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  • Places

    The Prep You Need to Make an International House Move

    April 22, 2024April 22, 2024

    Moving abroad can be daunting but these tips will help to make preparation for your international house move smoother.

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  • Places

    Moving Abroad Tips: How To Scout Out Your Dream Home

    April 9, 2024April 9, 2024

    Expert moving abroad tips to find your dream home effortlessly. Explore the best strategies for scouting out your ideal living space abroad.

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  • Biophilic Design

    Wildwood Spa Retreat: The Ultimate Coastal Spa in the Forest

    June 2, 2022January 14, 2025

    Wildwood Spa is the ultimate luxury holiday retreat. This stunning self-contained spa in the forest of North Devon uses the principles of biophilic design to create a space that is restorative, rejuvinative and healthy.

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  • Places

    7 Simple Ways that Self Storage Can Help to Streamline Your Life

    February 7, 2022June 14, 2022

    Whether you’re moving home, renovating, downsizing or simply decluttering your home, self storage is a great way to help streamline your life.

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  • 1 Hotel Toronto. Image by Brandon Barre.

    Hotels

    1 Hotel Toronto : a Biophilic Hotel in the City

    January 19, 2022August 28, 2022

    1 Hotel in Toronto is a biophilic hotel that turns urbanism inside out and celebrates the beauty of Toronto’s natural environment.

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  • Interior Accessories

    Where to Shop : Spicer & Wood

    November 18, 2020November 18, 2020

    Spicer & Wood features a carefully curated selection of decorative accessories, kitchen accessories, glassware, tableware and textiles. The selection clearly demonstrates a love for natural materials, California, Mid-Century style and the great outdoors.

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  • Places

    The Tribe Coworking Space in Totnes

    March 9, 2020November 7, 2025

    Here I share with you the final reveal of The Tribe, my coworking space in Totnes that I have designed for creative female entrepreneurs.

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  • Places

    Renovated Apartment in Converted Factory

    February 26, 2020February 26, 2020

    Vipp Owner Jette Egelund and her husband Mogens Dahl share a beautifully renovated apartment in a converted factory in Copenhagen.

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  • Places

    A Coworking Space for Female Entrepreneurs

    January 31, 2020December 21, 2023

    After nine months working from home, I decided to embark on an exciting new project. Read all about my decision to open a coworking space for creative female entrepreneurs.

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  • Places

    5 Tips for First-Time Buyers I wish I’d Known

    October 4, 2019September 18, 2024

    Getting on the property ladder is a daunting process but these five tips for first-time buyers should make the process a little more straightforward.

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  • Sander Hotel, a design hotel in copenhagen. The roof terrace has a strong biophilic influence and boasts beautiful rooftop views over the city

    Hotels

    Hotel Sanders : Design Hotel in Copenhagen

    September 30, 2019April 23, 2020

    Hotel Sanders is a design hotel in Copenhagen in the historic heart of the cultural district, within walking distance from all the main tourist attractions.

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  • Avobar in London is a source of inspiration for Maison Flaneur when it comes to interior decor

    Interviews

    Interview : Dionas Sotiriou of Maison Flaneur

    September 23, 2019September 23, 2019

    Dionas Sotiriou is co-founder of Maison Flaneur, an online destination for travellers and home enthusiasts looking for a unique and ever-evolving collection of homeware products.

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  • Cork harvesting in the cork oak forest near Lisbon in Portugal

    Places

    Cork Production: A Sustainable & Circular Process

    July 3, 2019July 3, 2019

    I visited the cork oak forest in Portugal to see the cork harvesting and got to experience a factory tour to see how cork is processed and what it can be used for.

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  • Exterior of Day spa at Calile tropical hotel in Brisbane, Australia

    Hotels

    Calile : A Tropical Hotel in Brisbane

    June 28, 2019June 28, 2019

    Calile is a tropical hotel in Brisbane designed by architecture studio Richards and Spence who took their inspiration from the Brisbane’s balmy climate.

