tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12736528155774653532024-03-13T03:44:13.128+00:00Domestic SlutteryThe home and lifestyle blog for women who have better things to do.Sian Meadeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14536919654548369387noreply@blogger.comBlogger6825125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post-90897192113573752322014-08-01T16:30:00.000+01:002014-08-01T16:36:46.649+01:00Thanks for all the Gin
Now that we've reminisced, got nostalgic, celebrated the last five and a half years and maybe had a bit of a cry, there’s just one last thing for us to do before we go and that’s thank our brilliant readers.
Thank you to all of you for commenting on our posts, buying the brilliant things that we've written about, helping us to champion brilliant independent designers. Thank you for Sian Meadeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14536919654548369387noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post-87812420756477718412014-08-01T15:30:00.000+01:002014-08-01T15:40:01.077+01:00The boy and his poison: The Domestic Spritz
Domestic Sluttery might be drawing to a close this afternoon but the show isn’t over ‘til the sardonic cocktail correspondent sings. Firstly let's celebrate Team DS's occasionally questionable drink tastes. Laura B went for the whisky sour, Caleigh is into a cheeky Godfather and I swooned at Laura H and Frances's gin focused French 75/Bramble conundrum. Gemma made a heartfelt plea Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post-13709949200707255852014-08-01T14:30:00.000+01:002014-08-01T14:30:00.240+01:00The Final Wishlist: Gorgeous things you'll want to buy/read/eat RIGHT NOW
The perfect dinosaur dress. £121 from Polka Dot Polly.
Caleigh: Of all the fashion pieces we've covered, two have caused me to immediately buy their products. This first was Sara's Lady Vintage discovery, the second was Laura B's Polka Dot Polly feature (my bespoke dress will be with me soon!) I absolutely love Hey Sailor! and several of their gorgeous pieces are on my Sian Meadeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14536919654548369387noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post-12498315236884046382014-08-01T12:30:00.000+01:002014-08-01T12:30:00.592+01:00Sluttery Sales Spy: Everything Must Go!
GUYS. Sale it ain't so. Hilary's refusing to come out of my handbag, Derren's sobbing quietly under a taxidermy tiger, and I've already had to put myself in a jar of uncooked rice overnight to absorb my excess tears.
THE DRESSES
Heidi wiggle dress, £22.99 (was £29.99), Lindy Bop
This is my dream dress. It's so dreamy, I don't know whether I've featured it in Sales Spy before, Laura Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05196577158813538718noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post-47081272795383811862014-08-01T10:30:00.000+01:002014-08-01T10:32:46.149+01:00Let Her Eat Cake: Black Forest Gateau Cake
I was looking back through some of the amazing Domestic Sluttery cakey posts over the years (whilst cramming my face with cake and sobbing along to All By Myself) and was shocked, nay, DISMAYED to discover that the pinnacle of 80s desserts, the black forest gateau, had only featured in cookie form. We simply couldn't leave without honouring the kitschiest of puddings.
This is a beast of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post-4739958135737542722014-07-31T14:00:00.000+01:002014-07-31T14:00:07.006+01:00The Tall Girl's Clothes Shopping GuideReally, the answer to the question, "I'm tall. Where should I shop?" is wherever you sodding well like. There is so much flexibility now that there is absolutely no reason why you should be limited to something with a Tall tag in the label - especially because some shops (cough, Topshop) just add a couple of inches on instead of making it fit properly.)
So if you've been pining after a classic Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post-14016509917995645362014-07-31T12:30:00.000+01:002014-07-31T12:37:28.857+01:00Sluttishly Sweet: Our All-Time Favourite Desserts
Darling readers, you must all be the size of houses now given the amount of dessert recipes we've thrown at you over the years. For those of you who can still fit through your kitchen door, here's a round-up of the very best of the last five years.
In my trawl through the archives, the word that came up most often was 'boozy'. Chocolate whisky custard doesn't just have to come out for Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post-15061322506826489522014-07-31T10:30:00.000+01:002014-08-01T17:17:24.903+01:00Our Favourite Jewellery and Accessory DesignersWhen I was given the task of putting together the ultimate Domestic Sluttery list of jewellery and accessories, I knew it wouldn't be easy. Everything from creepy claws to pastel clutches have graced our pages over the last five years, and it's safe to say as a team our tastes vary wildly. From Sara's love of all things big and quirky to that time Sian decided to freak us all out with a dead frogUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post-72535431967154884392014-07-30T15:30:00.000+01:002014-07-30T16:00:58.820+01:00Shelf Esteem's Must-Read Books
Extremely suitably, I have ended up in the most lady writerly scene possible for writing my last Shelf Esteem column. I'm at home at Twee Flat, sitting in the armchair my mum reupholstered for me in red cord when I moved in.
