NEW HOME ADDITIONS *SPONSORED BY HOMESENSE* So by now we all know about my love of home wear, so when Homesense asked me to take part in their secret sharers campaign I couldn’t say no. I jumped in the car, grabbed my friend Alix and we drove out to one of the biggest stores in…

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As if we didn’t already know, by the fact I’m constantly showing new home purchases in videos, or the fact I made a whole instagram account (@hellooctoberathome) for the subject, I’m obsessed with home interiors. I always have been, but until recently I didn’t have the space to really go the whole hog with furnishings,…

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Recent Purchases

We Moved! Title say’s it all really doesn’t it? We’re finally out of our dark little flat (which I did my best to keep up the appearance that it was light and airy – and did a cracking job if I do say so myself) and have definitely upgraded somewhat. I’m currently writing this from…

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The past few weeks have seen a few new additions to our little burrow in an attempt to add a little more of “us” to the place. From mirrors and frames to fresh flowers and a spray can full of copper paint (really rather giddy about that last one). It’s starting to feel a bit…

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Recent Videos

This one goes out to everyone still yet to finish their wrapping (or gift buying in general). This morning for the first time in December I felt my inner Christmas fairy emerge and wrapped my first present at 8am. After a quick sweep around Paperchase on Friday I decided on a brown paper/twine/pine theme for…

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Even before we’d viewed our current flat for the first time, I was completely taken by the shelves in the bedroom. Not only was it built into a cove above a built in dresser, but it was freshly painted the whitest white and was in the perfect spot where the window light it beautifully. On…

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When Josh and I first moved in to our new flat the first problem we encountered was a severe lack of space for shoes. Josh actually owns more than the average number of shoes and I’m sure it’s not hard to imagine that my collection filled two (or three) packing boxes. We had a clear…

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Last Saturday we took a trip to the magical place that is Ikea. A.K.A a claustrophobes nightmare. I had a shopping list that had built up to the point where the total spent came to more than our rent, so we decided to make the trip and avoid the list growing any longer. We returned…

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