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Mila’s 8 years-old Birthday party

(C) Photography: Michelle Marshall If you follow me on Instagram, you know that we had a fun but busy Saturday (…and Sunday) celebrating Mila’s birthday with 5 of her friends staying for a sleepover. To be honest, it wasn’t as hard work as some of her parties we had in the past with 12 excited, screaming kids. At 8, the girls pretty much entertain themselves and they were all very sweet and got along nicely together but by the time, I had prepared 5 dishes, had a nice BBQ and a fair amount of wine, I was done ;-) Kids Party – 5.30pm kick off – Games for everyone to get to know each other & have fun (musical chairs, pass the parcel, musical statues) – Paint your own t-shirt (my favourite part): I like doing things that are going to stimulate the kids’ mind and creativity so this was perfect! Following my post on this little creative project last March, I downloaded a few patterns for the girls to use while Steve got some fabric paint from an art …

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Create a pretty French kids’ bedroom on a budget

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I recently updated Mila’s bedroom which you can now see in our catalogue (on issuu here), and made a few changes to show you how to create a French style kids bedroom for very little money I think. Stylish French homes love grays and the ones I mostly use at home, are from Farrow & Ball. When we moved in three years ago, the first thing I did, was to paint all the floorboards and the walls in white (except the one behind her bed which I painted in Down Pipe). To soften the whole look, I then painted her wardrobe in light gray. I can’t remember whether I used Pavilion Gray or Lamp room Gray because I used gray in our bedroom at the same time but it doesn’t really matter as you should always get a a few samples first to try different grays on your walls and see how they look in your room at different times of the day. Then I created little vignettes in each corner of her room. Needless to say that her choice of toys (bright pink and …

Mila’s little bedroom revamp…

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A few weeks, Mila asked for more pink in her bedroom so I decided to add soft touches to her room by painting her old white desk and chair.

Happy to see you…

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Penelope has been designing beautiful handmade dolls for a while.She even dresses them up with gorgeous clothes using Liberty fabric and patterns from Citronille which by the way, I highly recommend if you want to sew gorgeous French outfits for your kids.And now Penelope has opened her first workshop/boutique and like everything she does, it is simply beautiful so if you are in France near Les Sables d’Olonne, make sure you pay her a visit 109 route du Chateau d’Olonne, 85100 Les Sables d’Olonne Horaires d’été : du mardi au samedi de 10h à 12h et de 14h à 19h. Et sur rendez-vous au 06 86 45 93 68. Welcome sticker from here | Linen scarves from there Cela fait quelques années déja que Pénélope crée de jolies poupées.Elle leur fait meme de tres jolis habits en tissu Liberty et utilisant les patrons de Citronille – une marque que je recommende chaudement si vous souhaitez coudre de beaux habits pour vos enfants. Et maintenant Pénélope a ouvert son premier atelier/boutique et comme tout ce qu’elle fait, c’est simplement magnifique. Si vous passez dans la …

Mila’s bedroom

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I’m often asked what colour I used in Mila’s bedroom and now that the handmade Pigmée collection is back in stock, I thought I would share again these details as some of you may have missed my previous posts. {GET THE LOOK} – I painted only one wall in Down Pipe by Farrow & Ball and painted the other three bright white to keep the room light. – It took me ages to find a contemporary, affordable bed for Mila and in the end, I got hers from Ikea but since then, I discovered COSATTO. – The light grey linen duvet cover is from here and exists in double size too. – I also used the lovely Pigmée garland to soften the look of the wall. – The “You are Loved” sticker used to be on BODIE and FOU but is now sold out. However, if you wish to achieve a similar look with any of these wall stickers and add one of your family photo. Voila! If you have any questions, just leave a comment…well even if you don’t have …

Inspiring (clearing) Sunday….

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For the past few weeks, I have been de-cluttering our home like crazy. One cupboard after another, room by room, I am diligently going through everything and I can’t tell you how good this feels. Sometimes when things get too much (and I mean too busy), something has to give in so I’m streamlining our ‘family procedures’, the way I would have done it at work :-) Today, I’m tackling my Macbook and I found these pictures I took of Lily and Mila in our holiday home in France. The pendant light is the large one by Kathleen Hills, Lily wears our new blue grey linen apron and Mila wears the vintage pink linen apron (more colours for kids and grown-ups here). Have a great Sunday xoxo http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/UxVs

Gorgeous linen aprons for kids

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This afternoon, we received a small batch of our gorgeous duvet covers in washed linen which means that the blue grey duvet cover and the vintage pink duvet cover are now back in stock. Once they are sold out, you will need to wait until mid-July for us to get more stock.I’m really really loving this whole linen collection, there is something very soothing about these beautiful linens and I have a massive crush on the soft grey duvet cover which looks really beautifully matched with these pure bright pillow cases.And of course, we have these adorable linen aprons for children like the light grey featured below, which are super nice!!They are available in light grey, blue grey and vintage pink and costs £35 each. Version seriousVersion focused Version laughing http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/UxVs

Soft pinks at home

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I’m not a huge fan of the way toys companies or interiors companies produce and market all their products in pink for girls and blue for boys, especially the ones with Barbie, Bob The Builder themed etc…I think given the chance, kids have far more to offer than a life through pink and blue glasses just because of their gender.Saying that, as a mother I can’t deny that a lot of little girls are going through a “pink if not Princess’ phase at some point in their lives. Mila did and believe me it was not something I encouraged!!A couple of years ago I posted two articles “Pink, pink you stink” and Pink for grown-ups here) that gave advices on how to decorate a little girl bedroom with soft, touches of pink. I think the best way to do this, is to stay clear from the bright Barbie pink and go for vintage pink – a softer colour which goes very well with soft, light grey. So here are three of my favourite pink home accessories …