City Living, Country Life – the best of both worlds
Small brand shout-outs, seasonal wardrobe staples and #OOTD for busy working mums.
I cannot tell you how different life feels with a piano in the house. It all started 25 years ago, when my parents discreetly removed me from ballet (apparently I had the grace and co-ordination of a bull elephant) and signed me up for piano lessons. Even at the age…
I’m no warbler, but this haunting eternal love song by Ellie Goulding (from the motion picture, About Time), has become Country Bebe’s night-time lullaby. He is instantly captivated. Even when I sing. Every night we curl up in bed, read books and then he says ‘sing, mama’ and I dutifully…
I think I’m in love – it’s the first thing I think about when I wake and the last thing on my mind as I drift off to sleep. My new Kenwood Chef stand mixer. Of course, to qualify for the ‘treasured posessions’ series, this is no off the shelf…
Today’s the big 3-0 and I’m bundling my two menfolk into the car and heading down the coast into Cornwall, back to our beloved Rosevine, near St. Mawes. After our trip in July I knew there was only one place I wanted to spend my 30th. We are guaranteed amazing…
So, I just opened my first birthday present (yes, I know it’s not till Friday, I am an impatient kinda gal) – a luxe friendship bracelet! My mother-in-law knows me too well. My new addition is from Links of London. The teal and grey thread is intricately interwoven between the…
So, I’m no fashion blogger – or dresser, I’ll be honest. But this coming season I cannot get enough PLAID. Plaid, checks, tartan…. I love it! (Elle have done a great trend report, if you want to see how it was worn on the catwalk). While this tartan Marc by…
Yep, it’s a comin’: the big 3-0. This weekend to be precise. Am I feeling neurotic and old? Nah. A little retrospective perhaps, and definitely wiser than I was a decade ago turning 20 – a ball of body conscious, hormonal angst. So, rather than bemoaning the dawn of a…
As we are gearing up to Country Bebe starting nursery this autumn, with all the subsequent parental anguish of ‘our baby going off to nursery’ and worrying how he’ll cope with the transition… this article stopped me in my tracks. It’s a photo story from NBCnews.com about a school founded…
It’s started. That twang of the purse-strings when I see the new season’s haul on the shop’s rails. Ankle boots, chambray, slouchy knitwear, leather detailing…. HELLO AUTUMN. So I’ve done a pretty good job in getting my new season’s wardrobe under way, here’s what I’ve just added to my basket:…
How brilliant are these? I stumbled upon Recitethis.com over breakfast this morning and have been playing with their genius ‘instaquote’ design skills ever since. All you have to do is tap in your favourite quote and they instantly put it into a whole range of different typography settings/backgrounds. You can…
We’re just loading up the car and heading off to London for a long weekend. We’ve got the husband’s oldest friend’s wedding at Kew Gardens on Friday, then a weekend of long brunches with more friends (the Haberdashery in Crouch End is our ‘go-to’ relaxed breakfast spot), a quick jaunt…
So, I am in the twilight weeks of my Twenties, with the big 3-0 looming large on the horizon in early September. So what’s a girl to do to ease herself into a new decade? Well, buy a beautiful Longchamp clutch bag it seems… Yes, even thought it was a…