David’s mum is rather good at this one – bringing theatrics in to the home. David recently was pondering what he’d do if he had infinite money for homewares, Mark’s answer was one of worry and doubt… “our flat would turn in to your mum’s house”, he cheekily said. However, he’s right. At David’s mums,…
Read MoreWe had a Christmas shuffle š. Originally, the Christmas tree was in the window, behind the sofa, and after a few nights we realised how sad it was that we couldnāt see it twinkling away. So now itās right by the door as soon as you come in - much better!
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Has everyone else got their tree up now? We think it could be time to pop Love Actually on š¤.
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How do you solve a problem like a-lack-of-cupboard-space? š¤
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London living has a lot of pros, but one of the cons weāve consistently found now matter where weāve lived, storage is always an issue. Open-plan apartments are great, but the have led to the decline of the good āol cupboard for chucking stuff in. When we moved from Tooting to Peckham we just had to put everything we had under the stairs, which wasnāt ideal. So youāll imagine our glee with our first purchase home that we had at least one space to put our stuff. But thereās another problem - we had a bloody lot of stuff.
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After some cupboard Tetris, we realised we still didnāt have any space for our chairs. We do love entertaining but we donāt need four chairs out at all times.
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Enter @ikeauk who seem to have a solution for everything. We spotted this hack in their showroom and kind of fell in love with the idea. These folding chairs go pretty flat and Ikea also sell these handy hooks - ideal for popping the chairs on. Et voila, we didnāt need to cram them into a cupboard.
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Weāre believers that good design isnāt obvious and we love how these chairs sort of blend into the wall, while still making a semi-design statement... check out the details in our latest post
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Christmas is officially in the Forward Features household! šš
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Although we had some fairy light based anxiety, we loved every minute of getting into the festive spirit and decorating the tree. Doesnāt it make everything much more cosy when itās up?
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We ended up ordering this one from @patchplants and weāre really happy with it. We also forgot how many random baubles we had! We didnāt decorate in our previous flat so weāve had a bag full of decks ready and waiting and itās been lots of fun rummaging through.
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And to top of the weekend festivities weāre thinking of being naughty and ordering @honestburgers Christmas special š. It would be rude not to, right?!
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Itās the dawning of mid-century boho. Or so they say...
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Although we wouldnāt necessarily say we were ātrendā-led or had a particular āstyleā, we do take influences, like everyone does, from all places. From the 70s to Soho House to people who we love and stalk on Insta š. Weāre also fans of mid-century and interestingly today read an article on @apartmenttherapy (via @stylistloves) about the end of the mid-century trend.
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To cut a long story short for those who canāt be bothered to find and read the article, itās a lot to do with Gen X-ers getting older and Millennials buying more and not being able to afford furniture š». Mid-century is also steering away from minimalism and instead itās starting to see more earthy tones, velvets and rattans. The trend is still there but itās adorned with houseplants on shelves and cosy sheepskin throws.
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āWeāre now in the era of āMid-Century Boho,ā if you want a new term for it.ā, @mo.komar writes concluding the change in the trend. And, although we donāt feel we quite have a āstyleā, we thought that this actually summed our little pad up quite nicely. So weāre totally embracing mid-century Boho šŖš¼šš¼. And although trends come and go and you shouldnāt pigeon hole yourself into one camp, mid-century boho is a shoe that fits nicely for now but could wear in a year or two. And weāre ok with that.
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Whenās an acceptable date to put your Christmas decks up? Weāve ordered a tree to come for late next week so we can get the flat feeling festive from the 1st. Thatās ok right? We actually canāt wait. Itās been years since weāve decorated and weāre itching to dig out our dusty box of decorations and rummage through all the bits weāve collected over the years - including a very creepy kitsch angel for the top of the tree which we found in a vintage shop.
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First things first before we start going full-on fairy light and bauble mad, weāve been getting the flat guest ready with @couture_living [gifted partnership]. When choosing what fabric to go for we wanted something contemporary and fun. No, we werenāt inspired by cows and no, nor did we want to recreate the infamous Zara dress that plagued the streets this year. But we did love the fun spots on this @studioguk fabric and couldnāt resist it for the spare bedroom.
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The blinds feel great and weāre super easy to both order and install. But thereās no point us ranting on about it here. Head to the link in our bio to read the full story!
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#gifted | Ever since we moved into our flat, our spare bedroom has been a bit of a no-manās land. Itās where we hang our washing and store bits and bobs. Fed up with giving the few guests weāve had to stay eyemasks to sleep in, it was time to get some blinds. Enter @couture_living, who weāve worked with to create a room thatās less spare and more special. Head to our bio link and check out our latest blog to get the scoop on Couture Living and their vast collection of fabrics - including how we picked the blinds we wanted and how simple they make it. Now, form an orderly queue, houseguestsā¦
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Happy Sunday fine folk! Weāve been busy styling an exciting partnership today in the spare bedroom (stay tuned) and are now cracking on with some blogging šŖš¼. After some time falling a little out of love with writing we feel like weāre getting our blogging mojo back šš¼. Big blog energy you could say. Anyone else find this?
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In other news, we wanted to share our new prints weāve put up from Scandi design brand @kunskapstavlandesign [gifted]. We went for these sweet monochrome star sign prints which look super cute in our bedroom reading nook. The plan is to fill this corner with plenty more black and white pieces so holla and tag any brands if you have any other good recommendations of companies who do cool prints, weād love to know!
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[previous gifted fabric for upholstered chair from @angelandboho]
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About not last night but the night before š„š„“
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We MAY have been nursing a mild hangover yesterday. Why? Well it was the @amaraibas silly and there was plenty of booze and teeny tiny beef wellington canapĆ©s that were absolutely delightful but a canapĆ© does not a meal make. So sore heads weāre on the menu instead. Alas, it was a really fun night and so nice to catch-up with our fellow party people @the_colour_file @alisonaddingstyle @fabricofmylife @swoonworthyblog @borealabode @msginevrab @amylouisecutmore @theababingtonstittjourno @lovetherevision @tjedoyle @welovehomeblog @decorbydelali @thatssogemma @lifeofaninteriorstylist @woodyjen @pureprlondon @thecrapflat @almost_everything_off_ebay and anyone else who we had a Prosecco-fuelled gab with and canāt remember, it was great to see everyone and meet some new faces too!
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Also, huge congrats to all the winners including @paperthinmoon and @_soonafternoon_ who won the Best Newcomer category which we had lots of fun judging! Well deserved winners and blogs which everyone should check out.
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Thanks Amara for the gorge evening!
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