I know this whole bird trend is less spring chicken and more grizzled old buzzard – it’s been around for ages – but I’m still all about the birds. Swans, flamingos, swallows… but it’s a surprise to me that I’m now contemplating adding an ostrich to my interiors aviary. Just in, new shots from Random Retail, producers of hand-pulled screen print designs, all saluting our feathered friends. Get your head out of the sand, shake a tail feather etc etc

Alphabites

It’s the secret swot in me, but I love a bit of school-style chart and alphabet wall art. This is my periodic table of the elements, out of a 60s encyclopedia for kids, that’s just come back from the framers. But if you don’t spend as much time rooting through the bargain books box as […]

Desk envy

I could honestly do a Whatever-envy post every day, but I stumbled across this blog by a fellow south-Londoner and liked the pictures so much I thought I’d share them. It’s from the blog Tales of a junkaholic, by Artemis (real name? not sure), a jewellery designer and Junk junkie, and it’s just lovely – […]

Before… and a bit better than before

Okay, so my ‘before and after’  is basically a tidy up job, but I’m so pleased with it I’ve snapped it. This trolley – and the bottles on it – have been in my possession for some time, but the dream of sipping Camparis on the chairs opposite never materialised and I think it’s because […]

Can someone give me a puddy-up please?

Warning: If you’re a bit on the short side, don’t try this one at home.