Fashion: weekending Packing for Glasgow, David experienced the biggest annoyance for city getaways – his weekend bag zip broke. This got us searching for an ideal holdall. If you want to truly invest in a good quality weekend holdall then we’d suggest heading to Selfridges, Harvey Nichols or Liberty. If you are on a bit…
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Fashion: I’m only happy when it rains With our trip to Scotland just around the corner and the sunshine not *quite* on Leith, we have decided it’s time to invest in a decent waterproof. This Reclaimed Vintage Rain Jacket is the perfect colour clash we need to brighten up our ‘Summer’ holiday. An exclusive to ASOS,…
Read MoreWorkin’ at the Bureau
Two workstations have been introduced to us this week, one from Cult Furniture and another from Ikea. Both lovely, we had our sights set on the little orange number and were planning on buying it in September until we noticed this cutie. En route for cocktails with a friend, we were walking passed Oasis in…
Read MoreBoxing it up
Yesterday marked the start of David packing. August for us is quite a busy month; with planned drinks and birthdays, to a week long trip to Glasgow followed by a weekend in Portsmouth. That means that with the moving date being September 6th, the big day is going to creep up faster than you can…
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Fashion: Shwe love them We weren’t too sure what Shwe Shwe was – it turns out it’s a fabric which was manufactured in Europe in the 18th Century and exported to South Africa and to this day it’s still used for traditional South African clothing. So there’s your textiles lesson. Why are we giving it?…
Read MoreSigned, sealed, delivered
On a sunny Saturday morning, we went to the estate agents to sort some admin out for the new flat. On the way we had to make a pit stop at Tooting Bec’s new addition Imperial Durbar for a much needed iced latte and pastry following a rather boozy Friday night with friends. The Imperial…
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Fashion: Thicker than water We’re loving Lanvin‘s Autumn/Winter 2014 campaign. Take one amazing British model (Edie Campbell) and chuck in the rest of her family including mum Sophie Hicks, sister Olympia and grandmother Joan Campbell, plus some dapper gents (dad, grandfather, brother, and even Edie and Olympia’s boyfriend’s, Otis and Mateo), and you have yourself…
Read MoreThe search ends!
It’s so strange – when we started the blog back in April actually coming to look and find a flat seemed like a million miles away. We always said that when the beginning of August hit we’d begin the search to find the perfect abode and it just so happened that on Saturday we decided…
Read MoreThe search begins…
So after nine months of waiting and four months of blogging it was finally time to go on our first viewing – scary! With one appointment booked in and the best intentions of going to as many other as we could, we set off for Tooting Broadway early on Saturday morning. However, it didn’t quite…
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Fashion: Making backpacking stylish We can’t get enough of our friend Euan’s backpack from Cote&Ciel. A Parisian brand, the shape is unusual but strangely practical. It has almost no shape, but a defined structure. This kind of oxymoron makes it the kind of design statement we like. They’re not cheap, but the bag certainly gets a…
Read MoreAnnie Sloan paint workshop with Rigby & Mac
On Saturday we headed out to Dulwich to the Volcano Coffee Works Café for an Annie Sloan paint workshop hosted by Rigby & Mac and it was great! The workshop was hosted by the lovely Lucy who guided us through a range of various paint techniques from layering and manipulating to aging and distressing so…
Read MorePicking up a find on a Freecycle
Trying to find a sofa that’s right for you can be a long and expensive process. However, if you look hard enough, sometimes the sofa will find you. David spied a bit of a find on Freecycle (one of our favourite resources) which might just fit a temporary bill in our new flat. Originally from…
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Fashion: Bearded beauty She stole the nation’s heart back in May and has since become the reigning queen of the LGBT community, now she can add ‘catwalk model’ to her belt. Conchita Wurst, also known as ‘The Bearded Lady’, has closed Jean-Paul Gaultier’s A/W ’14 couture show in Paris and is ever the bit more fabulous…
Read MoreThree’s a crowd, six is a freak show
Walking past local curry house The Cardamon Club in Tooting we notice a poster in the window. It’s a flat, so naturally, eyes peeled we investigate further. It’s a three (generously sized) double bedroom flat located above the Indian takeaway. We ask for further information and find that it’s a newly refurbished, furnished, two storey…
Read MoreGreen fingers
When living in London there are certain fixtures and elements which are a luxury, a balcony for instance or a 24-hour porter or a second single bedroom that isn’t the size of a coffin. A garden is the ultimate luxury for London living. Being able to pop out a sun-lounger and catch some rays, get that…
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