BOOKS: Vintage Interior Inspiration

Part of creating a home is making it your own, putting your own touches here and there, as well as incorporating your personal style. I love dreaming about what my 'perfect home' would look like, if money was no object, don't we all? We are buying our own house at the moment and it's a project to say the least. We really wanted a house we could completely make our own, while adding value too. Every room in our house-to-be needs a lot of work, think new carpets, wallpaper, paint, decoration, plastering, whole bathroom, whole kitchen etc. It's going to be a big project but I'm sure it will be so rewarding too.

There are the obvious websites perfect for inspiration but sometimes getting a good interior design book, snuggling down with a cup of steaming hot tea and a roaring fire beats sitting online. I have found two beautiful vintage interior design books, which not only look pretty sitting on your coffee table but are also filled with endless inspiration.

Vintage Home: Stylish ideas and over 50 handmade projects from furniture to decorating by Sarah Moore (£14.39) has such a striking and eye-catching front cover. I love the composition of all of the items, as well as the combination of colours, textures and patterns. That's something that the vintage interior style can do so well - mix up patterns, colours and textures in the most perfect of ways. The author, Sarah Moore, also has a website filled with vintage goodness where you can buy many interior design items.

This book is filled with DIY vintage decoration projects that can really change the design of a room. There are bigger projects and smaller ones, ideal for everyone. This book is perfect to slowly browse through, while noting down the projects you fancy having a go at.

The Vintage Modern Home by Katherine Sorrell (£16.97) is another vintage interior design book I've been enjoying browsing through. This book combines modern touches with the wonders of vintage design beautifully. The book is split up into clear sections, making it a really easy read and easy to use for inspiration. The photography throughout the book is stunning, it's like Pinterest in a book.  

I love having these books sitting on our coffee table, ready to dive into whenever I feel like some interior inspiration. My home interior shopping list is always so long after looking at these books!

Do you know of any good interior inspiration books?

Feel free to leave me a comment :)

Helen x

WEDDING: Personalised Vintage Apple Crate Review

Personalised.

Vintage.

Crate.

Wedding.

These words pretty much sum up my life at the moment and one very happy life it is. The wedding planning is coming along, the sun has been shining and we're concentrating on the smaller details of our wedding now. I am enjoying being a Bride to Be so much at the moment, it's bring out our creative sides and encouraged us to work together and become even more of a unit together.

When I came across a product that bought those four important words together, I fell in love. In love with the beautiful product, in love with the quality and craftsmanship and finally in love with how perfectly it fits in with our wedding. The Personalised Vintage Apple Crate* made by Fontwell Designs is available from Perfect Details for £29.99. The uses of this outstanding quality apple crate are endless, so many ideas raced through my head as I opened up the box it was in. 

The Personalised Vintage Apple Crate would be perfect for....

a thoughtful wedding present

or

ideal for offering your guests flip flops for tired feet

or

sunglasses for bright sunshine

or

blankets for the cooler evenings

or

homemade hamper

or

umbrellas for unwanted rain showers

or

a collection box for cards and gifts

or
presenting favours


or

beautiful smelling flowers/herbs
or
holding cocktail accessories

or

games for your guests

or

a seating plan on wire surrounded by flowers
or
holding cones/boxes of confetti

or

simply as a lovely memory of your wedding day.

On the Perfect Details website you can opt for the crate to have a liner in (for 75p extra), this allows your to add soil and plant flowers/herbs in the crate. I'm currently on a growing fruit/vegetables/herbs/flowers project, where I aim to grow some flowers that might be able to appear at our wedding. I have no idea if they will be successful but you can't blame a girl for trying! Also on the Perfect Details website you can pick between Script font (which is on this crate) or Century font and whether you want vintage white or natural wood (as is this one) - the choice is yours! Soo many choices, so it's just perfect for you :)


What's your favourite use for this gorgeous apple crate?


Feel free to leave me a comment :)