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Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms



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tongue and groove panelling with wallpaper by mytinyestate
Well I don't know about you but I'm in need of soothing calm this week. I wonder if it's the thought of lockdown ending? Or, if things go wrong  - not ending. You know when you are about to go on holiday and you suddenly feel exhausted or can't sleep? It's as if you have
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Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms



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Hallway landing with dark wood banister, jute floor runner, William Morris wallpaper in soft tones, wooden bookcase.image by @home_stead
By many accounts last week was a tricky one, not just because of events in America which will have touched some of you personally, but also the first week of a new year which was, for many us, spent in another lockdown with dire news reports coming in from every direction. So, as usual, I
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Monday Inspirations: Beautiful Rooms



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blue mountain school in london's east end
And so we reach July and I have been taken by a meme which keeps popping up on Instagram which reads thus: "Dear July, I don't want any trouble from you, just come in, sit down, don't touch anything and keep your mouth shut". And I really can't think of anything more apt at the
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Monday Inspiration: Calming Spaces



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kitchen by considered things
Well. At the start of "all this" as it seems now to be known, I promised you a calm space to escape and, judging by your many comments and messages, that is what you have found here. On Friday, as I finished reading my lockdown story on Instagram (Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan for
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Monday Inspiration: How We React Emotionally To Colour



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Journalist Kate Watson-Smyth looks at living with calming colours and how we react to them. A bold floral mural wallpaper has a calming and restful palette of green and pink is combined with an unexpected yellow cabinet for a modern touch. #madaboutthehouse #surfaceview #muralwallpaper
My colour psychology series has been one of the most popular on the blog over the last few years and as I'm still running through the spectrum I thought it would be timely to share this post with you again that talks about our emotional reaction to colour and if you like this then come
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