robin

Ok so like I said, the house is freezing and I need a new rug. For cheap. The last one I had was huge and cheap from Ikea, but the Anti-stylist was sick on it almost immediately. She’s thinking about it here… So anyway, new rug required. Here is my pick of the cheap ones. […]

Wrapping posters

    How are you at wrapping gifts? My Mum’s friend dedicates a whole room to wrapping around Christmas time. And no, she’s not friends with the Spellings (Joan is posh and she did used to work in a department store, though). We were sent this lovely wrapping paper from online family-run stationary company The […]

Delia’s Christmas cake step-by-step

So I made my very first Christmas cake, on what I’m calling Stir Up Sunday Plus One (ie it was Monday). I used the classic Delia recipe because I like a Christmas cake  you could wedge a door open with, and one that lasts into at least February. I used to make cakes with my […]