Building a bon bistro-style kitchen
Pull up a seat, because your favourite bistro might just hold the bon ideas you need if you are designing a kitchen or looking to refresh the room. Bistros may have emerged in Paris, but to this day they carry signatures that are shared in eateries across...
Wo-man Reclaimed Woman
Chinti and Parker / Westland London I just watched the nineties classic So I Married an Axe Murderer for the first time. If you haven't seen it, I urge you to check out Mike Myers' beatnik poetry performance from the film. Hence why my...
Take Two Bruton
Artist Chloë Holt and dealer in rare antiques, Chris Holmes have cultivated the kind of careers many dream of, doing what they love. There is an air of anticipation as I interview the two, both buzzing, ready to stand at Bruton Decorative Antiques Fair this October. ...
Ethical Collection x Reclaimed Woman
Part free spirit, part dedicated fan of fashion, 10 years in the industry has ingrained particular months (before fashion weeks) when I feel the clothes in my wardrobe aren’t cutting it. Coupled with 10 consecutive grey London days and counting, I know I am not alone...
Weekday Reclaimed Woman
Weekday / Retrouvius
4 home fashions to note now for the cosy season
Whether you're into antiques or not, Tallboy Interiors takes a new approach to old interiors that can inspire us all for the cosy season ahead. On his 18th birthday, Matt Dixon of Tallboy Interiors was given £1000 from his parents to spend as he wanted. Instead of...
Conscious Consumer
Jumpsuits aren't always the smartest move when it comes to travelling, but I always seem to choose one because the chic/comfort balance outweighs the likely woman v jumpsuit wrestling in the loo. This People Tree collaboration with the V&A is wonderful. The Tulip...
Anna Skodbo on building her ethical London brand phannatiq
Part-time harpist, educator, occasional snowboarder, and driving force behind phannatiq, Anna Skodbo takes a “clothes for people” attitude to designing. Attracting people from the likes of musicians Kate Nash, Harper and the pavement population with her city...
Slowly does it Reclaimed Woman
Laura Ironside / Tallboy Interiors
My shoe wardrobe for a sink
Lulled into a false sense of ceramic security by the fact my mum had a Belfast sink in her back garden (don’t most mums?!), I was expecting a kitchen sink to be one of the easiest things to source. I would have taken my mum’s, but she is saving it for her own...
Defining sustainable fashion with Stella McCartney’s Dessert Island Discs
Aside from the fact I love a bit of Radio 4's Dessert Island Discs (where presenter Kirsty Young asks famous guests to pick eight records to take if they were to be stranded on a dessert island), Stella McCartney's Dessert Island Discs seemed a good excuse to define...
Conscious Consumer
Carla Colour Lind recycled sunglasses from Ethical Collection Amour jute tote The Jacksons also check for the jute totes on Ethical Collection & at their Portobello pop-up shop open until 30th July 2017. They have a delicious selection of Carla Colour...
Designing my Reclaimed Kitchen – Practical Vs Pretty
Ever practical, I chose a glazed 1940s staff noticeboard reclaimed from London’s Kings Cross station from SalvoWEB to style as my kitchen cabinet. Not that I was intending to consume as many tubes of tortilla chip Pringles as the decorators, but soon only pretty...
Alcohol free wino Reclaimed Woman
Vintage Roots / The Architectural Forum
Tossed but not Sunk
Moments of the first half of 2017 brought to mind the Paris motto, Fluctuat nec mergitur, a Latin phrase meaning “Tossed but not sunk.” At the beginning of the year our boiler broke, whilst having reclaimed wood shelves installed - which turned into a much bigger job...
Conscious Consumer
I couldn't resist Randy's Reproductive System Sweater from Rachel Antonoff for World Population Day with a portion of the proceeds being donated to Planned Parenthood (even if it is harder to get your hands on in the UK) Barocco handcraft pieces like these Wishbone...
Are you ready for your bathroom reno?
Think you are ready for your renovation project, then prepare to neglect your usual e-com candy for sites like Broken Bog. My daily scroll of choice was Style.com when I started planning my flat renovation, which has since been discontinued as Condé Nast partner with...
Rollable Reclaimed Woman
Pachacuti / Retrouvius
Colour analysis for a confident conscious wardrobe
Wardrobe dilemma - It's summer and all I want to do is break out playful printed dresses when our British climate plays ball, but switching between boots and sandals, bohemian dresses and woolies doesn't make my winter white skin feel ready. Wardrobe solution - The...
Vert Victoria Reclaimed Woman
Antonia Burrell Holistic Skincare / The Home Bothy
Divorce lawyer to dealer in rare Dior
Julia Jones put the Jones in Mary Jones Vintage, a divorce lawyer that sources and sells vintage fashion. Based in Liverpool, stocked in Liberty of London and preparing for her first Salvo Fair in my Fair Fashion pop up, which opens in Henley tomorrow (23rd until the...
Greek green living in Athens
I just visited Athens, city of marble for the first time. The Greek side of my husband's family visited us in London before we all headed to a big fat Greek wedding in Athens. I'll keep references to that film brief, but it's been a running joke since my first dinner...
Recycled & Repurposed Reclaimed Woman
Veja / Boochi & Co
Jewellery from repurposed antique cutlery to mark National Upcycling Day
I know I am not the only one to have jewellery boxed-up in drawers, saving it for best. The same goes for antique silverware, often passed down through family, brought out for special occasions when firstly, we remember it’s there, and secondly, we can digest more...
Me and my home want to be dressed top to towel rail in Mahala
I’ve got my eyes on a pair of made in England clogs stocked at Mahala, an independent homewares and accessories shop selling handmade bags and handcrafted pieces by designer/maker Emily Griffin. Emily’s East London shop is based in an old fishmonger, where a material...
A reggae fuelled road trip to the organic grapes of wine merchant Vintage Roots
If you love wine, but you are less attached to the sulphites, perhaps in search of vegan or biodynamic wine, then you need to know about the organic wine people, Vintage Roots. The name was derived from a reggae compilation tape on a road trip the founders took to...
Woman, Reclaimed
One year ago I left my corporate fashion job to follow a more conscious life. My job gave me pleasure and pain, and enabled me to buy my first home in west London. Like a secret diary, I started to blog about my journey into a more sustainable existence (shoe...