The Ideal Home Show 2011 report
- Glamorous Bedroom cushions
- Glamorous Bedroom bird cage memo board
- Glamorous Bedroom pink lantern
- Glamorous Bedroom wallpaper
Yesterday I visited the Ideal Home Show at Earls Court in London. After collecting my press pass I went straight through to the bustling hall of inspiration. I loved the Glamourous boutique-style bedroom set against the Palais Chinois wallpaper and deep blue, Bluebell Hill coloured walls. The warm metallics lifted with touches of hot pink. The bed scattered in lovely cushions, like the flock design cushions from Lombok and the Fuscia pink velvet cushions from Primrose and Plum.
I of course loved the vintage style bird cage memo board as I have recently bought one that I have painted in a duck egg blue and is hanging on my kitchen wall. Oh, and the Charlotte petal table in silver from Brissi was so vintage pretty.
I loved the unusual colour combination. The spotty bird house and pink house lantern looked cute on the white shelf and the flutter butterfly wall art looked effective above the tree coat stand adorned in multicolour fairy lights.
I loved the use of the Ecochic wallpaper in the bathroom and bright lime hints.
In the Ideal shopping section, Koko Kids caught my eye with their ever so cute deer light and bright oversized paper pom poms. Cute red bus fairy lights, funky cool Rob Ryan bunting and I love London prints. Forever England had the most exquisite bedspreads in pretty florals and fresh stripes. The ever so cute cupcake soaps from the Soap Boutique. Sass & Belle was a riot of colour and cuteness from the Russian doll bookends, reels of rik rak to the owl money boxes and mushroom salt and pepper sets.
There were plenty of sweet treats on sale but the pretty display of macarons and giant meringues from Comptoir Gourmand really caught my eye. For all manner of pick'n'mix sweets, fudge and candy there were the tables and tables of Gilchrists Confectionary. The pretty cupcakes come courtesy of Katy's cupcakes who had the cutest cupcakes with iced little pig pinks and cheeky monkeys atop a swirl of chocolate buttercream.
Have a sweet day!
A Day in Provence
One of my highlights of The Country Living Spring Fair was meeting the lovely Shirley-Ann of A Day in Provence, an individual collection of hand-made and vintage items. From the cute papier-mache dogs her husband Ian makes in their Kent studio to original paintings of flowers, dogs and, my favourite, birds!
Her passionate hobby of collecting the prettiest vintage treasures has turned into her business. We are so lucky she shares these treasures with us! I particularly like the parrot painting in the stunning duck egg blue frame and the divine vintage Easter egg tied with pretty pink velvet ribbon. Oh, and how cute is the tea party bunting?!
For more info on where she will be selling next please visit her contact page.
Have a sweet day!
Beg Bicycles
Before I visited The Country Living Fair I had checked out a few of the exhibitors online, and one of the companies that really stood out was Beg Bicycles. They launched on the 17th March 2011 at the Country Living Spring Fair in Islington. I was excited to see their ice cream pastel-coloured bikes and gorgeous leather accessories and boy, they did not disappoint!
My favourite has to be the Persephone Pink Bella Bicycle with a flower-filled retro porter's crate on the front. The Beg crates are heavily influenced by their love of our continental neighbours' chic ways and are exclusively made for them in a small town just outside Cambridge. I also love the super soft 100% lambswool, vintage coloured, pretty, fringed plaid picnic rug with tan leather carrying straps, woven in a mill deep in a valley in County Tipperary in Ireland.
For those looking for stylish picnic accessories you have to check out their cutie cool box; a cute tan leather bound cool box to keep your pink lemonade and Eton mess cool! Then there's the Mozzie Spray, a neat tan leather tube holder for your insect repellent to ensure warm lazy late afternoon bike rides along the river are a joy. Due to its design and size it can also hold a mini water bottle or sunglasses case. A great edition to every bike ride!
Have a sweet day!
This week I'm grateful for... sisters
... and little breaks.
I'm heading to Fibrotown for the weekend to visit Gran and Pops with the Tsunamis and my best friend Yes We Are Nearly There Yet in tow.
My fab sister MultipleMum at And then there were four is hosting Grateful for me today... have you met her? You'll love her!
Head on over to say hi and link up your Grateful post.
See you next week!
[Image by Metin Demiralay]
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