Please Mother Nature. It’s March! Has no one told you? The endless dark and cold makes me even more reliant on my old friend (not you My Friend) than ever. Yes, coffee. From the pink mini Bodum press that I treated myself to as a student…

… to the little black plastic cup-top filter I use now, I’ve always got a whole cupboard full of coffee-making paraphernalia. But none of it is really that beautiful. I guess the fact that it provides an efficient stream of coffee is enough. But heavens to Betsy, I’ve just seen this on Amsterdam-based retro blog Kay Loves Vintage, and I want it so much. If I knew where she lived, I’d hire someone to steal it.

News just in…. I was just looking for a nicer picture of this modern version, the Julia, available from SCP…

… and where I actually ended up was here, and article on why filtered coffee is much better for your health than cafetiere stuff. Who knew? It’s like reading a prettier version of The Lancet, no?

Slide story

Ever wished you could get downstairs 40% faster? Ever longed to descend through your home head first? Ever dreamed that your home would be the only place in the neighbourhood where every child comes to play? All day. All hours. Ever thought ‘why wouldn’t I want to start my day ass-side on the street in […]

Jugs

Pssst. Wanna hear a styling secret? If in doubt, put a jug on it. If still in doubt, add more jugs.Well that’s how it goes in my house anyway. I love the things. These top two are some of mine, then below, some inspiration. They’re the sort of jugs I’d pass by in a jumble sale […]

Circles in the land

First, sorry the temptation to pun on a Belinda Carlisle classic proved too great…today I bring you landscape photography in circles. Tom Storm shoots culutral sights – some iconic, such as Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate – through bubbles. The idea germinated at a festival in Galway where he found himself surrounded by huge bubbles that he started […]

J’aime…

these rugs, by delightful Spanish designer Jaime Hayon. Both from The Rug Company, and therefore way beyond my budget. And yours, probably. To those of you not familiar with Mr Hayon’s work, he creates elegant, feminine and deeply eccentric objects, often mixing in graffiti and chicken imagery. Why not! Having interviewed him on the phone […]