Today I went into town for lunch with my BFF and couldn't resist nipping into the end of the sales (I hope!) for a quick look. I ended up with a pair of blue boots from River Island (£15) and a glass mini vase from TKMaxx Home (£3.99!)
Friday, 13 January 2012
After much pleading and little planning I ended up in IKEA on Wednesday armed with my IKEA family card for free drinks and an empty stomach for the masses of hotdogs I planned to consume.
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| Inspiration for my newly empty back wall |
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| A 500 Days Of Summer reference for my nerdiness |
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| The drawers I eventually bought for my desk |
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| Pretty retro bedroom alert! |
Overall I ended up buying 2 sets of drawers - one for my desk and a large chest of drawers for all of my everything, drawer organisers and batteries. Oh and 3 hotdogs :)
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| Spotted on the way home. WANT! |
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| The BEFORE picture. (Please don't judge me) |
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| Masses of nails and stuff for the small set of drawers |
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| Removal of magazines |
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| Mini drawers added to my existing desk |
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| My finished desk (sorry about the light, it was getting late when we eventually finished) |
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| Red corner |
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| Inspiration Corner |
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| My life and the current book I'm reading |
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| The finished room complete with Tom's Rocky hoody. Woo hoo! |
I'm really impressed with the way it has all turned out but it's not over yet! I still have to organise all of the drawers and fill the huge white space on my wall! Until then, I need to watch my new addiction - The Great Comic Relief Bake Off, please note if anyone wants me to judge their cupcakes or cheese scones do let me know the usual ways :)
Saturday, 7 January 2012
This is my favourite Starbucks in my hometown of Leicester, five minutes away from university. I love it because I can sit in the big windows and blog, or sit downstairs with friends and gossip and just relax. My very first Starbucks was here - I had a tall mango and passionfruit juice drink (yummy) and fell in love with the place. However I think most of all I'll miss the staff as they always seem to be happy and you can actually have a conversation with them! RIP Gallowtree Gate Starbucks! Sniff..
Friday, 6 January 2012
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| Lipsy Playsuit - £55 |
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| ASOS Stripe Nautical Playsuit - £45 |
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| River Island Poppy Playsuit - £45 |
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| ASOS Pussybow Denim playsuit - £40 |
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| Boutique by Jaeger star print playsuit - £199 |
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
I got addicted to The Rachel Zoe project at the start of December and immediately fell in love with her assistant turned style director Brad Goreski. His nerdy preppy style is amazing (I love a good bow-tie) and makes me want a gay best friend just like him! Whenever he cries I end up in tears like when he realised he was going to the Oscars with Anne Hathaway. After leaving Rachel Zoe behind to go solo in the styling world he picked up his own show - 'It's a Brad Brad world' which is currently on Bravo. Obviously the show follows his styling career but also his homelife with his boyfriend and his adorable adorable doggies! I'm totes jealous of his style and he's a guy!
Illness has taken me down once again and as usual I've found myself another little project aside from my uni work to take my mind off of my sore throat and back ache. I adore the my bedroom - the red carpet against the white walls, the black and white posters and my ever so helpful magazine rack but lately something else has been bothering me - clutter! My room is so cluttered with... stuff that it's becoming embarrassing when people walk in. My bookcase is full of magazines from 2007 to the present day (and that's just one magazines worth!) and my shelves are full of office bits and bobs that looking at them now are just painful to look at. I always say that a room should represent your personality and currently mine isn't doing that, so enough is enough!
The first thing to do was to look in the IKEA book (yes I do have an addiction to IKEA) to find some inspiration and then to the internet to find pretty pictures of rooms to inspire me. This is what I have found so far..
My next step is what I am currently on right now - producing a list of things I desire my room to contain.
1. Everything should have a place - everything is being thrown everywhere currently and a happy bedroom is a happy Charlotte right?
2. More photos - 2011 was amazing and I have some great photos that make me smile. As well as personal photos, I hope to add quotes or sentimental ticket stubs to really make the room feel more like me.
3. Storage is key - The clutter has got to go somewhere and I think drawers are the answer!
4. Special places for those special things - My tickets and things I want to keep forever need to be in a special case. Ditto my shoes, bags and coat need to be organised so I don't have a panic attack every time I lose my Louis Vuitton.
5. My magazines must be safe - I refuse to recycle my magazines. If it's good enough for Anna Wintour to put magazines on a bookcase it's good enough for me!
The next step is to gain opinions from the person that will be helping me with the mini transformation - my Dad. After showing him fashion editorials and generally talking at him about trends I was so proud a few months ago when he bought me a very useful and perfect new poster for my red white and blue room - a London Underground map.
Stay tuned to see how it goes and if my Billy Bookcase falls on me..
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
One of my best friends bought me a Ukulele and a training book for Christmas! Immediately I thought of Taylor Swift playing Fearless on her Ukulele and then discovered Zooey Deschanel playing and singing with Joseph-Gordon-Levitt. With 500 Days Of Summer being my favourite film you can be sure that I have not stopped hitting replay, they are so adorable! 'Ukulele' is really fun to type too..
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