I’ve had a whirlwind few days with 24 hours in Paris to attend Maison et Objet, a trade show dedicated to all things lifestyle, decoration and design. It was amazing and exhausting and completely overwhelming, so I’ve been going back through all the photos I took, reabsorbing everything that caught my eye. Obviously I was…
Author: alicejcollyer
New Year Imposter Syndrome.
I’ve got New Year stage fright when it comes to my blog, again. Every so often my ability to write here flies away and suddenly I’m faced with the feeling that surely what I have to say can’t be that interesting and is it all a bit silly, this blog lark? Those of us that…
Instagram Creative Workshops, Jan/Feb 2019
Connect with other small businesses in the area and learn how to make you Instagram account really work for you. ○ Find out the tricks to creating interesting, engaging content ○Instagram Stories. ○ Tips on how to improve your images. ○ How to use hashtags properly. ○How can Instagram increase business for you? If you…
Friend Feature – A Very Grownup Dining Room.
My very wonderful friend Rachel has created an absolutely beautiful dining room and I couldn’t help but photograph it when I visited, just before Christmas. I wanted to share with you, to celebrate and shout about her (and her partner Justin’s) achievements, because I feel I have very much been a part of the detailed…
Kitchen Shelves, Finishing Touches.
I was finally at home during daylight today so I managed to grab a few snaps of our new kitchen shelves. It’s so strange to think I’ve spent so little time at our house these past 5 months or so, every waking moment has been spent at the shop, thinking about the shop or grabbing…
Stocking Fillers for the Girls.
Today was an unexpected day at home, having succumb to a viral thing that’s been stalking me for weeks. Wonderful timing as ever and I’ve had permanent guilt all day that the shop is closed this close to Christmas, absolutely not how I saw this week going. Anyway, I’ve mostly been collapsed on the sofa,…
A Christmas Gift Guide with a Difference.
Giving a gift can be a wonderful experience, that buzz when you know you’ve found just the thing for that particular person, the time taken to wrap it up beautifully, the anticipation of handing it over. However, finding the right gift can also be rather stressful and headache inducing, especially for that person (usually a…
Advent begins.
There’s nothing like a little crafty project to break the blog block, hi, remember me? Possibly not, it’s been a rather long time, again! Needless to say life is CRAZY busy right now, but I am really excited to share the Advent Calendar I’ve put together for the girls this year. It’s been a relatively…
Master Bedroom Makeover.
Our house was shot for a feature in House Beautiful Magazine last month and this was the catalyst needed to push on and get multiple projects finally done, in time for the photographer’s arrival. Our bedroom had a mini makeover 2 years ago, on a budget of about £5 and that was fine, for then….
A world away, just for us.
Last weekend we escaped real life and made a beeline to the Penventon Park Hotel, in Redruth. I’d been invited along for a night’s Press Stay, to take a look at the hotel and experience it for ourselves. The timing couldn’t have been better, with life so hectic at the moment (when is it ever…
The importance of scent in interiors.
There are many ways to approach designing a space, but for me it’s about a feeling. Whether it’s a piece of furniture that excites me, setting me onto a path of inspiration, a colour or certain accessory, scent is as vital as all these other elements. A room should be an experience that goes far…
Eula’s Room Revamp.
Today I’m breaking my blogger’s block and putting something new here. It has been the longest I’ve ever gone without writing in this space and as the days have ticked by the weight of my absence has got heavier, completely crushing my ability to string the right words together. The longer you go without doing…