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    Interior Accessories

    Bert & Buoy Dartmouth Shop Opening

    December 3, 2018December 2, 2018

    Two weeks ago I was invited to attend the opening of the new Bert & Buoy shop in Dartmouth. I can’t begin to tell you how happy I am that Bert has decided to open a shop in my home town. Dartmouth is an absolutely beautiful town with some wonderful little independent shops and I

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  • Gara Rock Design Hotel Devon 4 - Bedroom

    Hotels

    Gara Rock : Design Hotel in Devon

    November 28, 2018June 8, 2021

    I feel like recently I’m making a bit of a shift with my blog content as I seem to be writing about Devon a whole lot more. In the early days of my blog I would never have thought that I could have written so much about local places and companies, but Devon just seems

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  • Myconian Kyma Hotel in Mykonos Greece - Design Hotels

    Hotels

    Myconian Kyma : Design Hotel in Mykonos

    June 20, 2018June 20, 2018

    I haven’t been away on holiday since April 2017 so I am well overdue a break. Luckily we have now booked a trip for the end of August so I’m counting down the days until our family can get away for a much needed holiday. In the meantime, I thought it was time to share

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  • THIS Workspace Bournemouth - The Foundry main room 4

    Places

    THIS Workspace : Coworking Space in Bournemouth

    April 23, 2018July 11, 2022

    THIS Workspace is a beautiful art deco coworking space in Bournemouth. It was formerly the printing works for the Daily Echo Newspaper.

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  • Dream House in Dartmouth Devon as seen from garden

    Places

    My Obsession with the Housing Market

    March 21, 2018April 18, 2019

    So today I thought I’d share with you a bit of a personal post about my guilty secret, namely my obsession with the housing market and visiting property portals like Rightmove, Zoopla and Purple Bricks. Browsing these websites has been something that I’ve done on a very regular basis (probably weekly) for as long as

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    Interior Accessories

    Where to Shop : Oliver Bonas

    March 9, 2018March 9, 2018

    It’s Friday and you may have noticed that things are looking a little different around here. I am so pleased to share my redesigned blog and branding with you. I hope you like the changes that I’ve made and that you can still find your way around. I’m still making tweaks here and there so

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  • Parister Hotel Paris Lobby

    Hotels

    Hôtel Parister : A Wellness Hotel in Paris

    February 28, 2018November 25, 2021

    Today’s post features a seriously swoonworthy Parisian hotel that I have added to my design-led travel hotspots list. In the words of Audrey Hepburn “Paris is always a good idea” and when a hotel looks this good, who can disagree? Situated in rue Saulnier in the 9th arondissement of Paris is Hôtel Parister, a five star

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  • Vipp Hotel Sweden Shelter Exterior

    Hotels

    The Vipp Hotel : A Design Destination

    February 5, 2018May 28, 2019

    You may remember a few weeks ago I posted about the stunning Vipp kitchens. Well, today I want to share with you an unusual concept for a hotel from the same Danish company. The Vipp Hotel is unusual in the fact that once you check in, it is fully booked. You see, instead of having

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  • Design Hotel Long Story Short in the Czech Republic_Big One private room_photo by Josef Kubicek

    Hotels

    Design Hostel : Long Story Short

    December 1, 2017May 28, 2019

    Sometimes, just sometimes, I really wish I was a travel blogger. I would go off to explore the world one design hotel at a time. If I was footloose and fancy free and didn’t have responsibilities like a family, children, a job and a mortgage, I would seriously consider packing up my laptop and heading

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  • Kip Affordable Design Hotel London - Penthouse 2

    Hotels

    KIP : London’s Affordable Design Hotel

    September 28, 2017May 28, 2019

    In this post I want to share another exciting design find that I discovered thanks to Curate & Display on Twitter. This time it’s an affordable design hotel in London. What? I hear you ask. Affordable and London in the same sentence? But yes, it’s really true. I have found a great looking design hotel

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