HABITAT LAMP LOVE

There's a new thing of celestial beauty in my kitchen. And it's my wonderfully imposing new lampshade from the (always excellent) Habitat lighting collection. 

Our flat is brand spanking new, so it's been a joy to add personality to make it our home. Pieces like this Photographic lampshade are what makes it ours. And I bloody love it. 

We've popped in the fanciest lightbulb I've ever bought, that perfectly highlights the delicate inner details of its reflective inner - behold, tis really a thing of beauty:

Photographic Lampshade, from Habitat, price £90

A big thanks for the Habitat team for gifting me this lovely shade. 

MOSEY HOME

Loving these vintage furniture pieces picked out with a stylist's eye by Mosey Home. This new online store and Finsbury Park based shop (on the list to be hunted out soon) has a proper nice selection of vintage furniture, kitchenalia, lighting and more. Lots of pleasing things that would actually fit in nicely to real home. Always a winner with me. Could happily find space for any of these lovelies - with the Midwinter Tea Set already in line with my current craze for grid patterns. 

OBSESSED: CONFETTI RIOT

The name of this shop alone deserves an OBSESSED post: Confetti Riot. My kinda rebellion. However it's their Cactus print cushion that is the actual subject of my obsession this week. I'm all kinds of crazy about its simple block print style along with the cool combination of blush pink and lush cacti green. 

Green and Peach Cactus Print Pillow, cotton and linen, price £24.29 from Confetti Riot at Etsy

MONDAYS ARE FOR MUGS: ARIA

Oh la la Walala! Launched for this year's London Design Festival these most excellent mugs were designed by Camille Walala, the queen of modern Memphis inspired design, especially for Aria. Optimistic brights mixed with monochome in bold lines, dots and dashes. Love. 

Dalston, Shoreditch and Hackney Mugs, by Camille Walala, price £19.95 each from Aria

GRID

I've got grid on ma mind. I've got a kitchen that needs tiling and a vision in my head. It includes plain white square tiles, grey grout and a grid pattern. One day it will exist in kitchen as well. Until then all I've got is an inspiration mood board to fill my life with grid-y goodness:

1. Ruutu sack, from Varpunen, €30 

2. Yellow Grid Canister, from Lark, $16.95 (AUS) 

3. The Grid Cushion,from The Foxes Den, $49 (NZ) 

4. Milo & Mitzy Circle& Grid Blanket, from Forestry €129 

5. Grid PrintLampshade in green and blue £95, from Laura Spring 

6. Home Republic Portland Grid Onyx Throw, from Adairs $59.95 (AUS) 

7. Grid Tablecloth,from Hem, £36.03 

OBSESSED: MOON CUSHION

This week's interiors obsession...the perfect Moon Cushion from Oh No Rachio! With its lunar charm, calm cool colours and a styled shot with a cheese plant. How could I not be: obsessed? 

Moon Cushion, from Oh No Rachio!, £15

BEST OF THE BLANKETS

Keeping it cosy, here's my edit of the best of the blankets. Especially chosen for those of us with draughty houses, perpetually chilly knees or sofa/box set habits...

1. Shapes Blanket, dark with red stitching, from Darkroom, £145 

2. Ekko Throw, from Future & Found, £105 

3. Grid knitted blanket in indigo and oatmeal, from Seven Gauge, £180 

4. Loom blanket, from twentytwentyone, £79 

5. British Made 100%Wool Cob Weave Throw, from The Future Kept, £49 

6. Allsorts Throw in multi,from Donna Wilson, £200 

7. Honeycomb Shetland Thrown, from Toast, £185 

8. Harlequin Linen Throw, from Niki Jones, £495 

LIGHTING PICKS

I've got a thing about lighting. I think it's something to do with the nights drawing in and wanting to make my gaff seem super cosy and warm (even before the woollen blankets come out). 

When I've not been spending far too much on one (marvellous) lightbulb I've found myself trawling the web for lovely lampshades. So here's my perfect pick from the ever excellent Etsy:

1. Ceilinglight L 7, from Bentonwood, price £44.55 

2. Cesta Lamp - Ceiling Pendant Light with bamboo shade, from Gagan Design, price £63.17 

3. Industrial Steel Cage Hanging Pendant Light Lamp, from Jones County Road, price £59.85 

4. Bamboo and Wood basket pendant lamp from Light With Shade, price £80.60 

5. Brass CupCandelabra String Lights, from Jones County Road, price £169.57 

6. Veev Lamp: Ceiling Pendant Lamp with Colored FabricCords, from Gagan Designs, price £89.77 

7. Woodpecker lamp from birch wood veneer, from Nelli Anna, price £351.71 

8. Ruffle Origami Paper Lamp Shade in Mint from Fiber Store, price £30.54 

Keep your eyes peeled though as I've actually solved my lighting probs and my lovely new lampshade will be unveiled on the blog soon. Oh it's a real beaut! 

Styling the Seasons: September

A simple September Styling the Seasons - this month is going to be all about cooking from scratch and new beginnings. 

Featuring my beloved A Modern Way to Eat Cook Book and favourite new plant - a very special favour from Bridges & Balloons' wonderful wedding. Happy September folks.

Thanks as always to the lovely Katy from Apartment Apothecary and Charlotte from Lots & Lotts for organising #StylingTheSeasons. It'd been a while, but nice to be back with my little contribution again! 

OH GREECE

A love note to Greece. I'll be back. I promise:

You could start with the weather, blue skies as far as you can see:

Add in the sweet spot-on house we rented on Santorini: 

House cat Minnie: 

Kudos to the host (and birthday meal chef). Check out the house here to book for the next perfect summer.

Santorini's delights were a'plenty: views for miles, red beaches, hot springs oh and those blue tops churches? As beautiful as expected and everywhere:

Even the travelling was ridiculously picturesque:

Then onto Sifnos - the tiny, perfectly pretty, untouched (high rise buidlings are banned - hurrah) island that dreams are made of. Ah Sifnos...

And one final low key sunset on the mainland...

So yeah it was alright I guess? (take me back!)