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Boden Autumn Winter 2013, Cassette Wall, Hanging Animal Heads, Stencils, Styling

Somerset House, Boden Style

May 9, 2013 by igetakickoutofyou

I have just returned from Somerset House, where my good friend Emma and I were able to sample preview pieces from the next Boden Autumn Winter 2013 range. Forgetting the clothes for just a second, the styling for this event was “amazing”. The rooms were decked out with loads of quirky details which have just given me inspiration overload. What do you make of this? So now I know what to do with David’s collection of old tapes! And I […]

Categories: Fashion, Interiors, Photography2, vintage • Tags: art, arts, Boden, craft, design, diy, Fashion, Inspiration, Interiors, lifestyle, photography, shopping, Somerset House, style, travel, vintage

Carolyn Everitt, Card illustration, pin up girl with lace-cat ears.

Project X Goes Live

May 6, 2013 by igetakickoutofyou

Firstly the pole shoot went well (I think)! I have yet to see the pics but we worked our backsides off and made a pretty good team, I might add. So I’m hoping there must be some money shots there. I certainly have the bruises to prove it! Watch this space people…. Secondly, I can now finally launch Project X. I have been collecting a few of my illustrations which people have “liked” on the blog and decided to get […]

Categories: Fashion, Illustration, vintage • Tags: art, arts, Ballet, beauty, burlesque, craft, culture, dance, design, diy, Etsy, Fashion, fashion illustration, Glamour, greeting cards, illustration, Inspiration, Lace cat ears, nudes, photography, shopping, style, vintage

Perfect Pointe

April 30, 2013 by igetakickoutofyou

How gorgeous is this shoot from an equally gorgeous blog called Travelling Mama? Makes me want to turn back the clock, be a ballerina, live in Copenhagen and ……organise my wardrobe while on pointe (perhaps not!) Love those colours and I’m all over those leg warmers: I have my own pole shoot on Friday and I’m hoping to include a few pics on pointe (if I can bear it!) Haven’t done that in a while, I can tell you. The […]

Categories: Dance, Fashion • Tags: art, arts, Ballet, beauty, culture, dance, design, Entertainment, Fashion, Inspiration, Interiors, lifestyle, photography, style, travel

Josephine Verine Gutzburger, interior design, Living etc magazine

Once A Lowly Cattle Shed

April 15, 2013 by igetakickoutofyou

I’m afraid my blogging may be a little sporadic over the next few months, what with the extension and all. As we speak, a log cabin in being built in the back garden, to house some of the furniture which has no where to go, and I have been allocated a two day slot to prime and paint – the inside and the outside! So from tomorrow it’s going to be a case of pole and paint! On the subject […]

Categories: Interiors • Tags: art, arts, Burgundy, craft, culture, design, diy, Inspiration, Interiors, Josephine Verine Gintzburger, lifestyle, photography, restoration, style, travel, vintage

Juergen Teller Adventure

April 10, 2013 by igetakickoutofyou

Apologies it has been at least two weeks since I’ve blogged and I’m usually a lot more punctual. The reason being a) maybe it’s the weather but I haven’t been hugely inspired lately b) the builders have arrived and I’m trying to pack up my kitchen so that it will fit into a tiny study upstairs and c) I’ve been doing a lot of drawing for something called Project X which I will elaborate on in a future post. Anyway, […]

Categories: Fashion, Photography2, vintage, Vintage Inspiration • Tags: advertising, art, arts, beauty, celebrities, culture, design, Fashion, Inspiration, Juergen Teller, Kate Moss, photography, shopping, style, vintage

Easter Pin Up Bunny-girl

March 31, 2013 by igetakickoutofyou

Enjoy the chocolate!

Categories: Illustration • Tags: art, arts, beauty, Bunny girl, burlesque, craft, culture, design, Easter, Fashion, fashion illustration, Glamour, illustration, Inspiration, Pin up, style, vintage

Northern Delights

March 27, 2013 by igetakickoutofyou

If your into the likes of House Doctor and Ferm Living then you’ll love Emma Fexus’s book Northern Delights, which features some of the créme de la créme of Scandinavian Design. You may well recognise the author as Emma from Emma’s Design blog – one of Sweden’s oldest design focused blogs and a fierce pinner! Some of the homes featured are a little on the minimal side (not ideal for a vintage hoarder like myself) but I could definitely see […]

Categories: Interiors, vintage • Tags: art, arts, books, craft, culture, design, diy, Emma's Design Blog, Inspiration, Interiors, lifestyle, Northern Delights, photography, shopping, style, travel, vintage

Country Living Picks

March 25, 2013 by igetakickoutofyou

There were some gorgeous things to buy at the Country Living Fair on Thursday. I wasn’t in a particularly “country” mood – probably something to do with the arctic weather and Angel tube station which seemed to affect my retail instinct. I found myself being drawn to the more unusual products and less interested in ditsy fabric and galvanized buckets of bulbs. McKinley and Moth For example the eye catching applique designs as McKinley and Moth. I just fell in […]

Categories: Interiors • Tags: art, arts, Country Living Fair, craft, culture, design, diy, Interiors, photography, shopping, style, travel, vintage

Look But Don’t Touch

March 8, 2013 by igetakickoutofyou

I have a thing for bare brick walls. In my dream home I would have a feature wall with a gorgeously aged and textured brick wall. But let’s face it unless your living in a factory conversion or a rare original apartment in Copenhagen or Paris, antique fixtures and aged brick are hard to find and, I would imagine, a devil to maintain. But if you want to fake it – now you can. There are some seriously clever wallpapers […]

Categories: Interiors, Photography2, vintage • Tags: art, arts, Bodie & Fou, Cecil Beaton, craft, design, Inspiration, Interiors, Irving Penn, marilyn monroe, Merci Wallpaper, photography, Rockett St George, shopping, style, vintage, Wallpapers