Bargain hunting...

As I previously mentioned C and I bought a 1950s (ish) cabinet on a whim the other day so I thought I'd do a wee show and tell here...

Plus today the sun was out and boy has it seemed like ages since I last saw it so I whipped the camera out and got snap happy. The prints are new aquistions - the lovely Dapper Bird print is by Kate Hindley from her great etsy shop and the other by Hazel Nicholls from here is one we've wanted for ages and ages so I treated C for Valentine's Day. I was pleased with myself as it works so well on two levels - 1. the man loves his biscuits and 2. it's a helpful tip!

(Please excuse the mess in the corner and the recently broken chair - we've yet to fully complete the reorganisation process!)

Out of hand...

So we've been a bit busy again with some lovely new stockists and more orders from existing stockists, more on that soon, but today we decided to have a bit of a clear out of the studio. We bought a 1950s cabinet on an ebay whim the other day and now have to find a home for it! It was one of those this-will-be-perfect-if/when-we-ever-get-a-shop-come-studio type of decisions with only 5 mintues to go. Still I love it and am now wondering what to fill it with. Perhaps some of these...

I have to confess I have a bit of a magazine hoarding problem. I must have almost every copy of Elle Dec from 1997 onwards (and now from about 1993 too as I adopted another collection from a friend - much to Cs horror!) also most copies of Living Etc and a whole bunch of World of Interiors from the 1990s. Like I said, it's a problem! Which means everytime we want to move furntiure around we first have to deal with the magazines and as for moving house I daren't speak of it ever again!

I have to add the stack in the bottom photo is 4' high - I measured!

Colours and yet more colours...

We're still thinking lots about colours and have been finding inspiration everywhere but coming to any kind of decision is proving far more difficult than we'd first thought (although to be fair deciding on anything is not my forte as C will happily tell anyone who'll listen). It was 5 weeks before we officially registered Ru with a name and I once got £10 off a pair of shoes just because they wanted me out of the darn shop! Anyway just thought I'd post some images which have been inspiring me colourwise this week...

from design*sponge

from rathernice

from design*sponge

from rathernice

from today I love

from bloesem