Bruges

Mike and I travelled by Eurostar to Bruges for the weekend. First time I'd been on the Eurostar and absolutely loved it! Bruges itself was very pretty. I loved the architecture and the cycle friendly roads. The only major let down was the number of tourists and the very expensive sub-standard food! Beer was good though, very good!!

yum!

Grote Markt, central Bruges

Beautiful fountain not far from the hotel

 Looked sensational at night!

canals

canals

a happy deb by the canals

and very pretty shot at dusk

There were some incredible door handles

 

bench features

and detail all about the place

We even found a Romantik Pandahotel!

the architecture was just fantastic

the humour

the art

the sculpture

(in detail)

and

the

street

art

was all very impressive

I even liked the fact that they left a 'map' of the layout of the buildings on the outside!

 We had some time before catching our connection back to London on the last day
so we stopped off in Brussells and had a stroll about.

 I'd definitely go back here

 there seemed like a lot to explore

  perhaps when it is a little less rainy though!

Operation: Decorate House!

After months of sourcing and over-coming my nerves, I finally started decorating my house!

Living Room before

and after

Dining Room

transformed!

Hallway

with wallpapering just finished

And with pictures up!

Bathroom

which is lovely anyway

it just needed some bits and bobs

and some colour!

The black trim was inspired by the Mucha mirror and prints that I had

I think it looks rather classic!

1st floor corridor before

and after!

Further down the corridor during preparation

and afterwards!

I was at my most creative whilst decorating this corridor

Inspired by travels and a love for old bits of paper

it was a great big cut and paste project! I loved it!

All of these maps were found in a bin in a secondhand book shop

I picked them up for mere pennies

A much cheaper way than buying expensive world map wallpaper at £70+ per roll!!!

Bedroom before

and after!

Inspired by a peacock

 

 

 

and filled with my favourite colour!

My very clever mum even made me this quilt to go with it!

It's quite the compliment, don't you think? And that really is some ultra impressive detailing - thanks very much mum!!

Up to the top floor

which now looks all ocean like

and that skylight just bounces off the blue making it so bright and inviting..

..which is great really cause it leads up to my top floor studio!

which I've now settled into and is full of things to help me make and create

I knew all this stuff would come in use one day!