Good morning everyone! Hope you all had lovely weekends. Mine was exactly what I needed before an extremely busy work week ahead. For today’s post, I wanted to show you some inspiration that has been catching my eye lately. Hexagonal tiles. Be they floor or wall tiles, in the kitchen or bathroom, there is something about them that is so super-chic… especially when they’re mixed with subways. They have a French bistro-type feel to them. Which, in turn, makes me think of French onion soup and steak frites… and croque monsieurs… sorry, what were we talking about?!

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As I’m writing this, I’m not gonna lie, my eyes are almost closing. Work has blown up this week and with that and a personal to-do list longer than the one at work, I feel like I’m juggling too many balls in the air. But I know that one long sleep over the weekend will make me feel like a new person. Do you have any exciting plans for the weekend? Talking of exciting… Mulberry have gone and done it again. Their new collections made my jaw drop, to, the, floor. I can’t actually believe that they’ve combined a Bayswater with scalloped edges… forget the ‘Alexa’… the ‘El’ anyone?! I’m definitely a Cookie girl – although that floor-length navy tulle dress from the Travel edit is also ri-goddamn-diculous. Which collection are you drawn to?

{all products available at Mulberry}
For my look of the week we have Jennifer Aniston 2.0. Maybe it’s her boy Justin, maybe it’s a new stylist, who knows, but it’s a real change from her usual uniform of black with black strappy sandals. Jen-An has never looked better. I know she’s always had good hair, but she’s done a little something-something with the colour and I love it. For my room of the week, you have to be pretty brave to throw so many patterns and textures together, but this is an example of when it pays off. I can’t stop staring:

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I hope you have a beautiful weekend whatever you’re doing and wherever you may be…

Have I found a treat for you! I receive quite a few emails about stores that might interest my readers (not to mention me!), but sometimes when I open them up they are massively disappointing, and I click out of them in under ten seconds flat. However there is the occasional offering that has me at ‘www’. Rigby & Mac was one of them. Hold your horses! Stay with me for a sec. So the beauty of this family business founded by Penny Tomlinson and now her son, Dan Rigby and daughter-in-law, Katharine Maclaverty (hence ‘Rigby & Mac’) is that they have three shops within one, depending on your personal taste – Feminine Vintage, Modern Country and Quirky Eclectism. I think I’m mostly the first two, with a bit of quirk thrown in. Therefore here are my picks, which are a mix of the three. Go browse their lovely homewares, jewellery and accessories over a cuppa, then report back with which style appeals to you the most:

{all products available at Rigby & Mac}

One star who is always on my style radar is Nicole Richie. Remember when she used to be on The Simple Life with Paris Hilton, with straggly hair extensions and an ill-fitting, pretty heinous wardrobe? (Ok, so she may not have looked very stylish, but she was comedy gold… my friends and I still quote NR to this day. True story). After The Simple Life she became a (Rachel) Zoe-bot, lost too much weight, put some back on, married a rock star, had two babies, and continues to look fabulous to this day. The thing about Nicole is that she constantly changes her look up, from boho, to glam, to Up Town Girl, to effortlessly casual and back to boho. No one wears a scarf round her head like our Nicole. She also successfully runs her jewellery line, House of Harlow 1960, and her clothing collection, Winter Kate, all the while sporting that verging-on-smug smile. To be fair, if I looked that good with gold coins on my head, I’d be smug too:

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So you want some of what she’s having? Easy! Huge sunglasses, a leopard-print scarf and a so-close-to-Balenciaga-it’s-not-even-funny bag, and job’s a good ‘un:

{1. Vanilla Paris Brandy bag – £99 / 2. Blend grey blazer – £39 / 3. Dune Alex court shoe – £80 / 4. Topshop large round sunglasses – £16 / 5. Topshop floral maxi dress – £62 / 6. Topshop biker jacket – £55 / 7. House of Harlow 1960 3-strand head piece – $225 / 8. Oasis leopard print scarf – £18 / 9. Vanilla Paris Bertie bag – £99 / 10. Paprika purple dress – £36 / 11. Forever 21 geo bangles – £4.29 / 12. Strenesse white t-shirt – £45 / 13. Topshop Moto hotpants – £28 / 14. Ted Baker open toe platform – £120}

Are you bummed that Monday has come around too quickly again? Yep, me too. But I have a treat for you today that will hopefully give you a lift. Check out this apartment in Linnestaden, Sweden that is so beautiful that I want to lick the screen. Firstly, that fireplace… so unusual and decorative, it’s a real statement feature in the room. The high ceilings and white walls give such a feeling of space and the effective use of bright colours is just enough to add interest. And some people may think that although it’s a stunning apartment, it wouldn’t be conducive to a family home, owing to the overarching white theme. Think again! There’s a charmingly presented child’s room, which is as tasteful as the rest of the space. My favourite part? That balcony. Proof that with the right ingredients a small outdoor space can be transformed into something quite lovely:

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What are your thoughts on this Swedish home?