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How to Build a Headboard using Wallpaper

Over the last two weekends we have been busy working on something that has brought a lot of smiles to my face! A few weeks ago, I have come across this super fun super easy to install Peel & Stick Wallpaper and that's where it all started.  I didn't want to wallpaper a whole wall and have it 'become' the background, my vision was to have it as a feature instead. So that's when I knew the guest bedroom makeover was going to be happening and this cool wallpaper was about to become my headboard!

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Deep Blue & Copper

I have been really inspired lately by the new deep blue walls in my guest bedroom and my copper spray can of paint! Something suddenly clicked. Deep Blue + Copper is the latest colour combo crush. It's grown up and sexy, sophisticated and mysterious, classic and modern. What other colour combination could be all those things at once?!

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Put some WOW on your Walls

I hope you are ready for some WOW-inducing wall décor.  Seriously stunning. If you're like me and a little obsessed with how your walls look, then you're in for a treat! Last September I first came across Sian Zeng designs and totally fell for them straight away (read here). I thought they couldn't do any better, until now... Their new Hua Trees Collection of wallpaper murals has just proved me wrong, and I love it!

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How many home accessories can you buy for £20?

A lot of fashion influencers talk about High and Low. Wear one high end item and a low end item and you can pull off a great outfit and look amazing with bags of quality and style. No, I'm not going into fashion, but that totally describes my home decorating style! I love quality and statement pieces, but I also live for a bargain!

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The House Fair 2016

You know that feeling when amazing interiors and great big & small businesses get together to present the best inspiration in interior design? You can pretty much name it 'The House Fair' - I went at the end of June and I left so inspired!  The House Fair is this sea of interior designers and brands put together in association with Home & Garden Magazine, at Kensington Olympia in London.

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