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katy 15th May 2015

A workspace makeover

As you know, I love room makeovers. So when I saw the ‘before’ shots of Holly Marder’s Dutch studio space over on Avenue Lifestyle, I rushed to see the the changes that had been made.

Avenue Lifestyle studio makeover | Apartment Apothecary

Image: Holly Marder, Avenue Lifestyle

The ‘after’ shots left me in a dreamy daze! Cool colour scheme, hanging planters, vintage rug, all set against a light, bright canvas…I was in heaven.

Image: Holly Marder, Avenue Lifestyle

Image: Holly Marder, Avenue Lifetyle

Image: Holly Marder, Avenue Lifestyle

Head on over to Holly’s gorgeously stylish blog for loads more pictures of her room makeover and the healthiest dose of inspiration you will find this weekend.

Katy x

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katy 11th April 2015

There isn’t long to go until this month’s special Styling the Seasons competition ends. Have you entered yet? If not, here are beautiful examples of using Spring blooms in the home to give you a bit of inspiration. Don’t forget, all you need to do is style a surface in your home to reflect what April means to you, blog about it or post a picture on social media using the hashtag #StylingSpringAtMine to be in with a chance of winning a place at our floral workshop on April 29th in London (see more details here). We would LOVE to see you there so get styling! Entries close on April 15th.

Styling Spring flowers at home | Apartment Apothecary

Image: Femina

Image: Bo Bedre

Image: Design Sponge

Image: Drop Dead Gorgeous Daily

Image: A Quiet Style

Image: Mariaemb

Image: Madelief

Image: Woohome

Happy Spring styling!

Katy x

katy 3rd April 2015

Sugar free chocolate easter nests

When I was styling my Easter table I realised that I feel a bit left out at Easter because I no longer eat sugar, so no chocolate for me. I decided to try to make something this year that is sugar free but still enables me to join in with the chocolate fun and I’d like to share the recipe that I’ve created just in case you’d like to try it yourself – it really is very delicious.

Ingredients:

(To make four nests)

6 medjool dates

8 level tps of coconut oil

6 tsps of almond or mixed nut butter

4 heaped tsps of cocoa powder

2 1/2 crumbled shredded wheat

Recipe:

1. Finely chop the dates.

2. Put the dates, coconut oil, nut butter, cocoa powder into a saucepan and heat over a low heat.

3. Stir and heat the ingredients until they combine to a loose paste.

4. Take off the heat and add the crumbled shredded wheat and stir until they are covered by the chocolate mixture.

5. Shape the mixture into nests on grease proof paper.

6. Pop the nests into the freezer for about 30 mins until they set hard.

You can fill your nests with blown eggs, chicks or anything else you fancy.

Have a wonderful long weekend everyone!

Katy x

katy 28th March 2015

Bloom and Wild

A bit of floral inspiration for the weekend courtesy of the bloomingly gorgeous Bloom and Wild.

If you follow Charlotte and I on Instagram you will have seen our special announcement this week about our second Styling the Seasons event in partnership with at{mine}. We have eight at{mine} bloggers ready to judge a competition we are running to win a place at the event and the judges’ invites were these beautiful flowers from Bloom and Wild. These cleverly designed letter boxes can be popped through your door so you do not have to be at home to safely receive your flowers – genius.

The other added bonus of these flower boxes is that they are not an arranged bouquet, which never look quite as good once you have unwrapped them and put them in a vase. With these boxes you can faff around with your flowers and split them up into however many vases you wish. Or make a little Easter decoration like I have.

All will be explained about the competition and event next week in our Styling the Seasons posts for April. But if you want to get a head start here’s a tad more info…

Katy x

katy 20th March 2015

SMUG

When I am asked for shop suggestions in London I always freeze for a moment or two and struggle to think of anything because I am so used to online shopping. However, when I do finally get a list together SMUG is always firmly at the top. Not only do I love the carefully curated mix of homewares, handmade ceramics, stationery, prints and much more, but I love the way the shop is styled and the cute cafe at the bottom; it feels much more special than your average shopping trip. I also love the location of the shop, slap bang in the middle of Camden Passage so you can antiques hunt at the same time – perfect!

Lizzie Evans who owns and runs the lifestyle store. Image: The Smuggler

I can think of nothing that I wouldn’t happily take away with me from the shop. Image: London Design Festival

I love the styling, which makes the shopping experience all the more tempting. Image: London Design Festival

Lots of events and workshops take place at SMUG like the one I attended with Thornback and Peel to print our own hankies.

Yummy coffee and pastries or cakes finish off the shopping experience nicely. Image: London Design Festival

I love the location of SMUG as there is so much going on in Camden Passage so you can make a whole morning or afternoon of it. Image: Shop Design Gallery

I would definitely recommend a visit if you can and failing that visit the online shop (be warned, you will not leave without making at least one purchase!).

Katy x