Christmas Countdown: Selfridges

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selection of yellow gift items available from Selfridges

1. gift box | 2. wellies

3. welly socks | 4. satchel

5. candle | 6. notebook

Pantone 109, otherwise known as Selfridges yellow, is one of the most recognisable colours in luxury retail. We’ve assembled half a dozen items – many of them limited edition or exclusive to Selfridges – that would make fabulous Christmas gifts!

Tuesday Huesday: Popping with Colour

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Grey sitting room with hot pink and mustard yellow furnishings

We’ve just discovered this website – it’s a rich mine of interior decoration inspiration. The contrasting palette the owners used in this room just popped out at us – you know how much we love bright, zingy colours!




Life’s a Beach!

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vintage beach bag made of bright yellow 1950s towelling fabric with beach umbrella and male & female swim-suited figures pattern

Life’s a beach! It’s pouring with rain as we write this, so not exactly sunbathing weather, but we had to highlight this fantastic vintage bag we found this week.

detail of vintage beach bag made of bright yellow 1950s towelling fabric with beach umbrella and male & female swim-suited figures pattern

The bag is ideal for the beach – big enough for your towel, phone, purse, suntan lotion, book, swimming cossie & sunglasses. And the fabric… how perfect!

detail of vintage beach bag made of bright yellow 1950s towelling fabric with beach umbrella and male & female swim-suited figures pattern with vintage Biba sunglasses sitting on top

And, speaking of sunglasses – we bought this vintage Biba pair at the same market a few weeks earlier. There’s been quite a delay with them reaching the website as Adelle hasn’t stopped wearing them!

detail of vintage 1960s op art patterned inflatable li-lo detail of vintage 1960s op art patterned inflatable li-lo

Two fab beach items that are actually available – both from the 60s/70s. The first is a real eye popping airbed/lilo in shades of orange. The second is a nifty drawstring bag that can be inflated to form a pillow.

detail of vintage 1960s op art patterned inflatable li-lo detail of vintage 1960s op art patterned inflatable li-lo

It’s not quite autumn yet, so there should be a few more beach days left this year!