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March 13, 2018

Why I’ve ditched the black wall and decorated with aquamarine for Spring

Aquamarine accents | Growing Spaces

Just as quickly as I decided to paint our living room wall black, I opted to give it an update and repaint it in Aquamarine Light from Little Greene. As it so often is with me, it was a pretty…

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April 16, 2017

New love: my fiddle leaf fig (ficus lyrata)

Fiddle leaf fig | Growing Spaces

As birthday presents go, this was a parcel that was hard to beat – a huge box, with a few tantalising leaves poking out of the box – inside was the most gorgeous fiddle leaf fig tree (ficus lystrata). It…

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March 12, 2017

Faking it: a wood burner without a flue

Faking it: cheat's wood burner

We have been yearning after a wood burner (wood burning stove, log burner, whatever you want to call it) for years. One thing we really miss in our 1970s house is that there aren’t any fireplaces whatsoever (a big change…

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January 11, 2017

Living room makeover – little changes make a big impact

Living room makeover | Growing Spaces

You might have seen glimpses on my Instagram feed, but I don’t think I’ve shared photos here of our living room makeover and how just a few small changes have made a big difference to how the space feels. I had to…

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December 2, 2016

Simple Christmas decorating with Nectar

Christmas decorating with Nectar | Growing Spaces

ADVERTORIAL December is finally here and the Christmas festivities can begin in earnest. I tend to hold off putting up our decorations until mid-December (in my house growing up they didn’t go up until the weekend before Christmas), but I thought I’d…

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July 2, 2016

Create an eye-catching wall display with Eco Deer

Eco-Deer | Growing Spaces

It’s been a while since the display on my black living room wall had a bit of a shake up, so when the team at Eco Deer got in touch about their quirky wall planters, I jumped at the chance…

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June 28, 2016

Styling the Seasons: June

Styling the Seasons: June | Growing Spaces

Oh, June. More time spent indoors than expected, getting caught in showers, soggy feet, reaching for a blanket in the evening. So what’s a girl to do, but to attempt to bring a little summer inside with a jug of blooms?…

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March 9, 2016

Change is good: a new living room display

If you’ve been reading Growing Spaces for a while, you’ll know that nothing in our house stays the same for long. I’m constantly changing, tweaking, rearranging. It’s not a seasonal thing particularly, it’s something that I do all the time….

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July 6, 2015

Living room update: DIY open shelving

DIY open shelving for display | Growing Spaces

We’ve always struggled to make the living space in this house work for us. It’s part of a large open-plan L-shape area that also includes our kitchen diner. We used a large open shelving unit from Ikea as a room…

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May 19, 2015

Impulsive decorating: our black living room wall

It’s official, I am not safe to be left home alone. There is a significant danger of me wielding a paint brush and turning the house upside down. That’s exactly what happened a few weekends back when I made a…

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April 10, 2012

Wallpaper feature wall – before and after

Wallpaper: Wistaria in Vin Jaune by Kuboaa. Cushion: Habitat.

November 2, 2011

New living room layout. Thoughts?

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