The Lust List - August 2015

The new 'Blushing Rosa' print Wrapping Paper from Rifle Paper Co

If you know me well, you'll already know that Rifle Paper Co is probably my very favourite brand, Anna Bond is my spirit animal.

This new paper is so SO pretty, I want to cover my life with it.

Fun fact; We actually used a sheet of Rifle Paper Co wrapping paper on our Table Plan display at our wedding! 

I have had this antique gold frame which I mounted with a cork board since I was about 15, I bought it in a charity shop for £8 and am so glad I did, it's one of my favourite things I own even now.

 I stuck the paper to the cork board, wrote guests names on brown luggage tags with gold pen with their table numbers on the reverse and pinned them on. We now have the frame (with paper still in) used as a memo board in our new study :)

For more on our wedding, ideas, tips and decor check out the 'My Happiest Day So Far' page of this blog or my Wedding Planning Blog Pea and Carrot Get Married !

LOTS of things from One Kings Lane

Some of my faves are;

This Genisa Rug;

So pretty and pink! 

This Gilded Tortoise Lamp also from One Kings Lane;

Aghhhh I LOVE this! Just the right mix of eclectic and fancy! 

This Wall Mounted Metal Elephant from TK Maxx

This amazing find is just £14.99! Can you believe it??! I really love it and am trying to decide where in my house it might be able to go!!

This Pink Mermaid-esque Bedding from my FAVE H&M!

It only comes in single size though :'(

These sweet Ceramic Ring Dishes from Baba Souk

Sadly now sold out, but loads of these beauties on pinterest! I'm a little obsessed with ring dishes... stay tuned to see some of my faves and a DIY project coming soon!

And finally...

This was my bargain of the month last month, this very Olivia Pope sheer sleeved white trench jacket from the River island sale for just £25!

This is a great piece for me as I don't like having bare arms but hate feeling too layered up in summer - I wore this recently with a pale grey faux suede pencil skirt, nude silk blouse and nude heels and felt like Olivia herself ;)

The Lust List - April 2015

This month I am SERIOUSLY nesting, our completion date for the new house is 6th May and we have been busy packing and planning. VERY EXCITING!

We picked our kitchen a couple of weeks ago and I'm nervous to see it 'in real life' but that's not stopping me planning a few new purchases for it! 

My WONDERFUL BEAUTIFUL AMAZING friends in work got Ross and I a duck egg blue KitchenAid as a wedding present, and it's pretty much my fave thing ever, so I think we are going to decorate the kitchen around that! +KitchenAid 

Therefore on my lust list this month are a few duck-egg delights for our kitchen/ dining room!

Calling the Kettle... Blue!

I got VERY excited about buying this kettle... ask poor Keeva who has to sit beside me in the office. It was my NEWS OF THE WEEK. Mainly because I've been trying so hard not to shop and to save money that whenever pay day rolled around and we needed a new kettle for the new house, it felt like such a treat to allow myself to buy something pretty. Sad I know! 

But look how pretty! It matches my mixer! :D +Asda 

Take a Seat

We have very kindly been given a large round dining table by Ross's cousin Lezah, we cant' really tell until we are in the house what it will look like with the kitchen décor but we may end up painting it or just using a pretty table cloth. We already have a collection of four odd wooden chairs which I (badly) painted pastel shades, I plan to sand them down and repaint them properly for the new house. I will probably spray paint them to get a nice even finish, but haven't decided on colours yet, again it depends on our finished kitchen, but I like these shades below!

I love these seat cushions from H&M and think they would look lovely on cream or ivory painted chairs.  +H&M 

But first.... Coffee

I love DotCom Gift Shop, they are just amazing, so many pretty things. Their kitchenware game has been significantly high recently (or I am just becoming aware that 'kitchenware game' is a thing, have I just invented it? who knows.) I particularly love these stove top espresso makers because; A) Coffee and B) Pretty Colours. Also stove-top is the best. #justsayin #kitchenwaregame +Dotcomgiftshop 

:O ALL OF THESE MERINGUES

Have you heard of The Meringue Girls? They are basically the two coolest girls ever. And they make Meringues. I want to meet them/ be them/ eat all the meringues. Have I said meringue enough? No. MERINGUES. 

LOVE & CAKE

These oven mitts from Stu Gardiner Designs are insanely kitch and cool. LOVE them!I think they are very me :)  

So basically this month, I'm looking forward to getting into our new house with our new kitchen and making some meringues with our kitchenaid while wearing funky mitts! - We'll see how that goes lol ;)

Yeaaaaaah if somebody would just buy me ALL these things, that'd be great.....

H&M has consistently been my go-to favourite shop for clothing, jewellery and homeware since before we even had one in NI, but I am totally in love with it's homeware at the minute! Such great value, unusual pieces!

This particular edit is high on my lust list at the minute, all those marble and metallic accessories! Ahhhhhhhh!

All images and products via H&M