Just one more thing: Runaway Coast Giant Cushion

How much do you want this giant cushion? I want to jump on it! This just made picnics in my garden heaps more fun. And I'm guessing at some point I'll try and slide down the stairs on it as well. What?! I can be childish if I want! It's not my fault, it's the cushion. Which is £95 from new shop Runaway Coast by the way.

Sexy Storage: Enamel Magazine Rack

Finding a pretty magazine rack to match the rest of my bedroom has been really tough. They're just all very plain and very very ugly. So instead, my magazines get strewn all across the floor, across my desk, and everywhere really. I read a lot of magazines and this enamel magazine rack is perfect. It's pretty and it matches everything in my bedroom too. Now I have even more of an excuse to curl up in bed with the latest issues of Living Etc.

It's Rocha John Rocha from Debenhams Homewares and it's on sale at the moment for £32. A tad pricey, but it'll last forever.

Picnic Time: Graham and Green flask

I've been wanting to write about this flask for ages, but they have been out of stock for a while. the cheery blossom pattern is just so pretty. I'd take this flask to the park with me when I wanted to read for a couple of hours under a tree. I think I'd mostly use it for tea, but you could put long Island Iced Tea in there if you wanted to.

This lovely flask is just £10.95 from my favourite shop Graham and Green. I'm very happy it's back in stock.

Surprisingly nice things from IKEA: Ektorp armchair

LOOK at this beauty. Can't you imagine curling up in it by a window on a cold rainy day, turning off your phone, making yourself a yard of tea and burying your nose in a book?

Yes, I know Ikea's living room furniture can be ratty, cheap and nasty, but I've been lusting after the Ektorp armchair for years. I can't allow myself to buy it until I follow through with the redecoration project I've been procrastinating over for the last few millenia.

But I can dream, can't I?

And, just for you, here's an artist's impression of that dream:


Why yes, I do have a "very rich internal life". Why do you ask?

Ektorp armchair, £204.55. Ikea PS Svarva floor lamp, £109.00.

Just one more thing: Something Colouring Pencils

I want these colouring crayons to brighten up my new desk. These won't make me working from home any more productive, but at least my doodles will be pretty. They're £8.50 from Something.

Pure Inspiration: Interni TV Unit

You living room doesn't have to have a bungled bunch of wires in the corner. This TV unit by Italian company Interni shows how you can break everything up, and make it look like you've designed the units to match your home, instead of just adding them to a finished room. Very impressive.

Design Porn: Rocco Borghese

It's not very often that I see something so pretty that it makes me gasp. These blown glass chandeliers from Rocco Borghese are stunning. They're a little like the Roast ones we showed you a few months ago but they've got a little something extra about them.



Can I have one for my birthday please?