Revise your Classics

Just because 

J'aime...

I love this new sticker from Antique Home

and Paloma Wool continues to inspire me.

Tout Doux

Bonsoir !

Un grand besoin de douceur aujourd'hui.

It's unusually cold here and I've spent much of today battling through the wind and rain with a flimsy, now broken, umberella.

No surprise then that this week's moodboard is inspired by soft pastels, seascapes and pretty wild flowers.

C'mon on Spring, get your act together. We're waiting!!!

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xxx

Shop The Look #4

 

Hello there!

I hope you all enjoyed your weekend.

Ours was an enjoyable mix of sport, spring sunshine and shopping.

If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram, you'll know we love flea markets, brocantes and secondhand shops like Emmaus. We always find something to wear, decorate with or even furnish our shabbychic home (almost bought a cement shower tray for our new bathroom this time!) whenever we go there, and I find it far more entertaining and creative than normal, 'offtheshelf' buying.

Anyway, I'm feeling happy and relaxed, ready to come back online a bit more. I have several ideas for new features, and indeed, a new blog / venture (more about that later), but for now, let's kick off the week with a new Shop The Look post:

Inspired by fresh, white interiors and a neutral natural palette combining linen, cotton, cement, stone and string - I love the finished feel.

Links:

1) I feel in love with Angelica Eichler's Desert Decor fashion portfolio last week.

2) Talking of love... I don't think there's one single item at The New Craftsmen that I wouldn't want in my home. Akiko Hirai and Claire Norcross' Buoy Light is simply beautiful.
3) I visit etsy daily and really enjoy curating my collection of finds. This katagami stencil popped up in my feed the other day and I love the graphic shibori star pattern. Check out Kyoto Kimono for more.

4) Coveting Ambatalia linen dish covers is new for me, but I've had my eye on them for a long time now, along with everything else in Quitokeeto, another favourite online shop of mine. 

5) Rareweaves - raw textiles and objects to die for! 

6) Bristol-based HunterGatherer (follow them here too) have put together a very unusual collection of vintage items, and I am sure these French Calvados bottles would look stunning in my kitchen! Be quick, there are only a few left I believe.

Moodboard: I'm a Flower Girl

I'm a flower girl,

busy at home and outside.

I apologise for my absence, 

the longest in 7 years, I believe.

I've been pottering, doing,

thinking, 

watching my garden grow.

Resting my mind, my eyes from life online.

ça fait du bien de temps en temps !

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Inspiration: Tout doucement

I know, I know, it's still too early to be talking about Spring

But, you see, our balcony is so pretty covered in rose buds galore; there are daisies popping up around the pool and the air is sweet with pink almond blossom. It's hard not to think about warmer, longer days and a new soft colour palette inside and out.

Ah oui, ça vient, tout doucement... 

Images from my tumblr

Plumes & Feathers

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Slowly but surely Spring is on its way!

 

Kids' Inspiration: Berta & Co

They go by the name of Berta, Izabela, Emil, Adolf and Jan, and are some of the nicest art dolls I've seen in a long time. Handmade by Hommy in Japan for a small etsy store called RUCNI, renowned for their beautiful owls and other textile creatures, these velveteen giraffes, cats, elephants, wolves are dark, mysterious and quite exquisite - love!

Inspiration: Quali-T

T for Teapots, for Tundra too.

 I follow the magician Wu Wei Cheng here,

and so should you.

Take your hat off

 to this Latvian brand

 reviving traditions so fine,

Berta or a kippa? 

No, the big brown one

 there's mine!

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