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Slow Chair

This is a beautiful chair.  I want one. I have been saving for one. I have cats. In about 10-12 years I can have one. I will get the brown with aubergine cushions.

 

It was designed by the Bouroullec brothers and can be bought (or visited) at Vitra.

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Beni Ourain Rugs

I was warned when I bought an antique kilim in Turkey that ‘collecting’ oriental carpets is an expensive addiction. I didn’t see myself as a potential collector (my home isn’t that big) and I didn’t quite get how carpets could be addictive – they aren’t like jewels or shoes after all.

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Lladró Metropolis

I hope this isn’t a sign of age but I really dig the new Lladró Metropolis collection.

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Beautiful Concrete

My current day dream is to redo my front garden in these Hungarian concrete paving stones.

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The Pig

I just had a lovely overnight stay at The Pig in Brockenhurst, New Forest.

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Gorgeous Fish in Chiswick

Courtesy of my friend Michelle from her local Sam’s Brasserie. YUM!

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Light Space 2

I’m a feet on the ground kind of gal. I like to walk out the front door of my home and be outside. Taking the lift down 20 storeys has never appealed. But… I could be converted to a high rise dweller if there was a place like this on offer. AMAZING.

I found this gem on Home Design Find. The architect is Baird Sampson Neuert.

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15th Century Barn on Guernsey

La Concha House by Mooarc – a home that has been remodeled from a 15th Century barn on the Island of Guernsey.

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Ruberg Jewellery Butik

I LOVE sparkles. And I exhibit drooly, window licking, shameful behaviour every time I pass Ruberg in Camden Passage.

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