Candles are lit (including, obviously, my eternally beloved Melt STILL) and Cat Brown is purring away on my lap. Outside, the sun is setting in vivid pink Unknownnoreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post-9418988073343256142014-07-30T14:00:00.000+01:002014-07-30T14:00:00.377+01:00Our Top Cake Recipes
Cake. Chocolate cake, fruity cake, boozy cake, fancy cake. We love cake. All cake. Trying to round up our all-time favourite cakes from over five years of DS cake-appreciation is a little like trying to pick your favourite child or choosing between gin, unicorns or cats. Just for you, though, we've done it. So, grab your mixing bowls and prepare yourself for a marathon baking session!
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post-11908493661201901562014-07-30T12:30:00.000+01:002014-07-30T12:30:00.089+01:00How To Make 3D Gingerbread Unicorns
The Jedward of the unicorn world
I couldn't make anything but fantastical gingerbread for my final Domestic Sluttery recipe, could I? From that first foray into tiny mug houses, I've known that a life of 3D gingerbread was for me. I'm still inordinately proud of baking a gingerbread TARDIS in celebration of Doctor Who's 50th anniversary (a feat which got me a write-up in the national press, Laura Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05196577158813538718noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post-14112642755288328512014-07-30T11:00:00.000+01:002014-07-30T11:27:39.056+01:00Savour The Moment: Our Favourite Savoury Recipes
Since we announced that the site is closing, loads of you have been asking where you're going to get exciting recipes from. Luckily, we've got whole archives of them. There are literally thousands. Rather than leave you high and dry, we've rounded up our finest recipes so you have loads of ideas for what to have for your tea.
We've actually done a lot of the hard work for you - our weekly Sian Meadeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14536919654548369387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post-28557536294290022602014-07-29T15:30:00.001+01:002014-07-29T15:30:00.530+01:00The Definitive Domestic Sluttery Cocktail Roundup
Over the years, the Domestic Sluttery writers have collected enough bottles of booze to open a medium-sized bar. We've also had the very best cocktail barman to mix our drinks for us. Cocktail Nick has been mixing, infusing, muddling and shaking for The Boy and His Poison for three years. He's created a cut out and keep cocktail guide and he's written the only guide to glassware Sian Meadeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14536919654548369387noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post-77494459127816741802014-07-29T14:30:00.000+01:002014-07-29T14:49:14.540+01:00Love It or, err, Love It: Marmite Cake
Have you ever tried to explain Marmite to someone who doesn't know what it is? It's basically impossible: "Err, it's this delicious, brown salty yeast sludge that you put on toast and things." The world knows that there are Marmite naysayers, but I am not one of them! Bring it forth, say I!
Every self-respecting yeast extract lover knows that marmite is best paired with cheddar Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post-37975184029144403542014-07-29T12:30:00.000+01:002014-07-29T15:24:37.984+01:00Sluttishly Savoury: Mac & Cheese Picnic Slice
So this is tragically the final savoury post from me for D.S. Tear. I've had so much fun creating these posts, it sure is hard to say goodbye. I want to keep things true to form with this final recipe; easy, no fuss, but inspired with good times in mind.
