More silhouettes...

I really do have a thing about silhouettes. And as always, I found a whole bunch of fabulous things I now cannot live without on Etsy. First on the list are these customized greeting cards from Chickprint.This is a really original silhouette carved in birch bark from the Catskill mountains, by Jennyleefowler.

If you have pets (even if you don't!) what could be cuter than this little silhouette print of a dog by FireHydrantPress.

Super cute customised cards - from prPictorial.

Lastly but not leastly, my very favourite. If I ever marry the man of my dreams, I'd like someone to buy me one of these as a wedding present please (I'll even send you the profile snapshots first if you like). From yourockbaby.

Memory pear tree

Memories grow on pear trees with this lovely print from Almost Sunday Designs on Etsy. I bought this for my brother, sister in law and baby niece for their joint wedding/naming ceremony and it's beautiful. Lovely colours and a gorgeous reminder of a special day.

The writing's on the wall

I was inspired by this fantastic image from the Livingetc gallery this week - which uses photocopies to liven up a plain painted wall. The photocopied sheets are just normal photocopies made on a normal office copier in black and white, and they are only temporarily attached to the wall using push pins or blu-tack. If you live in a rented flat, this would be a perfect way to transform your boring walls without upsetting the landlord!

While the black and white photocopies are quite calming (and have the advantage of giving you somehting to read on the wall if you get bored!) I'd like to try this with some brighly coloured glossy magazine images. Imagine making a whole wall into an ever changing mood board!

Silhouette style

I don't know why, but I have a thing about silhouettes recently. I really want these melamine plates from Thomas Paul at Supernice, and the bird cage tea towel is just fabulous, and less than £10!

Clockwise from top right:
Silhouette mirror from Amaroni, £358.22

Coat Tree wall sticker from Mode twentyone, £65

Birdcage tea towel from Ferm Living, £8.95

4 melamine plates from Supernice, £26

Bird cushion from 95% Danish, £59.95

Thomas Paul Profile cushions from Supernice, £70 each

Pretty up your drawers

How adorable is this? Such a simple way to make a plain set of drawers unique. And you could use scraps of any old ribbon you have hanging around - the less coordinated, the better!

Graham & Green do a great selection of crystal drawer pulls like this.

I'm still in house buying hell, so I don't like to torment myself with fantasies of what I'd do in my own flat, but this is so achievable, I think it would work just about anywhere. All you need is an old chest of drawers, some white gloss paint, some funky drawer pulls and some ribbon.

My poor boyfriend (let's call him DIY-challenged) once attempted to change the knobs on a chest of drawers we bought from Ikea. I spend twice as much on the new hardware as we had spent on the drawers themselves, and then he accidentally screwed the knobs on 2 of the drawers onto completely the wrong section. So now we have a set of drawers with 4 drawers in perfect alignment, and then two which have knobs about 3 inches closer together than the others! It looks faintly ridiculous, but it was cheap and it's not coming with me if we move. A second hand version painted ina nice colour would be a much better bet.

Or if you're feeling really creative, you could cover it in thin fabric or wallpaper like Bryonie Porter. Her bespoke covered furniture is just to die for.

Fornasetti wallpaper covered chest, £800, Bryonie Porter at mydeco.com.

Before & After: Ikea Billy bookcase

I finally got around to doing something with my boring beech wood Ikea billy bookcases. I painted two of them glossy white, with a hot pink interior back panel and they look much snazzier now.

Before:

After:
Am I sad for arranging my books by colour?

Oh to have a hallway

I don't, but if ever I do, I'd like a big gilt frame housing a memo board like this lovely one, from Living Etc.

Juicy July bedroom inspiration

So I'm trying to buy a house at the moment, and goodness knows, that's not an easy thing to do in London. I'm trying not to look at too many lovely interior managzines or blogs until I actually have a place, so I don't get all excited about my room plans only to have them dashed again (we're on offer number 12).

But I couldn't help this one - it's just such a lovely room, who wouldn't want to end the day relaxing in this bed? Bedroom, Haymarket hotel.