Our Home: Living Room Tour

spinning tealight holder: Rustiques // teacup vase & vintage peony: Cottage Craft Centre // wallpaper: Jane Clayton & Co

love lantern: house warming gift // pink candle: Primark

 chalk paint on bookcase & mantelpiece: Milk by Autentico // rose garland: Sass & Belle // pink house lights: Nyla Rose

sofa: Ikea // floral cushions: Fayre Earth Gift Shop // mint cushion: Pebble // checked throw: Ikea // patchwork throw: Primark // world map print: Not on the High Street // house lamp: ebay

rug: Society 6 // chalk paint on coffee table: rose by Autentico

wooden heart trug: B&M // candle: Pebble // wooden doilies: Asda // napkin holder: Tiger // napkins: Cottage Craft Centre

table cloth: John Lewis // coasters & placemats: B&M

upcycled vintage chairs: Pebble by Alabaster Box

button lamp: DIY project

upcycled piano stool: Alabaster box // bright pink lantern: Bombay Duck // light pink lantern: B&M // dandelion artwork: Fayre Earth Gift Shop by The Wee String Plaque Company // doily: etsy // stag clock (below): Pebble

After the last post about our new home which focused on the village we decided it would be fun to start a series on 'our home' which will give us a chance to share our newly decorated cottage along with other bits and bobs about Falkland. 

So here is our living room! I think it's my favourite room in the cottage, but I do keep changing my mind. I did a mood board post with what I had in mind for this room back in July and I'd say it turned out how I'd planned. I know it's really girly with all the pink and florals but it's also very comfy, cosy and practical. We have our little dining corner which can fold out to seat 6 for dinner and the big pink corner sofa is a double sofa bed (it also stores all the guest bedding inside it!). We painted the plain furniture ourselves with Autentico chalk paints and my Mum is to thank for the wallpapering (thanks Mum!) There are links under the photos to where we bought some of our living room things but if I've missed something which you're curious about let me know! 

Brooch Frame DIY

I first saw a frame used to display brooches at Peapod (vintage shop, Aberdeen). I have a small collection of brooches which sit in boxes and aren't often worn and thought this would be a great way of showing them off and making them into a pretty piece of art for the wall! I found a tutorial over at The Yellow Buttercup and started keeping an eye out for the perfect frame. A few months on and I came across this one, framing pressed flowers, for a bargain £5 in a nearby charity shop. This frame needed no painting, and the whole project took about 10 minutes!

I chose a blue and cream floral vintage fabric, and cut this with over an inch around the edge of the backing. I cut the padding to the same size as the backing and secured this by folding over the fabric edge and sticking with a glue gun. This makes your frame backing into a pillow effectively, perfect for pinning brooches to.

Pop this back in the frame (without the glass) and you're ready to pin your brooches in whatever way you think works best. I attempted a random sort of grid layout. I love how this has turned out, I think they'd look great in a group on the wall with different frames filled with various colour groups of jewellery. Much more fun than jewellery boxes and practical too!