Ideal Home Show

The Ideal Home Show packs up today for another year. Over the last week I managed to go not once but twice! I had heard that it was going to improve hugely on previous years, but I'm not sure if it really delivered in that respect. Nevertheless, there's a lot to see and you can still count on getting a few free food samples, just as you can pretty much guarantee that you'll leave with some sort of artisan sausages.


In terms of interiors, it's actually quite limited but the highlight for me was Ideal Home magazine's roomsets. You can find pictures of the rooms here on House To Home. These are a few of my favourite things...

Tesco appliqué birds cushion, £9 

Heal's bird leaves printed silk cushion, £72

Ecochic wallpaper, £45..95 per roll, Wallpaper Direct. Image: Simon Whitmore for Ideal Home

Ikea Stockholm Rand rug, from £101

Set of two chess pieces, £26, Next

Plum acrylic dome ceiling light, £54.99, Litecraft

Ideal Home Show

Ten Beautiful Bedrooms to Delight and Inspire

These gorgeous bedrooms almost make me swoon with delight just by looking at them... Imagine how happy you'd be waking up in one!

Image: Oka

You can rely on Oka for stunning colours and fabrics. Just fab to look at!

Image: Jonathan Adler

Love the simple colour palette here. Jonathan Adler is my new favourite. No stores over here though, sadly. Can you buy his stuff anywhere here in the UK?

Image: Occa Home

This glamorous buttoned headboard caught my eye. The way it wraps around the bed looks so snug.

Image: Oka

Image: Plover Organic

Plover Organic make beautiful patterned fabrics and it's all 100% organic. They have everything from table runners to baby blankets, in eye-catching geometric patterns, pretty florals and more. 

Image: Laure Joliet via Apartment Therapy

Image: Living Etc

Love this blue toile print. 

Image: Suzie Beezie

Image: Adrian Briscoe via House To Home

Image: Oka

This blog post is part of the mydeco.com ‘Pass It On Bedroom series’, a collaborative blogging project.

Ten Beautiful Bedrooms to Delight and Inspire

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant Hapus!

Happy St David's Day! I have made Welsh Cakes to celebrate. I have also found some lovely daffodil things to show you.


I get really excited looking out for daffodils at this time of year. I love the way they just appear out of nowhere, even on scrubby little patches of grass by the side of the road in Brixton, their trumpets heralding the end of winter. And suddenly it's spring!

Daffodil Baby Mug, £13.95
Emma Bridgewater

Yellow Appliqued Daffodil Pillow
Mazizmuse's shop on Etsy

Damask Spring Daffodil Print
ialbert's shop on Etsy

Daffodil Photo Print by Steven N. Meyers, £11.95
Easy Art

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant Hapus!