Friday feast...

Happy Friday everyone!

My apologies for the lack of posts lately! Been busy, busy, busy but there are some exciting posts coming up.

Have a great weekend all!

Friday feast...

A Friday Feast...at last!

My apologies for the lack of gorgeousness over the last three weeks but I have been extremely busy workwise.

Have a great (hopefully!) sunny weekend everyone.

Dream spaces 53...

Loving that lounge!

Bridle Road Residence, Cape Town, South Africa. Interiors are by Reese Roberts + Partners.

Via The Cool Hunter

Picasso, Madonna, Paris and cushions...

...it may seem an odd combination but there is a link.

I received a mail asking if I would like to feature something for under a £100 from the Conran Shop's new Spring accessories collection which was spooky because I was going to feature the above cushions anyway. As soon as I saw them I loved them but then I have always had a soft spot for Picasso.

There are three different cushions available, Femme a La Fleur and La Ceinture Jaune are shown above with the former being my favourite. They are woven on a traditional loom by French craftsmen and are available for £69 each. It's probably the closest I will ever get to owning a Picasso.

I was reminded of one of the best weekends I have ever had with David. It was way back in the Summer of 2002 (can't believe it was that long ago!) and we had booked tickets to go to the Matisse Picasso exhibition at the Tate Modern on the Friday afternoon. It was mayhem! Jostling to get a good position to view those incredible masterpieces was tiresome and annoying but it was worth it. Breathtaking. Afterwards we walked over the Millennium Bridge back towards St Paul's Cathedral, it was a beautiful sunny day and we stopped half way across looking west along the Thames and one of our favourite cities looked glorious and hazy lit up by the afternoon Summer sun.

That night we went to see Madonna at the Wyndhams Theatre in Up For Grabs, I loved it and thought her acting was actually very good. When we left the theatre it was torrential rain outside, David bought a cheap umbrella and we ran across SoHo to a restaurant which we had booked. We sat soaked to the skin and laughed our heads off much to the dismay of some of the other rather snooty diners.

The next day we jumped on the Eurostar and sped off to Paris for a couple of days, David had been before but it was the first time for me. We stayed in a small loft apartment in the Marais district which had the most amazing huge winding staircase leading to it with peeling paint on the walls and worn down stone steps. Paris was so humid and sticky but thankfully the evenings were cooler and on the Saturday night we walked down towards the Seine where we stood on a bridge with a full moon reflecting on the water.

Happy memories and gorgeous cushions!

Friday feast...

Happy weekend everyone. Have a good one.

Via Ffffound, Plastolux

New Year feast...

Happy New Year 2011 everyone!

Hope you have all had a great Christmas and a fantastic New Year so far. We have just about recovered from our partying and are looking forward to the year ahead.

I have some exciting new projects coming up and it's going to be full steam ahead to get our flat finished once and for all. I've managed to get a few outstanding DIY jobs done at last over the Christmas break and the loft is coming along well. I do have a self enforced deadline which is July 3rd...it will be ten years since we moved here!

Pics via Livingetc, Ffffound

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays...

Wishing everyone a fantastic Christmas and Happy holidays. I hope Santa brings you everything you desire.

Thank you everyone for your support throughout the year and your lovely comments. It means a lot.

Wishing you a fantastic day. Peace and Love.

A Tulip isn't just for Christmas...

...It's here at last! Our Christmas present to each other is now in place, although David has said that it's really more for me than it is for him which is fine by me because it means it's all mine. We had delays picking it up because of the snowfall earlier this month, it was then not in the warehouse where it was supposed to be and the van of the friend who was going to pick it up had to have the gearbox replaced. I was chomping at the bit for it's eventual arrival.

It took three of us to move the marble table top to the third floor. Although I had carefully measured the flights of stairs and landings it was still tricky getting all twenty stone of it around the corners! There was a lot of huffing and puffing and it took us the best part of an hour to finally reach the top. It also has to be moved vertically as much as possible which added yet more complications.

The best part of all this is that I managed to get the table for half price! I won't go into details but lets just say my thanks go out to a very helpful woman who made it possible.

Even at half price it was still a lot of money and we have never spent so much money on each other for Christmas before and probably never will again. Was it worth it? Oh yes! It is absolutely beautiful and everything you expect or want it to be.

Next thing...the chairs! Unfortunately the Series 7's do not go. The colours are wrong but more importantly they do not sit under the table very well because of the width of the legs but new ones (unless I come across an absolute bargain!) will have to wait...we are spent out!

Friday feast...

Happy Friday everyone. Have a great, relaxing and warm weekend.

Are you a Jackie or a Marilyn?...

...I've just bought this fantastic Mad Men inspired poster which is a collaboration between Print Mafia and Hero Design Studio.

It is the second print in their ongoing Mad Men series and is a tribute to episode six of season two called "Maidenform". The poster is a two colour silkscreen and is 16" x 20". It can be hung either way up to reflect your inner Marilyn or Jackie.

The poster cost $25 and each one is signed and numbered but be quick because there are only 150 available!

I think I may be a Marilyn...which one are you?

Eames green dream...

...Yes OK I know but I just couldn't resist this little green dream of a chair.

I had been watching it for a week on Evilbay and the price had stayed unusually low so near the end of the auction I thought I would give it a go and I managed to get my hands on it for £43! Yes, £43! I still can't believe it myself. It's in excellent condition and the Kelly green hopsack is still incredibly vibrant with no signs of fading. I have been after this shade of green for a while so I couldn't be more pleased.

I had a bit of a fiasco with trying to get a courier to pick it up for me. It was either too big (it had to fit in a 60cm square box) or the quote was extortionate. So in the end one of David's work colleagues who lives in the same city very kindly picked it up and took it to Bristol. Then another colleague who was working in the Bristol office collected it and brought it back to Swansea. It's travelled around a lot in the last week.

I may use it as my office chair, I have the same base but on castors which I may swap over but then again it would look rather nice on a dowel base...

Daily drooling...

Poster crush...

...I swooned when I came across these gorgeous vintage Knoll posters/advertisments. They were designed by the Swiss designer Herbert Matter. There is a timelessness about them just like the design classics that they are showcasing. They still look as fresh and vibrant as when they were designed.

Herbert Matter was a design consultant for Knoll from 1946 - 1966 and was responsible for the Knoll logo, numerous advertisements, posters and the catalogue format.