We're ending on a July high - the parks (in London) have been completely overwhelmed. I trust it must be the same around the rest of the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post-57183682394350331612014-07-29T10:30:00.000+01:002014-09-05T10:55:38.246+01:00Home Sluttery Home: Our Favourite Homewares and Interiors DesignsDomestic Sluttery has basically furnished my flat for me: from my Mini Moderns cushions and plates to my Made chair, with a fair few whimsical detours on the way. And it's like that in all of our houses: Sian has her Magnificent Dancing Horses and cupboard of gorgeous ceramics; Sara's print wall is a treat to behold including - naturally - some Tiny Confessions, amidst all sorts of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post-36031579735602236572014-07-28T15:30:00.000+01:002014-07-28T15:30:00.105+01:00Excellent Women: The Design Porn Edition
Meow Rouge- £60
Having only just become a member of the Domestic Sluttery team at the beginning of this year, I'm as gutted as I'm sure you are to hear that the site is coming to a close. I had so many more excellent women to tell you about! More on that later - in the meantime I've decided to go ahead and publish a post I had planned anyway - a look at some of my favourite Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post-58145503793207534222014-07-28T14:00:00.000+01:002014-07-28T14:00:03.693+01:00Gluten Free: Pimm's Trifle
Of all the gluten free recipes we've brought you, one has been notable by its absence. Trifle. I've been wrestling with trifle sponge for a long time (not literally, that would be weird). Much like with gremlins, bad things happen when you add liquid to gluten free cake. It tends to soak up far more than regular cake and the texture can only be described as "squishy crumbs". I've tried to makeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post-42843259298281921012014-07-28T12:30:00.002+01:002014-07-28T12:37:18.276+01:00An Illustrated History: Our Favourite Artists & Illustrators
Cher, on being told she might not make it onto this list
We've written about so many fantastic artists and illustrators over the past five and a bit years. Our tastes run the gamut from chic and stylised to twee and cartoony, and I've had great fun discovering new-to-me artwork to adorn my walls, eat my dinner off, and wear about my person. Let's take a look at some of our all-time Laura Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05196577158813538718noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post-1633152339786893982014-07-28T10:30:00.000+01:002014-07-28T10:30:01.891+01:00The End of an Era
There is a cloud over the Sluttery HQ today. This will be the last week of publishing for Domestic Sluttery, we are closing our doors on August 1st.
We’ve been publishing for five and a half years now. That’s nearly 7000 posts covering amazing recipes, brilliant designers and wonderful things that have made our days brighter and our lives better. I’ve had an absolute blast running the site.
Sian Meadeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14536919654548369387noreply@blogger.com250tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post-38890492404176865152014-07-25T15:30:00.000+01:002014-07-25T15:33:39.170+01:00The Boy and his Poison: The Black Rat
This is a deceptively simple yet incredible long-cocktail. However, it's actually my brother's recipe. Last weekend, for his wedding, he not only sourced the drink, he also selected special glassware and left specific instructions for the bar staff to make it... and all this effort just for the head table where I was sat as the best man. It was in part a thank-you for the purgatory of the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post-63441499684307822552014-07-25T14:00:00.000+01:002014-07-25T14:00:01.159+01:00Friday Wishlist: Gorgeous things you'll want to buy RIGHT NOW
The perfect dress. £34.99 from Lindy Bop.
The perfect unicorn key. £7 from Let's Go Hme. (Cut to fit any Yale lock.)
The perfect lobster and crab cookie cutters. £4 each from RE-found.
The perfect leather skirt. £125 from & Other Stories.
The perfect stripy bowl. £12 from Rockett St George.
The perfect shoes. £125 from Kurt Geiger.
Sian Meadeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14536919654548369387noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post-69081567304878901962014-07-25T12:30:00.000+01:002014-07-25T12:30:02.455+01:00Sluttery Sales Spy: French Connection, Boden & Urban Outfitters
Everything here has my SALE OF APPROVAL.
THE DRESSES
Embroidered shirt dress, £52.50 (was £70), ASOS
GUYS, someone stole summertime while we weren't looking, and embroidered it on to a dress. I LOVE THIS. The stitching continues all the way around the back - there's no thread-scrimping here, oh no. And there are pockets and buttons and all the other things we go wild for on a Laura Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05196577158813538718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post-78668841566496034672014-07-25T10:30:00.000+01:002014-07-25T10:30:01.608+01:00Let Her Eat Cake: Bellini Cheesecake
Picture the scene: it's summer during the late 1930s in Venice, and Hemingway has just slumped into Harry's Bar to demand a drink and look for somewhere to cool down. What's that? A bellini? Why of course...
Ripe peaches have got to be the taste of summer and this cheesecake is a little like a bellini in cake form: ok, it doesn't contain prosecco (you get to drink that alongside it) Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273652815577465353.post-72031450288026251842014-07-24T15:30:00.000+01:002014-07-24T15:30:00.513+01:00Etsy Pick: GoodMoodMoon
Today I discovered GoodMoodMoon on Etsy. They're designers of gorgeous eco leather bags and accessories. They're also massive animal lovers so 5% of their profits go to homeless animal charities. Let's take a look.
I am so crazy in love with this clutch bag. I don't think I've ever said that about a clutch bag before, but the clever grabby strap means that I won't lose it ten minutes afterSian Meadeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14536919654548369387noreply@blogger.com0