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This Gift Guide Rules: Cheap, Last Minute Ideas!

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So it’s that time of year again when magazines do their crappy annual gift guides, “guiding” you to buy $100 cashmere socks, $75 scented candles and generally the most mundane, over-priced gift ideas you could ever think of (and would land in serious debt if you actually took their advice). So for the people living [...]

10 Easy Recipes you could probably make while Drunk

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I say probably because I wouldn’t want to encourage being drunk in an environment surrounded by gas fires and kitchen knives. Nessy is not surprisingly, a pretty messy chef. And I hate cleaning up. Nessy also hates reading long recipes and always gets bored half way through. So here are my favorite recipes, so easy, [...]

Custom Embroideries by Cheeky Booom

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I know it’s still a little early to be talking Christmas gifts, but if you’re one of those people that likes to give something better than a box of sweets you picked up in the line at the supermarket, I think I’ve found the perfect idea. Cheeky Booom is a “micro maison de broderie“, a [...]

BALCONY CHIC: The Big, the Medium and the Tiny

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A little inspiration (ideas to steal) for those lucky enough to have al fresco spaces and looking to do a bit of sprucing up for summer. No matter what size your balcony/ patio / terrace is, take some notes for making your space as inviting as can be, even if there’s only room for you!   [...]

12 Tiny-Ass Apartment Design Ideas to Steal

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Just when I think I’ve seen the tiniest studio apartments in Paris making efficient use of every last inch of space, some interior design blog or sneaky little Pinterest photograph sends me back to the drawing board with a new physics-defying way of making the most out of living in a small space. 1. The [...]

15 COSY Bedrooms you wish you were in RIGHT NOW

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Monday morning and your alarm rings. Yep, that moment is pretty much on a whole other level of horrifying, and we end up more or less hating the rest of the day because of that moment. Goldilocks had the right idea all along. But if you could be her for a Monday morning, which bedroom [...]

Okay, I admit it. Nail Art is just totally Cool.

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If you find yourselves in one of those situations when you have absolutely crap-all to do, attempting some nail art is probably a good idea. I do declare that there are a few rules however! 1) Nothing too fancy. This is not a trend to be taken too seriously but you don’t want it to [...]

DECORATING TIP: Hang a Car on your Wall!

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Some Dutch designers and overall out-of-the-box thinkers have just taken interior design to a whole new level.  The Denieuwegeneratie studio (yeah, I just mumbled through that word in my head too) designed this mind-blowing villa embedded beneath the ground at a Dutch nature reserve. One of the most impressive details of the villa belonging no doubt to some [...]

The Cheese and Wine Party is back in Style

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The French have always been doing it but in the 1970s it became especially trendy to throw a ‘cheese & wine’ party… And then, like most things that were cool during the seventies, it became very uncool and pretty cheesy (pun semi-intended), just like the smiles on these people’s faces in the retro food advertisement [...]

Today’s Special: Monday Night Mess

Busy Monday? Thought so. Tuck into my totally unstructured, messy Monday night blog especially for you to loosen up that hard-working little brain. Sorry I didn’t mean to say your brain is little. I meant it in an endearing way. You know. 3 Easy DIY past times for a quiet Monday Night in. 1. Leather [...]

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