Home Sweet Home.

Happy weekend to all you lovely ladies, tonight I've opted for a snug night in so thought you should all see what I'm snuggling up in. Since moving up to uni I've been attempting to make my new house feel as homely as possible, without being able to nail things into walls and buy my own furniture. It hasn't been too hard because I have a ridiculous amount of stuff that I've slowly started spreading across the entire place, much to my housemates joy haha. 

and the prize for prettiest kitchen cupboard goes to...

(according to my housemates)

It's these little details that make me feel more comfortable in a strange, new place; fairy lights, photo frames, cushions...all necessities for students trying to spruce a boring room up. I'm also still hooked on using gift wrap as wall paper, amazingly cheap and chirpy.

Enjoy the weekend lovelies.

I Like Tea Cups.

Today I spent some money that I shouldn't have spent on some lovely cups from Next. I adore the home department there, there's always something quaint or quirky that I would snap up if I had the space/money/excuse. And they do the best kitchen ware, of which the most affordable and bargainous items have to be the mugs and glasses, a price of between £1-£4 isn't too shabby for something that will serve you well each day. Certainly if you are an avid tea drinker like me.

glasses Next (£1.50 each)

live, love, laugh

mug Next (£2.50)

And seen as everywhere is embracing the jubilee with union flags absolutely everywhere, I thought I'd show you some of my favourite british homeware. It's rather great to think how iconic our flag is, and extremely stylish too. 

GB hearts mugs Next 

floor mat charity shop

where there is tea there is hope cushion Past Times

postal gift wrap Fenwicks 

Yep, I've been at it again buying gift wrap for my walls, there's just so many lovely designs out there that are too good to fold up and be ripped open.

So that was a little homespiration for you, hope you enjoyed <3 

Classic Sweet Jars.

Hey all! First off, HOW IS IT ALREADY MAY?! 
Secondly, check out another gift wrap I picked up yesterday, yep...I think it's becoming an obsession, I'm always popping into shops to check out their collections now. But how cool is this one!? It went up on my wall immediately. Tempted to buy another sheet as a spare, but I think that is a little too strange right? But I was thinking how it would work as an iphone case too, so for now it will become my background photo instead.

(sorry the photos aren't the best quality, was being rushed out the house)

sweetie gift wrap Fenwicks

Don't you all just want a classic fried egg sweet now? Or maybe a bon--bon? Think my all time favourite has to be cola bottles. Too good.

I'm off to get my hands on some of these classics now, pick'n'mix!

Postcards and gift wrap.

Today is my long awaited lazy day, and it's living up to it's expectations, I'm feeling pretty lazy-fied. Still in bed with magazines, biscuits and music surrounding me..s'all good. 

So thought I should at least do something productive whilst in bed all day, so here are a few photos from my basement home. It's small and dingy, and all the walls are white, so I have had to spruce it up a little and put my temporary mark on it. 

 ^^^ When I first moved in my boyfriend got me a chalk board to write notes and things-to-do on. I absolutely love it, and there has been a few smooshy things written on it from each other haha. It's a handy thing to have about!

 ^^^ My friend Eva sends me postcards from everywhere she goes, and I've made a little montage of some of them on my mirror wall. I've recently been hooked on them, scouring Paperchase and WHSmiths for cute, quirky ones to decorate with,

 ^^^ These may not be everybody's cup of tea but they are complete nostalgia for me. My parents found these for me a couple of birthdays back, I had such a huge collection when I was younger, my dad would often buy me one on the way back home from work. I think it's the hair that does it for me.

 ^^^ I adore my cup collection, I'm a sucker for a bright, cutesy one. I think they do a good job at brightening my humble abode a little. Note the place mat stuck on the wall, so so so cool! Picked it up on last month's trip to Eastbourne.

 ^^^ I think the string and pegs idea is such a brilliant way of chirping up a place without a huge price tag, and you get to show off all your favourite photos too. I adore my fairy lights too, I like the atmosphere the soft lighting creates.

^^^ I was inspired over the weekend when out with my friends, one wanted to check out Waterstone's posters(which by the way are really pretty). Whilst there I thought this is a genius idea to brighten up my dull, white walls, but I wasn't quite as drawn to the posters as I was the wrapping paper. This stuff is too nice to be torn up and thrown in the bin! I bought a few sheets and stuck them on my wall, okay there is a small barcode in the corner, but still. I am now on the look out for lovely wrapping paper, cheap yet chirpy!

What do you think of my little place? 

Hope you are all dandy!And how is it already Monday again?! These weeks are going too fast for my liking.